William Barboza
Accokeek,MD
Summary
Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Acting Managing Director, Domestic and International Security
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
11.2023 - Current
- Serves as senior agency official responsible for both domestic and international security, health, travel and safety programs including Continuity of Operations, emergency management and preparedness, and physical and personal security at national and international level for agency personnel.
- Agency expert advising management officials on matters concerning health, safety, security and emergency preparedness programs for headquarters personnel and staff assigned to and traveling to overseas posts for official business.
- Liaison with State, USAID, OPM and other partners and stakeholders on matters directly impacting MCC’s mission. Ensure foreign travel briefings are conducted and after-action reports are completed for all security related travel. Oversee and direct security assistance to our corporation staff supporting compact operations and policy and evaluation teams in our partner countries.
- Oversees management of agency’s continuity of operations program that include preparing agency for disaster and emergency preparedness.
- Oversees physical and personnel security programs that safeguard personnel, property to include national security classified information and communications security.
- Manage personnel security services which includes security clearance processing, HSPD-12 Credentialing/Badging, travel program, ensuring compliance across all areas.
- Develop and issue corporate-wide polices and comprehensive guidance on variety of health, safety, and facilities issues facing headquarters and field staff.
Director Domestic Personnel and Physical Security
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
12.2012 - Current
- SME serving as senior advisor/technical authority to agency management officials regarding personnel, physical, classified security as well as emergency preparedness to 300+ Federal employees and 450+ contractors, detailees, and interns at headquarters
- Charged with oversight, management and authority for Domestic Personnel and Physical Security division.
- Established departmental performance goals and provided feedback for underperforming areas.
- Areas of Responsibility
- Classified Information Security - Protecting national security classified information and sensitive information and national security technology systems against unauthorized disclosure and directing training and application of appropriate markings to indicate classification level. Ensuring daily downloading and distribution of classified information regarding MCC partner countries to all Senior Staff as well as making it available to “need to know” Department staff. Overseeing developing and implemental of agency’s Insider Threat Policy and Training Awareness Program in coordination with National Insider Threat Task Force.
- Communications Security - Protecting secure telecommunications (computers/telephones/faxes), automated information systems (classnet, opennet) and encryption and keying media used to transmit and receive of national security classified information.
- Credentialing Security - Implementing Federal Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12) photographic identification badge that meets control and security objectives for all MCC employees, contractors, detailees and interns.
- Emergency Planning & Preparedness - Managing viable and executable crisis management and emergency response continuity plans to facilitate the performance of essential agency functions during any circumstance that may interrupt normal business operations.
- Operations Security - Protecting critical information and actions to prevent compromise and exploitation by potential adversaries of national security classified information and sensitive information relating to mission capabilities, limitations and intentions.
- Personnel Security - Processing background investigations for employees (to determine eligibility to be granted security clearances for critical-sensitive and noncritical sensitive positions) as well as contractors and interns (to determine favorably suitability determinations and eligibility for facility access clearances) and adjudicating Reports of Investigation regarding candidates’ fitness and suitability for Federal service.
- Physical Security – Developing measures (alarms, card readers, CCTV, etc.), policies and procedures to safeguard personnel, prevent unauthorized access to equipment, material and documents and prevent espionage, sabotage and theft.
Director of Security
The Export-Import Bank of the United States
10.2009 - 12.2012
- Senior agency staff member whose portfolio included establishment and management of physical and personnel security programs – crisis management and emergency preparedness, classified information safeguarding and protection, personnel background investigations and clearances, credentialing and physical security.
- Crisis Management Team Member representing Resource Management Group on interagency committees and internal strategic planning teams.
- Emergency Response Team Continuity Coordinator for Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP); developed program initiatives and policy directives; planned and conducted exercises to determine agency readiness and response to emergency; approved and maintained COOP plans and procedures; maintained Emergency Notification System to coordinate, initiate, monitor emergency safety and security; developed occupant emergency plan in liaison with Facilities Director during three-year building renovation project.
- Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) Manager which required developing recommendations for senior management to reduce vulnerabilities for current and future facilities; served as National Security Agency (NSA) Communications Security (COMSEC) Custodian; proposed enhancements to security services, including conversion of hardcopy to electronic database recordkeeping and strategic staffing within agency’s security team; worked with intelligence community to receive intelligence data during construction of SCIF(s).
- Personnel Security Program Administrator which included supervising and training personnel security specialists to initiate, review and submit Questionnaires for National Security Positions (SF-86) and Questionnaires for Public Trust Positions (SF-85; sole adjudicator for Reports of Investigation; granted security clearances up to TS-SCI and contractor facility access.
- Agency Technical Representative (ATR) for guard service contract appointed by Federal Protective Service (FPS), acted as COTR with day-to-day monitoring of contract guard performance, including performance evaluation; worked with FPS on investigating and resolving workplace threats, violence and theft.
- Credentialing Coordinator to establish compliance program, policies and procedures to implement HSPD-12 mandate; directed effort to issue common Federal IDs for 300+ employees, contractors and interns; led effort to became HSPD-12 compliant; and partnered with GSA’s USAccess HSPD-12 program.
- Managed internal control reviews of administrative operations to assess effectiveness and made recommendations for improvements in methods, policies, procedures, organization and staffing utilization; provided theoretical and operational expertise in emergency planning and preparedness, training, wrote and implemented COOP, and response and recovery programs matters.
Associate Director of Security
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
10.2006 - 10.2009
- Analyzed, revised, implemented security policies, procedures and standards in accordance with Executive Orders, Federal laws and regulations.
- Designed, enhanced and delivered comprehensive, integrated safety and security training to improve security awareness and ensure compliance of Federal personnel.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive security program including Classified Information Security Manual, Foreign Travel Security Guide, Personnel Security Program Manual and Physical Security Manual
- Executed roll-out of HSPD-12 requiring compliance in creating and issuing common Federal identification credentials for 500+ employees, contractors and interns within six-month deadline; agency representative on inter-agency HSPD-12 Working Group.
- Initiated, reviewed and submitted employee and contractor electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIPs), adjudicated Reports of Investigation and granted security clearances and facility access clearances). Verified investigations and clearance records for candidates in OPM’s Clearance Verification System to determine if reciprocity could be granted.
- Served as one of two Security Control Points for producing and storing classified information.
Education
Bachelors of Administration - Security Management
American Military University
01.2005
Skills
- Leadership Ability
- Results Oriented
- Team building
Certifications Training
- Fundamentals of Suitability for Suitability and Fitness Adjudicators
- COMSEC Custodian Training Course
- Continuing of Operations (COOP) “Train the Trainer” Course
- Contractor Special Security Course
- Facility Security Officer Course, Defense Security Service
- Personnel Security and Suitability Adjudication Course
- Personnel Security Course, Defense Security Service
- Security Professionals Seminar
- Security Specialist Training
- Suitability Processing Handbook Updates
Security Clearance
Active Top Secret/SCI
Timeline
Acting Managing Director, Domestic and International Security
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
11.2023 - Current
Director Domestic Personnel and Physical Security
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
12.2012 - Current
Director of Security
The Export-Import Bank of the United States
10.2009 - 12.2012
Associate Director of Security
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
10.2006 - 10.2009
Bachelors of Administration - Security Management
American Military University
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