George Williams Co-Founder
During the last three years George Williams has collaborated with industry leading consulting companies, including Safety Management Services, Inc., (SMS, Inc.) developing a comprehensive compliance software solution for the physical environment called Compliance Manager.
Prior to that venture George was a real estate professional for thirty years. During this time, he has closed transactions in every aspect of the real estate market and has worked for three prominent real estate companies; The Trump Corporation, Newmark Real Estate and Cushman & Wakefield. While working for the Trump Corporation he represented buyers and sellers of Condominiums, Coops, Townhouses and Commercial Properties honing his unique understanding of New York’s commercial and residential real estate market earning a reputation for dedication, discretion and professionalism. His commercial real estate transactions began with Newmark Real Estate where he succeeded in conquering the New York City commercial real estate.
George received a BBA degree in accounting from Pace University in 1979.
Robert Bartels, CHFM,CHSP,CHEP, FASHE Co-Founder
Mr. Bartels is the president and founder of Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS, Inc). During his 30+ year career, Mr. Bartels has managed safety programs in three major teaching hospitals in the Midwest and been a consultant on The Joint Commission®’s Physical Environment (i. e., Environment of Care®, Life Safety, Emergency Management) standards to hundreds of facilities. Mr. Bartels has served as a consultant and faculty member to The Joint Commission as well as teaching numerous national and regionally-based programs over the years for the AHA and the National Safety Council. He has also served on the NFPA® Life Safety Code 101® Committee and published numerous articles related to facility, safety and The Joint Commission standards.
Mr. Bartels has personally prepared Statement of Conditions™ and completed Life Safety Code evaluations for hundreds of facilities over the past 30 years. In addition to direct consultation, Mr. Bartels teaches seminars nationally on the topics of Compliance with The Joint Commission’s standards, NFPA/Life Safety Code, Hospital Incident Command Systems, Patient Safety, Building Maintenance Programs, Emergency Management and preparation for The Joint Commission survey. Mr. Bartels personally attends and represents SMS, Inc.’s clients during their Joint Commission surveys every year, and is considered a nationally-recognized authority on healthcare regulatory issues. In addition to consulting with The Joint Commission’s healthcare standards, Mr. Bartels is a DNV-Trained Healthcare Surveyor and a trained ISO Lead Auditor.