IBM Champion Profile

Contact Details

Fortra LLC
Las Vegas, NV

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Amy Williams

Principal Security Consultant,
Fortra LLC

Company

Fortra LLC

Bio

In addition to her role as Principal Security Services Consultant at Fortra, Amy Williams holds CISSP, CISA, and PCI-P certifications. Amy has been a key team member at Fortra since 2015 and has nearly 30 years of experience on the IBM i platform. She was named an IBM Champion in 2024.


At Fortra, Amy has led clients through a variety of mission-critical projects. These include system migrations while maintaining application architecture, remediating special authorities to meet specific operational and security needs, strategically deploying Powertech's suite of solutions for multi-system implementations, and removing *ALLOBJ authority.


Prior to joining Fortra, Amy gained valuable experience as an IBM i administrator, overseeing end-to-end operations and securing IBM i systems. Her industry experience spans warehousing distribution, travel, and gaming. Additionally, Amy served in the Air National Guard for 10 years in the communications flight (IT).

Relationship to IBM

  • Business Partner

Location

United States (Nevada)
Speaking Fee? No

Area of Expertise

  • Power
  • Security

Preferred Advocacy Activities

  • Blogs, books, articles, podcasts
  • Event Speaker
  • Mentoring
  • Sales Support
  • Teaching and Research

IBM Products & Technologies

  • IBM i