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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Executive leader managing organizational efforts for development of new partnerships, standardization and evaluation of programs, innovation, and resilience.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Regional Security Advisor to the National Capital Region and Director of Security for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Ensures that Federation and Secure Community Network continue to protect the 300,000 members of the Maryland, Washington, DC, and Northern Virginia Jewish community who worship and attend area synagogues, day schools, and other facilities.

Primary interface between the client and MITRE, responsible for managing all aspects of the business relationship: working with the client to determine needs, manage expectations, and set objectives; building and maintaining staff and resources appropriate to achieving agreed-on goals from the perspective of both the client and MITRE, including collaborating with other program and technical centers within MITRE to manage and develop staff; ensuring the timely delivery and high quality of deliverables; and shaping and developing new work.

Provide advice, assistance, and counsel to senior executives of US Government National Security agencies on the integration of Insider Threat, Cyber Security, and other programs. Prepared written and oral technical reports, formal and informal, for senior government executives on Counterintelligence and Cybersecurity. Conducted a review of CI integration, leading customer to more effectively engage the CI community. Conducted an analysis of alternatives for COTS digital identity products, influencing procurement decisions in support of a major cyber requirement.

Washington, Dc, Us

Adjunct Faculty Instructor and Subject Matter Expert for Counterintelligence, Human Source Operations, Counterproliferation, WMD Proliferation, Behavioral Analysis, and Undercover Operations.

Washington, Dc, Us

Mission manager for investigations and operations to detect and mitigate threats to National Security, including Insider Threats (Espionage, Economic Espionage), and Proliferation/Technology Transfer of WMD, Advanced Conventional Weapons, and other critical, strategic, and export-controlled technologies. Managed investigative, HUMINT, and surveillance units. Evaluated sensitive investigative operations for effectiveness, re-allocating resources to higher impact activities, yielding a more efficient use of staff and other resources. Efforts cited by FBI Headquarters as “a best practice.” Developed joint operations with Department of Defense; leveraged unique strengths and capabilities of each agency to collect and exploit intelligence from a singular human intelligence source; identified an emerging threat to US national security interests.

Washington, Dc, Us

Program Manager/Branch Chief for Surveillance, Technical, and Administrative Services Branch, and Resident Agency and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Branch, consisting of remote satellite offices, intelligence collection units, and language services units. Leadership mentoring of subordinate supervisors resulted in improved morale and effectiveness of struggling teams.

Washington, Dc, Us

Adjunct member of FBI's Inspection Staff. Conducted risk-based program audits and reviews of national and field programs for strategy management, resource utilization, and operational effectiveness. Conducted internal investigations of allegations of violations of law and policy. Conducted reviews of use of deadly force incidents.

Washington, Dc, Us

National Program Director, developing and implementing strategies and programs to detect and mitigate foreign government activities to illicitly or illegally acquire, transfer, or proliferate sensitive technologies, particularly WMD and Advanced Conventional Weapons (ACW). Managed a staff which included supervisors/mission managers. Led staff in the development of a first of its kind, comprehensive national strategy to address operations of a hostile power through a multi-faceted program and the innovative application of fundamental and sophisticated techniques and collaboration with other US Intelligence Community agencies; increased operations by 75%; identified multiple illicit technology transfer and proliferation networks; uncovered over $10 million in illegal procurement and export of US defense and sensitive technologies.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led and conducted behavioral science-based consultations of counterintelligence, counterespionage, and counterproliferation investigations to provide investigative, operational, and interrogation strategies for the mitigation of National Security threats. Contributed to the recruitment of high-value human sources and the conviction of subject of a long term espionage investigation. Provided training and mentorship to other team members and investigators.

Washington, Dc, Us

National Program Manager for select undercover and other covert operations in support of FBI Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism investigations. Provided oversight and coordination of Operational (tradecraft and techniques), policy and procedural, legal, and financial aspects of those operations. Managed and conducted Recruitment, Assessment, Selection, and Training of FBI and other agency staff for undercover operations and other high-risk, high-demand, and high-isolation operations. Led training needs assessments for basic and advanced tradecraft training. Coordinated and conducted training for over 300 FBI, other USIC and law enforcement agency, and foreign liaison service staff. Conducted over 200 supervised clinical hours of counseling of operatives as part of the Undercover program, for monitoring their mental health and operational preparedness. Built new relationships with USIC and foreign liaison partners. Increased the quality, responsiveness, and effectiveness of covert operations supporting FBI National Security programs addressing high priority threats.

Washington, Dc, Us

Planned and conducted investigations and operations to detect and mitigate International Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism, and Foreign Intelligence threats to the security of the United States. Conducted covert operations to counter foreign intelligence threats, particularly illicit efforts to acquire sensitive US military technologies and to proliferate weapons of mass destruction. Member of the Southeast Bombing Task Force; investigated bombings of the 1996 Centennial Olympics and family planning clinics by Eric Robert Rudolph; led a team of FBI and Department of Defense investigators.

Tactical Intelligence Officer posted to Germany with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and to Ft Liberty (then Ft Bragg) with the 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne). Counterintelligence Officer/Counterespionage Operations Officer posted to Allied Forces - South, Naples Italy. Intelligence Advisor to the US Border Patrol at El Paso, TX. Provided intelligence staff support to border surveillance operations in Germany and in support of special operations activities in DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM. Conducted counterintelligence investigations and activities in support of NATO staff contingency planning for operations in former Yugoslavia.

Certificate, Strategic Management

Certificate In Behavioral Science Research, Behavioral Sciences Research

Navigating Strategic Change

Certificate, Italian Language

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Political Science And Government