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Menlo Park, CA-based SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has Appointed James Williams as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
What started as a group of 200 people, all focused on a single project – to build and operate the world’s longest linear accelerator – has grown over the last 50 years into a large and diverse workforce that performs and supports cutting-edge research across a variety of disciplines. Our 1,600 employees include scientists, engineers, technicians and specialists in a wide range of operational support areas, from human resources and business services to facilities, security and maintenance, all working together in a collaborative environment. SLAC employs the best and brightest minds in their fields, and every member of our staff, working individually and in teams, makes important contributions to our success. By tapping into the interest and motivation of our employees and offering guidance and opportunities for development, we seek to provide an enriching work environment. As Stanford employees, SLAC staff members have the opportunity to partner with other world-class talent at one of the world’s best universities and can also take advantage of the many educational and social opportunities that Stanford offers.
About the Person
James Williams is CIO at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory where he has been striving to develop a much more service-centric organization. For this effort, Williams was nominated as a finalist in the 2013 Silicon Valley Business Journal CIO of the Year award. Prior to being named CIO at SLAC, Williams was CIO at NASA Ames Research Center where he managed a major overhaul of the center’s computing network, implemented outsourcing strategies for IT services, and oversaw the entire Cyber Security Operations Center for NASA. That network project established a fully redundant system, spanned 120 buildings, cost $3M and was implemented in 15 months. Subsequently, Williams was awarded the NASA CIO Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2011. Previously, Williams served as a project manager for the office of the chief engineer at NASA Ames where he managed a project that sought to evaluate, document, analyze, monitor and resolve risk problems for NASA programs. He also participated in the development of web-based investigation software that was used to study several high-profile accidents, including the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster, and worked on projecting costs, timelines and risks for a Mars mission. Prior to his work at NASA, Williams served for six years as program manager and project-research lead for the Westinghouse Science and Technology Materials Degradation Group in Pittsburgh.
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