Jimmy Johnson Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Passionate professional with extensive experience in the blockchain and digital assets sector, specializing in the delivery of innovative solutions for a diverse client base. Expert in client engagement, strategy development, and project management, with a strong track record of driving growth, innovation, and success. Committed to making a positive impact on clients and communities worldwide.

Remote First, Us

Led complex investigations of significant Account Takeover (ATO) campaigns targeting Coinbase customer accounts. Identified emerging threat actor attack vectors targeting crypto assets, and coordinated with internal stakeholders to mitigate vulnerabilities. Integrated with Product, Engineering and Design teams for product security enhancements and refined data logging in web3/blockchain investigations.• Leveraged internal and external threat intel reporting to identify thousands of crypto fraud/scam sites, malicious dApps, brand infringement and phishing domains targeting Coinbase customers. Implemented mitigation procedures to action all malicious domains for customer protection and to disrupt threat actor campaigns.• Published a comprehensive web3 investigations runbook for use by investigations and threat intel teams. Outlined clear and detailed instructions for reviewing web3 event log data via Amplitude Data Analytics to identify and review indicators of account compromise.• Drafted a company-wide policy to address in-real life (IRL) threats of violence targeting high net worth Coinbase customers. Coordinated with internal stakeholders including Legal, Threat Intel and Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) to address threat detection channels, internal reporting procedures and case escalation flow for all confirmed threats.

Washington, Dc, Us

Spearhead transnational organized crime, financial crimes, and darknet investigations. Partner with global investigative teams to identify and address economic fraud, darknet operations and cybercrime violations on an international stage.• Leveraged Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reporting and database analysis to undertake a data-driven, collaborative investigative approach to identify and prioritize significant darknet actors and transnational organized crime groups operating in the Denver area. Facilitated the launch of a multi-agency joint investigation of cybercrime and financial crime violations, driving the Denver FBI prioritization of funding and personnel for the transnational organized crime program.• Received multiple leadership awards for serving as primary relief supervisor of FBI Denver’s multi-agency transnational organized crime program, leading a diverse multi-agency task force and investigative team. Managed crisis and day-to-day operations leading large-scale drug, money laundering and fraud investigations.• Identified a high-level money laundering operation in the Denver area, unveiling connections to an international organized crime group, previously unknown aliases and shell companies supporting sophisticated financial crimes with values of over $2M. Collaborated with foreign law enforcement partners to apprehend and extradite primary subject which significantly disrupted the major fraud scheme and recovered extensive funds and assets on behalf of U.S. victims.

Washington, Dc, Us

Directed collaborative cybercrime investigations between FBI and Microsoft, forging crucial relationships with Microsoft personnel to address emerging cyber threats. Expanded cooperation between Microsoft, domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies, and private sector entities to deconflict and execute investigation initiatives. Partnered with Microsoft engineers to analyze computer intrusion and malware incidents, supporting the identification and prosecution of multiple major cybercrime actors through the disruption of three large-scale, global botnets.• Facilitated the development of world-class cybercrime and cyber threat management capabilities for Microsoft in coordination with FBI. Coordinated FBI’s participation with Microsoft-hosted cyber conferences, highlighting leading private sector and government partnerships, evolving cyber legislation and investigative strategies. • Coordinated the dismantlement of a major criminal botnet including operational infrastructure that impacted 225+ countries. Results included operational dissolution in 16 countries, civil seizure of 650 domains, identification of numerous botnet actors, and the sinkhole of compromised victim IP addresses. Facilitated collaboration with European and Asian law enforcement partners to successfully disrupt the global botnet infrastructure.• Strategized with private sector partners and law enforcement the management of controlled purchases of specific Microsoft counterfeit products from a high-priority homegrown extremist committing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) violations. Facilitated law enforcement process to expedite prosecution of the actor and neutralize a planned terrorist operation.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led FBI international economic crime and cybercrime investigations with 40 member countries, driving collaborative global investigations to disrupt international fraud and cybercrime groups. • Collaborated with Europol, the European Cyber Crime Center (EC3), FBI Headquarters and field offices to facilitate multinational investigations of organized crime operations. Shared intelligence and supported investigations, cultivating relationships with member state representatives.• Advanced multiple financial and cybercrime, money laundering, and organized crime investigations to disrupt criminal operations and mitigate threats.• Spearheaded a joint takedown initiative, deconstructing the Silk Road 2 darknet marketplace in partnership with 18 country teams. Coordinated the seizure of marketplace infrastructure and $1.8M in currency, weapons, and illegal drugs, as well as the arrest of multiple actors.

Washington, Dc, Us

Partnered closely with federal law enforcement agencies, providing intelligence, operational, and funding resources to support major FBI international organized crime investigation initiatives, leveraging existing liaison relationships and intelligence expertise to shape investigation and prosecution strategies across multi-agency operations.• Directed a major transnational organized crime investigation that resulted in the successful prosecution of 11 subjects. Strengthened global efforts to combat West African fraud rings and dismantle a major criminal enterprise. Developed strategic investigative plans and coordinated international travel. Procured a top-performing legal team to execute the successful investigation and prosecution.• Coordinated the exploitation of existing data to identify new criminal subjects associated with the Silk Road marketplace. Defined intelligence analysis criteria, leading extensive data analysis to review more than four terabytes of data, providing insights and leads to support the investigation of 200+ significant U.S. drug trafficking subjects.• Authored impactful policy for the FBI which was adopted agency-wide, establishing frameworks for identifying and mitigating cyber threat actors supporting terrorist organizations.• Developed a Department of Justice (DOJ) proposal outlining U.S. Government strategy for the investigation and dismantling of illicit darknet marketplaces and cyber actors, enabling the subsequent assignment of dedicated DOJ attorneys, multi-agency partnerships, and funding to combat critical darknet threats.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led the investigation of numerous transnational organized crime groups, collaborating with local law enforcement, financial sector partners, and industry teams to facilitate key operations focused on money laundering, financial crime, and cybercrime violations.• Served as coordinator for a newly formed FBI-led task force comprised of local, state, federal and industry partners. Established investigative priorities and managed personnel and financial resources. Developed policies and procedures, and investigation strategies to enhance transnational organized crime investigation efforts and results. Received multiple awards for leading the program and successful disruption of several transnational organized criminal groups involved with international financial crimes and cybercrime. • Shaped investigation strategy and goals, leading a major investigation of an Armenian organized crime bank fraud operation with 700+ identified subjects and an estimated $80M in financial losses. Coordinated a 125-officer takedown operation, seizing more than 420 items of evidence, ensuring 18 criminal complaints, six federal indictments, four state indictments, and $6M in criminal seizure and forfeiture counts.• Formed the Organized Crime (OC) Working Group, enabling strategic partnerships with 15 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. Transformed previously uncoordinated collaborations to achieve outstanding results, including five joint investigative strategies and prosecution efforts of seven organized crime subjects, $1M in asset seizures, and multiple intelligence products.

Centennial, Colorado, Us

Responsible for building and maintaining influential relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues. Worked with customers during the design cycle of various Department of Defense sub-contractors, such as Lockheed Martin, from concept to production in order to aid the computer engineering and design of the end product and create demand for products offered by Arrow Electronics.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Commissioned into the U.S. Army in 1994 as an Armor Officer and achieved the rank of Captain. Routinely responsible for the planning and execution of combat missions and responsible for the safety of all assigned soldiers. Served as a Company Commander of a 270-soldier combat unit and also served as the Brigade Operations Officer for a 5,000 soldier combat brigade and was responsible for developing and executing unit operations, training, plans and programs.

Bachelor Of Aerospace Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba