Kristin Stafford, COO International Screening Solutions, Inc.

Grab a latte and pull up a chair and join us for a great interview with Kristin Stafford, COO International Screening Solutions, Inc.

Kristin shared that her partner Chuck Papageorgiou and the CEO of ISS has been her “Mentor” for years and before joining ISS she consulted for him in a prior business venture. She had previously served as the head of Financial Operations for a multi-billion dollar credit card company and prior to that position she had spent years consulting as a Process Engineer and Business Analyst for several Fortune 500 Companies.

She indicate that he called her and told her he had invested in a Background Screening Company in Kennesaw, GA (which is close to her home) and asked me if she would be willing to join the company as a partner; I jumped at the chance to work with Chuck again and to also have the opportunity to build a successful organization around a product I knew was relevant and that I had immense respect for.

Kristin added that her favorite aspect of this industry is the strong relationships she has developed with professionals from CRAs that ISS serves; these relationships are always reciprocal with support, guidance and the mutual objective to ensure quality services to our industry at all times.

She emphasized that she also stand strong in her passion for what ISS delivers and will not compromise compliance for any reason. She beamed as she share that the ability to be proud of what you offer the world because you know it is of quality and while it is hard work it is exceedingly enjoyable.

Changing the focus of our dialogue to the business I asked her to share the mission and vision of ISS.

She shared that their mission is to provide compliant and risk adverse background screening services while exceeding our client’s expectations through quality, education and unrivaled customer service.

Our vision is to be known as one of the substantial contributors of compliant background screening services that helped shape our industry and its longstanding goal to ensure ethical and legally compliant products and services are the standard at any cost, all the time.

She smiled as she happily announced (in advance to its NAPBS partners only) the official launch of WorldWatchPlus at the 2014 ASIS Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in September. WorldWatchPlus offers one of the first Global Watch List, PEP & Adverse Media “self-serve” solutions on the market today that supports FCPA principals and is 100% FCRA compliant. You could see and feel her deep felt pride in the release of this new service.

She added that it is ISS’ operational emphasis and strategic focus on data security and absolute adherence of data protection laws globally that has developed the risk-aversion practices that give our clients unrivaled security and stability.

In response to my favorite question regarding looking into a crystal ball to predict what she sees happening in the industry in ten years down the road, she responded without hesitancy, “Ten years from now, I see the background screening industry as much more efficient, compliant and viewed as a global necessity in standard businesses practices.”

Back on the personal side Kristin shared that she had recently read Joseph H. Ellis book, “Ahead of the Curve’ and the person she indicated she would really like to meet is Ronald Reagan. As we closed the interview she shared her favorite quote, “You Only Live Once; This Is Not A Dress Rehearsal!”

Thank you Kristin for a very insightful and informative interview. To find out more about International Screening Solutions Kristin can be reached at Kristin.Stafford@intlscreening.com.