{"id":10286,"date":"2020-06-29T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10286"},"modified":"2020-06-26T09:58:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:58:04","slug":"itsmiths-angela-williams-director-ii-enterprise-information-security-for-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/itsmiths-angela-williams-director-ii-enterprise-information-security-for-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"ITsmiths: Angela Williams, Director II, Enterprise Information Security for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14979704\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ITsmiths-Angela-Williams1.jpg\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10289 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ITsmiths-Angela-Williams1.jpg\" alt=\"ITsmiths - Angela Williams\" width=\"489\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ITsmiths-Angela-Williams1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ITsmiths-Angela-Williams1-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ITsmiths-Angela-Williams1-239x200.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ITsmiths-Angela-Williams1-477x400.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ITsmiths-Angela-Williams.jpg\" rel='magnific'><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Imagine getting straight A&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Having one of the highest GPA&#8217;s in school&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Getting tons of accolades for your academics&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and then your parents tell you &#8220;good job, but you&#8217;re not <em>that<\/em> smart. You need a more challenging school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the kind of upbringing Angela had. Two loving parents who knew their daughter and also weren&#8217;t afraid to push her, and teach her about the real world.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angela-c-williams-cism-gslc-crisc-42549a9\/\" target=\"_blank\">Angela Williams<\/a>\u00a0is the Director II of Enterprise Information Security for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcbsm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan<\/a>, and she has an inspiring story of how she combined a great upbringing and a curious mind to climb the IT ladder.<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0is a transformational leader with over 25+ years of IT and Information Security experience. Over the course of Angela\u2019s career, she has developed an exceptional business acumen within healthcare, government and the food\/beverage industries. Since joining BCBSM, Angela has led the protection of the BCBSM\/BCN brand. Her efforts to form, assess, improve and operate data and cyber security initiatives have been recognized in the industry. Angela has served as a trusted business advisory, aiding her constituents with operational excellence and discipline.<\/p>\n<p>All this, and she never even thought about becoming an IT professional until she was in college. It&#8217;s a great story!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine getting straight A&#8217;s&#8230; Having one of the highest GPA&#8217;s in school&#8230; Getting tons of accolades for your academics&#8230; &#8230; and then your parents tell you &#8220;good job, but you&#8217;re not that smart. You need a more challenging school.&#8221; That&#8217;s<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/itsmiths-angela-williams-director-ii-enterprise-information-security-for-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-michigan\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[964],"tags":[965,423],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}