Dedicating 22 years
to the United States Secret Service,
Ron Williams had the opportunity to
work and supervise all divisions of
the SS Treasury department in the Los
Angeles Field Office. Gaining a wealth
of security expertise and a highly regarded
reputation within Federal Law Enforcement,
Mr. Williams decided to start Talon
Executive Services, Inc., a corporate
security and investigations company.
As a Secret Service
Agent, Mr. Williams supervised the credit
card and financial fraud squad, the
counterfeit squad, and the elite Counter
Assault Team (CAT) to combat terrorism.
As the Lead Advance
Agent, Mr. Williams was responsible
for all advance security plans and logistics
coordination for Presidential, Vice-Presidential,
and foreign heads-of-state visits to
Los Angeles. He personally protected
Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton,
as well as such noted dignitaries as
Queen Elizabeth, Yitzhak Shamir, and
Pope John Paul and was the recipient
of numerous awards including the United
States Secret Service Director’s
Award for Special Achievement on eight
occasions.
Focusing on the company
he founded in 1994, Talon Executive
Services, Inc., Mr. Williams has created
a highly advanced team of former Secret
Service and F.B.I. agents as well as
other federal, state and local law enforcement
officers.
Threat assessment and
physical site surveys performed by Talon
include venues such as public transportation,
entertainment and pharmaceutical. As
a RAM-w certified agent, he performs
threat assessments and develops remedial
measures for water districts, identified
as one of the nation’s critical
infrastructures.
Because of his expertise
in the field of anti-terrorism, Mr.
Williams was asked by the California
Gubernatorial delegation in 2002, to
meet with Tom Ridge regarding homeland
security. His association with AFAUSSS
(Association of Former Agents of the
United States Secret Service), ASIS
(American Society of Industry Security),
ATAP (Association of Threat Assessment
Professionals) American Water Works
Association (AWWA) Association of California
Water Agencies (ACWA) to name a few,
keeps him abreast of all matters involving
security and threat assessment. He is
also an active member of the FBI’s
InfraGard program, U.S. State Department
Overseas Advisory Council (OSAC) and
OCPST (Orange County Private Sector
Terrorist Response).
Mr. Williams frequently
appears on Fox News Channel as well
as other national shows as a security
analyst and terrorism expert. He was
also the keynote speaker at the 1999
Alabama Governor’s Conference
on Violence in the Workplace Prevention,
has made presentations to the California
Association of Water Agencies which
included a White Paper, and continues
to educate organizations on various
security issues through specialized
seminars and training.