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Promoted to oversee operations for White Collar for the Miami Branch office encompassing investigations of public corruption, money laundering, securities and corporate fraud, health care fraud, bank fraud, international corruption, and civil rights. Manage a staff of 80 employees including Special Agents, Forensic Accountants, Auditors, and other professional staff. ✔Transitioned resources to address need to locate and acquire PPE from hoarders and price gaugers during COVID-19 outbreak. ✔Surged resources to then address massive PPP fraud resulting from passage of the CARES Act. Miami maintained the most PPP investigations in the nation.✔Organize and establish command posts for multiple events including scheduling, external contacts, situational reports, and coordination with field personnel.✔Work across diverse, cross functional teams to leverage and share best practices resulting in increased efficiencies.✔Provide team members with leadership and professional development consistent with their career goals, abilities and accomplishments. ✔Earned "Outstanding" on all performance evaluations. ✔Implemented strategies to uphold a high level of morale within the division. ✔Instituted business process enhancements that increased efficiencies and qualities while reducing costs and ensuring accountability.

Oversaw the Miami Region’s Critical Incident Response Squad consisting of SWAT, Evidence Recovery Team, Crisis Response Program, Special Events Coordinator, Rapid Deployment Team, and Firearms Program. Provided leadership for a staff of 120.✔Held primary responsibility for the FBI’s response to Superbowl LIV. Oversaw more than 400 employees and served as the key liaison with over 30 separate federal, state, and local agencies for security of the Tier 1 event.✔On Scene Commander for the UPS driver hostage shooting in Miramar, FL. Coordinated with multiple state and local police departments’ personnel involved in the crime scene.

Served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Director of International Operations Division at FBI headquarters overseeing 93 offices worldwide and more than 200 employees. ✔Responsible for maintaining the Assistant Director’s schedule, as well as delivering daily intelligence briefings. ✔Oversaw hiring of all employees, both foreign and domestic. ✔Prepared the Assistant Director for meetings with external partners, the Pentagon, Department of State, foreign law enforcement, intelligence services directors, ambassadors, and more.✔Conducted briefings and recommended foreign travel to the Director and Department Director of the FBI. ✔Key contributor to work on Division policy changes/updates, budgets, and personnel matters.✔Led the development of new overseas personal recovery mobility tracking tool for all FBI employees and families overseas.✔Championed the global partnership initiative. This initiative used multiple inputs from various stakeholders to determine which foreign nations the FBI should focus its efforts to counter threats from hostile foreign nations.

Led a team of 25 Special Agents, 4 Intelligence Professionals and a Forensic Accountant on high profile public corruption investigations in South Florida.✔Prosecuted public officials such as city commissioners, hospital purchasing officers, airport procurement directors, law enforcement officers, etc.✔Shifted focus of squad to address rapidly expanding Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF) threat to Miami area. Squad handled the most SIRF investigations in the nation.✔Oversaw the development a software program designed to generate “red flags” out of large volumes of purchasing data at local, state and federal procurement offices. System was deployed by FBI personnel nationally to identify potential corruption within various agencies.✔Awarded IRS Investigate Excellence Award, 2016.

Conducted sophisticated criminal investigations of financial crimes and public corruption. ✔High profile cases included the investigation and prosecution of Scott Rothstein, as well as Broward County commissioners and school board members.✔Initiated and conducted investigations to identify critical information, investigate threats and vulnerabilities, assess risks, and apply countermeasures to sensitive operations.✔Developed policy, initiatives, tactics, operating procedures, and contingency plans to provide support during high-risk operations.✔Collectively gathered state, local and regional intelligence to develop criminal assessments including developing informants. ✔Conducted surveillance, as well as various types of electronic surveillance including advanced cellular tracking and e-mail intercepts. Executed search and arrest warrants.✔Managed asset seizures and forfeitures, as well as evidence handling/documentation. ✔Maintained relationships with other law enforcement and intelligence agencies at federal, state, and local levels.

Accountable for developing profitable pricing strategies for the company’s portfolio of products across various global markets. ✔Performed analyses and developed pricing solutions resulting in financial growth/savings. ✔Assisted in developing the financial tools that resulted in more accurate customer profitability assessment and decision-making.✔Conducted research on product segments, market dynamics, and industry trends to provide pricing guidance to leadership. ✔Monitored pricing processes, outcomes, and operations to identify opportunities and develop solutions to improve process, outcomes, and product performance.

Served as an accounting specialist in analyzing manufacturing supply chain costs to determine the true cost of bringing products to market and ensure the company’s bottom line profitability. ✔Assessed both fixed and variable costs such as rent, raw material purchases, labor, shipping, production, inventory, etc. ✔Planned, budgeted and monitored performance, as well as set standard unit costs and recommended cost-savings opportunities.

Provided audit services to Fortune 500 and middle market clients including financials, transactions and internal control processes.✔Designed and executed audit procedures based on the client's business, risks, and internal control processes. ✔Performed data interrogation and analysis of client data to provide meaningful insights to the client.✔Effectively contributed to the integrity and transparency of financial information.