Ryan L. Spradlin Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Florida, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

• Managed multimillion dollar budget and 150+ personnel.• Recommended the creation of an agency-wide accountability initiative in response to inconsistent accountability standards driving performance and employee development. Analyzed and evaluated the data from 30 regional offices and divided it into numerous performance categories, resulting in a determination of whether consistent and efficient standards are being met across the country. Implemented in four regions with overwhelming success by any metric. • Restructured the senior leadership team in response to a significant lack of accountability and underperformance, resulting in new positions and multiple re-aligned job responsibilities. Despite personnel reductions of approximately 35% due to a national reorganization, realized a 73% increase in overall performance. • Delivered a 73% increase across seven performance categories YoY and was recognized as the most improved regional office in the nation. • Selected by Director to represent agency at the senior leadership training program and provided advice on best practices to newly promoted senior executives. Mentor and coach three executives simultaneously. • Created and submitted a strategic regional threat assessment with cost-benefit metrics to expand operations by over 50%. • Identified multiple areas of deficiency and made improvements within administrative support functions and realigned the job responsibilities to more efficiently support the agency mission. Facilitated and introduced a certified coach to mentor underperformers, significantly streamlining budget and resource oversight. • Spearheaded the proposal and approval to hire a Public Affairs Officer for the region, leading to significantly increased public and social media statements, ensuring the agency mission and strategy were operating with one voice externally.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Managed multimillion dollar budget and 200+ personnel. • Inherited a field office in August 2019 suffering from low morale and significant underperformance. Implemented a comprehensive restructure plan after numerous meetings with line-level personnel and three tiers of management, resulting in historical increases in performance, employee engagement, fiscal responsibility and partnership development. • Overhauled the leadership structure and established a new culture of accountability, placing 23 personnel in supervisory positions, and resulting in a 150% increase across 10+ productivity categories over three years. Within one year, established this as one of the top performing regional offices in the country and most productive per asset nationwide. • Identified an inconsistent employee onboarding process resulting in lower engagement, poor communication and organizational proficiency. Implemented a new onboarding program with personalized leadership interaction, training packets, and streamlined introductions to the area and points of interest. Saved approximately 4 weeks on average per new hire, enhancing their ability to rapidly transition into the position and assimilate with their new teams. • Created the Cybercrimes and Dark Web investigations division with 10+ cross-functional partners, resulting in a 433% increase in dismantled organizations YoY. Oversaw the cyber response to eight intrusions including school districts, critical infrastructure, financial institutions, and law enforcement agencies. • Overhauled the North Texas Human Trafficking Task Force and Executive Board in response to a lack of leadership and organizational oversight, resulting in a 251% increase in risk mitigation and a 185% annual increase in victim identification. This leadership and overhaul led this task force to its status as the most successful federally funded human trafficking unit nationwide.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Managed multimillion dollar budget and 260+ personnel. • Oversaw the transformation of an inclusive workforce and office environment by being recognized as the only national office to experience the highest increases in employee engagement, work experience, and reputational leadership. • Identified lower productivity associated with out-of-date position expectations and conducted a comprehensive review of all positions within purview. Implemented standardized work plans to address numerous vulnerabilities reflecting clear, measurable, and effective goals and objectives. This significantly increased productivity and accountability, leading to requests from other senior leaders to implement this model nationally. • Overhauled and led one of the most operationally deficient regions in the nation to an unprecedented 82% increase in every measurable category, ranking as the top region nationally in high impact criminal investigations.• Proposed and wrote a public safety initiative program approved by the US Attorney General, resulting in a renewed focus on financial crime investigations and a significant increase in enforcement related to the opioid epidemic. • Designed and developed a leadership program called "Facetime with the SAC," enabling any employee to schedule time and virtually discuss any concerns or introduce collaborative ideas for improvement. This program was overwhelmingly successful and contributed to many of the success stories featured in this resume. • Implemented a mentoring program for 30+ new managers and created a leadership exercise focused on self-reflection, leading to significantly increased collaboration and leadership development. • Drafted a white paper advocating for official use of social media channels to disseminate news releases, public statements, and other information. This white paper was the catalyst to agency approval of the program and its use of Twitter in an official capacity.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Oversaw multimillion dollar operational budget while directing investigative and operational activities of approximately 270+ employees across three states. • Led the design, creation, and implementation of a multi-agency counter-terrorism initiative designed to combat the vulnerabilities within and around all airports and waterways.• Created power point presentation highlighting strategic priorities and delivered 30+ community outreach presentations covering numerous topics, rebuilding relationships with partners and community stakeholders.• Streamlined the mobile digital forensics program by purchasing additional equipment and hiring subject matter experts, resulting in the time required to analyze a device being reduced from weeks to hours.• Identified the lack of a standardized document repository system and implemented a SharePoint solution, establishing a single database for all information collection and storage, and saving tens of thousands of hours annually.• Identified extremely inefficient budget request/approval procedures and implemented a new standardized process eliminating backlogged items and decreasing the approval process from months to hours.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Promoted five job levels over six years due to exceptional performance. • Managed nine offices, 70+ direct reports, and a multimillion dollar budget.• Oversaw, built, and led the first 24/7 global security operations center (GSOC), converting all contract positions to government employees, and saving the government approximately $1M annually. • Spearheaded the intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination process for numerous governmental agencies.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Promoted three times from Special Agent to Director• As a special agent and extensive time as the acting resident agent in charge, I initiated, planned, conducted, and supervised significant criminal and civil investigations and reported the results. • Developed facts and evidence utilizing a wide range of investigative techniques including electronic surveillance, the use of confidential informants and data gathering/analysis. • In 2001 & 2002, as a result of the significant investigations that I initiated and conducted, I received several awards of recognition to include the Customs Commissioner's Award for Law Enforcement Officer of the year, Mississippi’s Top Cop Award, and the Tri-County Federal Law Enforcement Officer of the year.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Education And School Psychology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration