Experience

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  Chase

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  Credit card investigator
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  Federal bureau of investigation (fbi)

  Jan 1998 - now

  Promoted to ASAC to strengthen collaborative culture among various teams within the Tucson office and two smaller offices in southern Arizona. Charged with challenging employees to pursue more significant investigations using innovative techniques. Managed 175 employees with a $2M budget in support of all FBI Tucson operations including physical and information security, crisis response, counterterrorism, criminal investigations, and administrative management. Led numerous tactical training programs to increase connections to and visibility with local law enforcement and community partners, resulting in regular interactions that generated new cases and new collaborations for problem resolutions. 2021 recipient of the United States Attorney General’s Excellence in Law Enforcement award. Show less Sought after to transform an underperforming group into a high-functioning squad targeting multinational organizations utilizing sophisticated techniques while creating a welcoming environment with an expectation of success. Oversaw 11 Special Agents, analysts, and support personnel embedded in a multi-agency task force targeting transnational organized crime. Administered dynamic international investigations requiring frequent overseas travel and liaised with both domestic and international partners. Formally recognized in 2013 and 2014 for exemplary leadership of high-profile investigations. Show less Brought on board based upon extensive experience in successfully prosecuting complex international investigations to manage a six-member team of special agents assigned to US Embassies in Mexico, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic tasked with counter-narcotics investigations. Liaised with foreign law enforcement partners and coordinated investigations between Special Agents and host officers. Collaborated with the US State Department and members of the US Intelligence Community to maximize the safety of Agents operating in dangerous overseas environments. Show less Investigated and supported the prosecution of violent crime, public corruption, money laundering, and narcotics trafficking. Performed investigations, collected evidence, interviewed and interrogated subjects, documented case activity, coordinated with prosecutors, and testified in court proceedings. Served as Acting Supervisory Special Resident Agent from 2009 to 2010 - overseeing multi-agency task force combatting border-related corruption, violent crime, cybercrime, national security threats, and intellectual property and economic espionage cases across southeastern Arizona. Initiated, recruited, and led a multi-agency Cochise County Border Corruption Task Force focused on identifying, investigating, and dismantling border-related law enforcement corruption, bringing about positive gains in problem resolution. Show less

  • Assistant Special Agent in Charge

    Jan 2017 - now

  • Supervisory Special Agent

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  • Unit Chief (Acting)

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Supervisory Special Agent

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  • Supervisory Special Agent

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2012

  • Special Agent

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2005
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  University of arizona

  Apr 2023 - now

  Chief safety officer