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Washington, DC

Protecting the Firm's most valuable assets - its partners, associates, and staff - to facilitate our relentless commitment to Kirkland's client service. Accomplishing this mission by building new security programs to mitigate the threat of violence in the workplace and to mitigate threats to the Firm's reputation through internal investigations.

Led three geographically dispersed teams to covertly test physical security designs and implementations in all physical environments across Amazon globally, including data centers, corporate offices, fulfillment centers, and studios.Analyzed and directly integrated penetration testing data into Amazon's and AWS's physical security governance and compliance.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Selected by the FBI Director to serve as chief executive of the Counterterrorism and Critical Incident Management Division of the FBI's third largest field office in Washington, DC, leading counterterrorism investigations and operations in the DC metropolitan area and extraterritorial operations in the Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Served as head of threat intelligence for the FBI's global counterterrorism effort; leading a team of 22 teams of 350 FBI professionals responsible for the persistent process of assessing terrorism threats globally within the FBI’s risk management framework. I influenced cross-functional teams to integrate intelligence into the FBI's strategies to mitigate.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Developed and implemented long-term strategy strategy leading three teams at the FBI's Office of Partner Engagement. My teams and I linked the FBI’s C-suite executives to the leadership of state/local law enforcement national associations, guiding the FBI Director and other top executives in their interactions with key external law enforcement partners on.

Georgia

The FBI's Atlanta Field Office is accountable for all FBI operations and integration with other federal, state, and local agencies across Georgia and its 159 counties. I led the office's Criminal Branch, overseeing seven teams of just over 100 special agents, task force officers and other professionals responsible for violent crime, gang, transnational.

As assistant section chief, I served the FBI's Counterterrorism Division in two roles: In the first 13 months, I led a section branch of over 120 FBI professionals developing and exploiting bulk data solutions to protect the Homeland. I also oversaw the day-to-day operations and security of the FBI-owned data center utilized in this effort. In the second.

Led teams of FBI and state/local officers in complex criminal investigations, including crimes against persons, with the intent to disrupt criminal elements most impacting in Chicago and surrounding area.