Summary
Ron Williams is a principal-level security architect and inventor with over 25 years delivering security, software and architecture solutions across healthcare, finance, retail and the military. He led IBM's X-Force Exchange as Chief Architect and has driven productization of cloud-based threat intelligence platforms and security-focused hardware and software for Fortune 100 customers. A subject-matter expert in authentication, authorization, audit and secure information flow, he holds awarded patents and is a principal inventor on eight applications. He combines design thinking and lean methods to rapidly assess organizational effectiveness and bust “security theater” with measurable outcomes. Recently he’s focused on post-quantum cryptography, IP strategy and M&A technical due diligence while consulting from Austin, Texas. Colleagues rely on him for fast, pragmatic paths from invention to deployed, continuously delivered security offerings.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Physics, B.A. Physics at UC Santa Barbara