Candy Williams Email & Phone Number

Monterey, Ca

Served on MRSL Boad of Directors. Responsible for the business operations and management of the California office. Manages the day-to-day operations of the office and coordinates with each department as needed. Responsible for business planning, recruiting, staffing and budget concerns. Provides direction, recommendations and results to the President of the company. Works with corporate HR to implement policies and procedures. Responsible for security, facilities and safety of the office. Responsible for supervision/management over all operations and security matters. Provide oversight on all security-related matters and implementation of the security program as required by the project office. Coordinates and monitors sensitive aspects of government agencies’ industrial security programs, ensuring compliance with government and company security policies and procedures. Responsible for the development and implementation of security education and awareness training for project management and its workforce. Formulate protection strategies, mission operations security plans, coordinating multi-disciplinary threat assessments, security program management, information protection, personnel and physical security.

Candy has been an independent consultant since 2008. She has over 20 years of extensive DoD and IC experience with increasing responsibility within diverse industries. She has obtained in-depth knowledge of program security management and administration covering all security disciplines with the ability to plan, organize and direct clients to achieve corporate and government objectives. She has held positions as a Director of Security, Security Manager and Facility Security Officer for small and large corporations. Her focus is to offer the highest level of service and expertise for clients involved with Military and Government defense sectors by using best practices and cost effective approaches.

Monterey, Ca

Key Responsibilities:• Provide oversight, monitoring, trending and improvements for all aspects of the security program to include personnel/security clearances, physical, technical, and classification management in accordance with NISPOM, ICDs, and, JAFAN requirements.• Work closely with business leaders and stakeholders as necessary to understand and help create a culture of information security best practices awareness.• Proficient with government automated verification systems.• Manage secure area physical security construction and accreditation. Interact with architects, engineers, general contractors and facility personnel in the planning and construction phases, as well as provide knowledgeable security oversight during the lifecycle of the project. • Experience managing teams in a matrixed, cross-functional environment at divisional sites.• Direct program information risk assessments, security audits and investigations. • General understanding of contract administration, ITAR, and HR principles.

Monterey, Ca

Manage the sector’s Security Operations Leads and Site Security Managers on all physical and industrial security disciplines (i.e., Personnel Security, Information Security, Physical Security, Visitor Management, Operations Security, and Communications Security).• Oversight for the security programs at 14 company sites.• Responsible for the supervision, management, and administration of a large multi-disciplined security workforce. • Ensured security procedures and policies are standardized across all company sites. • Performed internal corporate site security audits to ensure compliance of corporate and federal requirements. • Interfaced with business unit management, engineering staff and customers to design and implement security measures.• Responsible for security projects life cycle from design, implementation to performance.