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Miami, Florida, United States

Promoted to oversee operations and investigations throughout the state of Florida - a complex area requiring close collaboration with stakeholders in Caribbean, South America and around the world. Balance investigative leadership with administrative oversight of several secure facilities with 800+ employees, to include Agents, deputized Investigators, Analysts, as well legal, communications and support staff.Maximize safety and security while planning and executing hard-hitting investigations. Develop emergency plans to mitigate crises in real time. Actualize community engagement. Represent the Division to the public. Align the division strategy and operations with the vision, goals and objectives of the global Agency.Oversee investigations into drug trafficking, money laundering, violent crime and ensure compliance.Partner with colleagues in the US and overseas as well as other law enforcement, military and government agencies.Perform internal audits and reviews and zero in on opportunities for improvement, efficiency, and close alignment with established policies and procedures.Implement a culture that prioritizes people, encourages cooperation, inspires accountability.Ensure compliance with EEO and HR requirements.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Plan, oversee, and influence outcomes of complex investigations involving drug trafficking and financial crimes. Lead up to 9 supervisors and 120 dedicated and driven task force members (DEA and law enforcement personnel) to identify, investigate, and take down criminal networks operating in Massachusetts and Rhode Island—with national and international reach.Manage daily operations of the division office and coordinate improvement projects, such as facility upgrades. Maximize financial resources and serve as a go-to person for team members. Track investigative outcomes. • Lead an elite task force targeting the region’s most sophisticated and violent offenders, and achieve ongoing success in identifying and disrupting drug trafficking and financial crime networks, and seizing illicit funds, assets, and narcotics.• Build and strengthen relationships as trusted liaison to US Attorney’s Offices, foreign and domestic government officials, law enforcement agencies, and community organizations.• Established the New England Cyber Investigation Team.• Launched 360 Southcoast, a community outreach program.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Promoted to high-profile position as Chief of Staff (Executive Assistant) to the Deputy Chief of Operations. Mitigated risk and advanced the mission of the 10,000-employee organization while supporting investigations and enforcement activities in 68 countries. • Developed agency policy to provide premium pay to personnel working in the world’s most volatile and perilous environments.• Facilitated global investigations through program and policy implementation, and by working with DEA divisions worldwide to identify and resolve operational and administrative issues.• Represented the Deputy Chief to internal and external stakeholders.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Earned promotion within DEA headquarters to oversee the Mexico and Central America section: building relationships, supporting operations, and ensuring the right resources were in place for efficient, effective investigations.• Advanced and facilitated bilateral investigations in the challenging region of Mexico and Central America—improving the capacity of regional and local law enforcement in disrupting and dismantling drug trafficking, money laundering, and violent crime networks.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Promoted to lead the Sensitive Activity Review Committee (SARC) program, which reviews and approves the agency’s most sensitive investigations—including Attorney General Exempted Operations (AGEOs) and other cases involving complex and potentially serious legal, ethical, or policy issues.• Orchestrated coordination with US ambassadors, DOJ attorneys, senior DEA executives, and field agents. Served as point person to high-level stakeholders in the US and around the world.• Responded to agency inquiries to assist in determining if complex cases needed SARC approval.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Relocated to DEA Headquarters to strategize, support, and advance bilateral investigations in the complex region of Mexico and Central America.• Built relationships and coordinated interagency and operational support of criminal investigations.• Advised on and facilitated field operations.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Coordinated, supervised, and participated in street-level operations and long-term criminal investigations (drug and arms trafficking, money laundering, conspiracies) as Special Agent and Group Supervisor in the Los Angeles Field Division. Teamed with law enforcement and government officials, as well as DEA counterparts. • Earned the DEA Administrator’s Award for Group Investigative Achievement as part of an investigative team that used innovative techniques to solve a complex, extended case.• Promoted to first-line supervisor in 2006.

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

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