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Manages 11 squads in the Chicago Division, to include those tasked with investigating Violent Street Gangs, Eurasian and Asian Criminal Enterprises, La Cosa Nostra, Mexican Drug Cartels, Violent Crime and one tasked with developing Gang-related Human Intelligence. Supervises over 150 special agents and task force officers from the Chicago Police Department (CPD), Cook County Sheriff's Police (CCSP) and numerous suburban police departments with an overall budget exceeding $4 million. Criminal investigations include racketeering, drug and weapons trafficking, complex transnational financial fraud, domestic internet fraud, international computer intrusions, bank robberies, kidnappings and fugitive apprehension. Maintains close working relationships with Executive Management from United States Attorney's Office, Drug Enforcement Agency, CPD, CCSP, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Internal Revenue Service and the United States Marshal's Service. Serves on the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Executive Board from 2008 - present, which oversees the management of a $3.5 million budget for 11 anti-drug initiatives. Serves on the HIDTA Finance and Performance Measures Subcommittee.

Chicago Division

Managed the FBI's fourth largest field office, consisting of over 470 Special Agents, over 1,000 total employees and with an annual budget of over $6 million. Oversaw investigations involving violent crime, white collar crime, public corruption, counter-terrorism, counterintelligenceand cyber violations. Maintained regular contact with other FBI Special Agents in Charge and personnel at the highest levels at FBI Headquarters; as well as agency heads from the Chicago Police Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Internal Revenue Service, Illinois State Police, United States Attorney's Office and community and industry leaders.

Managed investigative squads targeting both transnational and national criminal enterprises, to include: La Cosa Nostra, Asian Organized Crime, Middle Eastern Organized Crime, Violent Street Gangs, Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs, and Cargo and Fine Art Theft. Directly supervised between 12-20 Special Agents and Task Force Officers. Worked closely with Executive Management of CPD, CCSP, all federal law enforcement agencies and the City of Chicago. Served as the Chicago Division's Organized Crime Coordinator from 2003 through 2005, and its Criminal Enterprise Coordinator from 2005 to the present.

Served in the Eurasian Organized Crime (EOC) Unit, Criminal Investigative Division, which provided EOC program oversight and support to all of the FBI's field division and foreign Legal Attaches. Directly managed several major field offices, including: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Newark, Philadelphia, and Miami, as well as FBI Legal Attaches in Moscow, Kiev, Prague, Budapest, and Ottawa. Developed strong working relationships with National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of State, and Department of Justice in support of efforts aimed at identifying and dismantling transnational criminal enterprises. Organized the inaugural Joint Working Group between the FBI and the Russian MVD (Russian National Police). Managed the FBI/Hungarian Bureau of Investigation Organized Crime Task Force (Budapest Project). Served in the FBI's Strategic Information Operations Center following the terrorist events on 09/11/2001.

Successfully investigated numerous high-profile transnational Asian and Eurasian criminal enterprises involved in murder, kidnaping, alien smuggling, international money laundering, health care fraud, and narcotics trafficking. Served as Principal Relief Supervisor, Eurasian Organized Crime Squad from 1999-2001. FBI Director's Overseas Advance Security Detail for delegations to Moscow, Prague, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Llublyana, Slovenia, and serving as Team Leader in Kiev, Ukraine and Cape Town, South Africa. Mission entailed liaison with high level government officials, both domestic and foreign, and ensuring the physical integrity of all venues and the safety of attending personnel.

Investigated white-collar crime matters, to include bank fraud, insurance fraud and health care fraud. Successfully dismantled multimillion dollar airline ticket fraud enterprise.Minneapolis SWAT Team member from 1985 through 1987.

Handled labor law, real estate, bankruptcy, and corporate law matters.

Juris Doctor, Law Review

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Doctor Of Law (Jd), Labor Law

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science

Bachelor Of Science, Political Science