Led the Division of Investigations by planning, developing, coordinating and controlling short andlong-range investigations to detect misconduct involving waste, fraud, abuse, ineffective andmismanagement by all County and Municipal elected and appointed officials and employees; including contract vendors and other parties receiving public funds.Created and maintained the highest standards of integrity, honesty, efficiency, and accountability while providing the County with independent oversight of Palm Beach County governmental operations.Collaborated with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.Developed presentation and training materials to educate colleagues and the community about financial fraud and criminal activities.Interviewed employees eligible for promotions, and trained new hires in the Investigations unit.

Coordinated overall agency and daily operations, including case management, training, equipment, funding, vehicles, emergency planning/response and personnel issues for the Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations Southeastern United States Region operating under a Top Secret Clearance.Supervised investigations and prosecutions that resulted in 425 criminal indictments and monetary recoveries of over $142,000,000.Agency's Leading Subject Matter Expert and Advisor on trending fraud schemes and organized labor-management investigations.Trained federal, state, county and local sworn and non-sworn investigators on the proper practices for conducting labor racketeering and investigations into waste, fraud, and abuse of DOL programs.Advised and trained representatives from multiple states on investigating and deterring fraud and identity theft against each state's Unemployment Trust Fund.Organized and executed undercover surveillance operations using electronic recording equipment.Reviewed and approved subpoenas, search warrants, and surveillance activities.Reviewed case and prosecution reports, and made presentations to the US Attorney's Office in multiple jurisdictionsDocumented statements, observations, and evidentiary materials.Collected, analyzed, and interpreted information and physical evidence associated with investigations.Presented information during professional forums, conferences, and associations.Planned and conducted financial and organized crime investigations.Affected arrests, and documented all relevant actions under the investigation.Presented evidence at criminal trials.Collaborated with federal, state, local law enforcement and regulatory agencies.Analyzed criminal complaints, and identify crime patterns.Interviewed agents eligible for promotions and trained new hires in the investigative unit.

Conducted criminal investigations of labor racketeering violations related to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA); Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); Taft-Hartley Act and the Hobbs Act.