Security Consulting

James P. Williams has received extensive training, on the federal level, in the area of Operations Security. He has taught many other special agents the critical techniques required to perform successful threat assessments and vulnerability assessments, then conduct adequate risk analysis to accurately determine the areas needing protection. Mr. Williams is skilled at developing effective countermeasures options for weak areas. He follows up implemented countermeasures with evaluations of those countermeasures to ensure OPSEC success.

Due Diligence

Mr. Williams has conducted in-depth due diligence investigations for east coast businesses wanting to expand to the southwest. He is very adept at using his analytical skills to find business "secrets" that could severely damage potential new partners or investors if left uncovered. Mr. Williams knows that every action of man is driven by MOTIVATION. If someone is wanting to take over a business or sell a business there is something critical driving that desire. Mr. Williams is astute at uncovering that motivation.

Investigating Fraud

Mr. Williams has assembled a talented staff of fraud investigators to comb over the tomes of paper to uncover those missing, hidden, or fraudulent entries. He is experienced at finding the crux of the problem whether it is laundering, skimming, or some other form of fraud. Some of the cases worked on by Mr. Williams have contained quite complex schemes but he was still able to discern the real facts from the mass of data provided

Criminal Defense

James Williams has worked on more than 1900 criminal and civil cases and has been involved with 80 murder cases of which 12 were noticed as death penalty cases. His experience as a criminal defense expert is exemplified in his work ethic and the conviction results of his cases. At one point Mr. Williams' diligent investigative efforts resulted in 19 of 40 defendants receiving total acquittal from their murder charges. Jim Williams has worked on both sides of the criminal investigation fence ...first as a counterintelligence agent and later as a criminal defense specialist. He knows how police officers and detectives think and he knows how criminals think. This affords Mr. Williams an edge when working on cases because he can evaluate the case by looking at how both sides are approaching the evidence. Mr. Williams has testified in criminal cases as an expert in the areas of photography, external ballistics of weapons, and vehicle lighting systems.

Combat & Weapons Training

James Williams has served two tours of combat to include the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. Mr. Williams has familiarized with various rifles, pistols, shotguns, machine guns, grenades, grenade launchers, mines, and light anti-aircraft and anti-vehicle weapons.

Mr. Williams was a Morse code qualified radio and radio teletype operator in the northernmost province of Vietnam.

Vehicle Accidents and Auto Theft

James Williams has been to a month-long course in Advanced Collision Repair with the Fischer Body Division of General Motors Corporation. He is quite knowledgeable in the areas of sheet metal damage, auto body repair, and methodology of auto thieves in altering vehicles for resale.

Transportation/Trucking

Mr. Williams is familiar with the over-the-road trucking industry and has experience as a long haul semi-truck driver. He is keenly aware of terminal, dispatch, dock, spotting, weight, licensing, medical, hours, and load security issues. Mr. Williams also has vast experience in the tandem dump trucking industry and is familiar with issues critical to that industry.

Present - Masters Degree Program - Northern Arizona University

Area of Studies - Educational Leadership (College Level)

1992 - Bachelors Degree Program - Wayland Baptist University

Area of Studies - Criminal Justice

1988 - Advanced Non-Commissioned Officers Course - U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Schools

Area of Studies - Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership

1988 - Russian Linguistics Program - Defense Language Institute

Area of Studies - Russian Language

1987 - Associates Degree Program - Northwestern State University - Louisiana

Area of Studies - General

1985 - Counterintelligence Agents Course - U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Schools

Area of Studies - Counterintelligence Special Agent - 97B

Basic Photography

Investigative Photography

Film Processing

Weapons and Ballistics Markings and Characteristics

Basic Interviewing Techniques

Advanced Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques

Applying Neurolinguistic Programming to Investigation

Investigation Methodology of Major Crimes

Conducting Analysis Using Comparative & Contrasting Analysis

Surveillance Techniques

Advanced Surveillance Techniques

Investigative Photography

Dark Room Techniques

Background Investigations

Incident Investigations

Subversion, Sabotage, and Espionage Practices

Development of Intelligence Databases

Conducting Liaison

Conducting Debriefings

Elicitation Techniques

Report Writing

Counterintelligence Operations Objectives

Operations Security (Physical-Personnel-Information)

Threat Assessment

Vulnerability Assessment

Risk Analysis

Countermeasures Development & Evaluation

Black, Gray, and White Lists

Time Event Charting

Activities Matrixes

Association Matrixes

Link Diagrams

Conducting Fixed, Foot, and Vehicle Surveillance

Countersurveillance Techniques

Spotting and Assessing

Signals Intelligence - SIGINT

Imagery Intelligence IMINT

Terrorism in a Low Intensity Conflict (LIC)

Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield - IPB

President - Desert Mecca Inc. d/b/a Intelliquest Investigations

President - Intelliquest Inc.

Signal Detachment NCOIC - 207th Infantry Group (Scout)

Platoon Sergeant - Human Intelligence Platoon, B Company, 106th Military Intelligence Battalion, 6th Infantry Division

G2 NCOIC - 18th Airborne Corp (during Operation Desert Storm)

Logistics NCOIC - B Company, 249th Engineer Battalion (integral part of unit winning the Itschner award for best engineer company in the army)

S-4 Logistics NCOIC - 249th Engineer Battalion

Army Commendation Medal - for outstanding service performed as G-2 NCOIC during Operation Desert Storm.

Army Commendation Medal - for outstanding service performed as a Counterintelligence Special Agent with the 105th Military Intelligence Battalion.

Meritorious Service Medal - for exceptional service performed as a Logistician with the 249th Engineer Battalion.

Army Commendation Medal - for outstanding service performed as a Communications Security Custodian for the 1st Battle Group, 16 Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division.

Current

World Association of Professional Investigators (WAPI)

National Association of Investigative Specialists (NAIS)

Arizona Association of Licensed Private Investigators (AALPI)

Veterans of Foreign Wars (Lifetime Member)

Past

World Association of Detectives (W.A.D.)

American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)

Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice (AACJ)

Investigators Open Network (ION)

Alaska Peace Officers Association (APOA)

American Legion