William is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) with extensive training, background, and experience in various aspects of IT systems and applications. He has over 27 years of IT experience, almost a third of it directly in cybersecurity. William was previously the Director of Cybersecurity Operations and now is the Chief Information Security Officer at DefenseStorm. William was previously the Chief Information Security Officer at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington (UNCW) where he built and managed their Information Security Program.