Experience

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  U.s. navy jag corps

  Jan 1997 - Nov 2000

  • Staff Judge Advocate / General Counsel

    Nov 1998 - Nov 2000

  • Criminal Defense Attorney

    Jan 1998 - Nov 1998

  • Legal Assistance Attorney

    Jan 1997 - Jan 1998
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  Nxp semiconductors (formerly philips semiconductors)

  Nov 2000 - Feb 2002

  Contracts specialist

  Conducted negotiations, wrote contracts, developed sourcing strategies, negotiated delivery of materials and services required to support operations around North America.

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  Naval criminal investigative service (ncis)

  Feb 2002 - May 2005

  Special agent

  Investigated major felonies by or against military personnel and assets. Served on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and deployed to Kuwait, serving as the primary liaison to Kuwaiti law enforcement. Responsible for building cross-cultural relationships to ensure intelligence was quickly and efficiently passed to United States Navy assets.

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  Federal bureau of investigation (fbi)

  May 2005 - Sept 2024

  Chief in-house attorney and member of the Executive Management team in the San Francisco Field Office. Provided concise and time-sensitive advice to senior leaders in order to identify, manage and mitigate organizational risks across multiple programs, including cyber, counterintelligence, criminal and terrorism investigations. Supervised, mentored and professionally developed a multi-disciplinary team of attorneys, paralegals and contractors as the head of the Office of Division Counsel. Responsible for ensuring all personnel in the San Francisco Field Office received comprehensive, high-quality and accurate guidance on a vast array of legal, policy, compliance and ethics issues. Identified and investigated foreign agents engaged in economic espionage and theft of trade secret schemes targeting Silicon Valley companies. Investigated cases with international reach and applied intelligence to identify, penetrate, and neutralize terrorist organizations and intelligence agencies.

  • Chief Division Counsel

    Aug 2021 - Sept 2024

  • Associate Division Counsel

    Sept 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Special Agent

    May 2005 - Sept 2019
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  Kaiser permanente

  Oct 2024 - now

  Service area security leader