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Newberg, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon, United States

Embedded Security Manager, serving as the Director of security and risk management operations for a large corporate client; Consults and leads risk assessments, risk management, threat vulnerability and threat mitigation for a portfolio of private and corporate clients.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Senior executive manager leading a team of sworn law enforcement agents and intelligence analysts, including FBI-Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and (HSI) Task Force members, responsible for proactively collecting, analyzing and disseminating threat intelligence, investigating domestic and international threats to domestic security and the identification, monitoring and investigation of known or suspected terrorists. Co-piloted and lead the State of Florida’s Regional Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) unit, responsible for collaborating with regional stakeholders and corporate partners to investigate insider threat concerns.• Managed a continuous caseload of complex multi-jurisdictional state, federal and international criminal investigations involving threats and/or acts of mass violence.• Assisted with piloting and leading the state of Florida Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) program.• Collaborated with private and corporate security partners addressing internal threats and developing employee relations investigations; Such partners included Walmart, Amazon, Walt Disney, Publix, NFL, NCAA and PGA.• Developed and supervised covert field intelligence operations for dignitary protection details and large-scale public events, including professional sporting events, concerts, festivals, protests, and periods of civil unrest.• Authored Threat Assessment Security Operational Plans (CONOPS) for large scale events, including Super Bowl LV, PGA Championships, NCAA Bowl Games, and all Tampa Bay Buccaneer NFL and USF Bulls NCAA home games. • Lead Open Source Intelligence collection and dissemination related to counter-terrorism, threat assessment and dignitary protection.• Coordinated regional BTAM training, Behavioral Health quarterly meetings, corporate active shooter trainings and other public safety collaborations.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Acted as a formal member of the FDLE Cyber Investigation Squad. Coordinated Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigations and served as a certified (CFCE) computer forensic investigator. Orchestrated digital forensic reviews of computers, mobile devices, external storage devices, and vehicle infotainment units (BERLA). Aggregated large subsets of information, documentation, and physical evidence associated with investigations.• Served as a member of the Central Florida ICAC Task Force, FDLE Tampa Bay Electronic Crimes Task Force, FBI Intrusion Task Force and FBI Innocent Images Task Force.• Authored hundreds of court orders, subpoenas, and search warrants requesting digital evidence from Internet Service Providers.• Authored, deployed and presented training materials to educate community resources about cyber investigations and Internet safety.• Developed and instructed 32-hour undercover cyber investigations and computer forensic training course.• Recognized as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in computer forensic investigations by the 13th Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, FL. • Received the "Special Agent of the Year" Award on behalf of the Tampa Bay Area Chiefs Association in 2018.

Served as an IACIS Peer Review Coach, providing guidance, evaluation, and critical feedback to assigned IACIS students through a four-month-long Certified Computer Forensic Examiner (CFCE) certification course. Served as a member of the IACIS Ethics Committee by investigating alleged cheating and ethics violations during IACIS testing and training sessions. Championed assigned students through multiple practical examinations.• Established effective communication and instructed on core competencies by grading student submissions and providing critical feedback and guidance through submission revisions.• Offered final determination of student success in completing the CFCE Peer Review Phase.• Investigated cheating allegations and other ethics violations by interviewing students/staff and preparing findings reports.

Served as a Patrol Officer, Advanced Crime Scene Investigator, Detective, and Computer Forensic Investigator. Field Training Officer for new incoming Detectives of Property Crimes, Pawn Enforcement and Cyber Crimes. Served as "Acting Supervisor" on an as-needed basis in criminal investigations unit. Served as a full-time FBI Child Exploitation Task Force Officer (TFO) and member of the Central Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and FDLE Tampa Bay Cyber Crimes Task Force• Maintained Top Secret level clearance from the FBI prior to employment with the FDLE.• Prepared and disseminated numerous FBI Situational Information Reports (SIRS) and Intelligence Bulletins.• Helped develop and manage the Largo Police Department Computer Forensics Lab.• Spearheaded the purchasing, operating, maintaining, and updating of all forensic software and hardware.• Retained several annual licenses, prepared financial estimates, and submitted funding requests related to the computer forensics lab.

Bachelor'S Degree, Criminology

Cfce, Certified Forensic Computer Examiner

Graduate Certificate; Internet Crime Investigations