Deb Michaels Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

United States

• Managed a $500K budget, led 10 Critical Incident Response Teams of 150 personnel, overseeing 100+ crisis events and high-risk operations. • Founded and oversaw the North Texas Child Exploitation Task Force involving 20 personnel, resulting in 500 prosecutions and the rescue of 250 victims. • Facilitated and led 50 senior executive briefings during all crisis events. • Developed 300 international child exploitation investigations involving thousands of personnel, a $500K budget, resulting in the arrest of hundreds of individuals. • Spearheaded 100+ high-profile investigations and led the national response to missing and abducted children. • Created, developed, and led the Rapid Deployment Team consisting of 25 personnel, implementing a comprehensive training program resulting in a massive decrease in time required to respond, initiate command post operations, and manage the critical incident. This standard was adopted agency wide as a result of this success. • Trained 400 personnel from 180 agencies on active shooter response and generated a 30% increase in law enforcement requests for FBI assistance. • Developed, led, and participated in 50+ full-scale, field, and tabletop exercises. • Participated in 5 executive protection details for US Presidents and other dignitaries.• Managed the crisis and critical response of the 2022 Beth Israel Synagogue hostage incident, including 120 personnel and three command posts, generating 5 best practices for future events. • Provided internet safety and human trafficking training to 3K law enforcement, students, parents, and school faculty.• Oversaw crisis management response to George Floyd riots in Dallas, resulting in the hiring of a full-time Crisis Management Coordinator and the implementation of crisis communications best practices. • Planned and participated in the event planning for 20 major security events.

United States

• Led, directed, and oversaw 10 direct reports and a multi-million-dollar budget. • Managed 5 domestic and international teams providing operational and administrative oversight to all human trafficking and crimes against children operations. • Served as Program Director of the Criminal Branch and oversaw 8 direct and 120 indirect reports. Reviewed and assessed threats and oversaw investigations and operations. Managed risk, compliance, and ethics matters, while providing strategic leadership to the area of responsibility.• Executed two compliance inspections of multiple programs and ensured each program adhered to specific standards. • Secured funding for a $40K virtual firearms training platform, leading to a significant increase in situational awareness while encountering deadly force situations.

United States

• Led a team of 10 analysts. • Initiated the national "Innocent Images" program, resulting in the first federal investigation targeting online child predators, and leading to the arrest of over 160 individuals.