Experience

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  Federal bureau of investigation

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1995

  Acting unit chief, investigative support unit; critical incident response group

  Positions held also include: FBI Behavioral Science Unit, Instructor of Criminal Psychology & Death Investigation; Acting Unit Chief Criminal Investigative Analysis Program (Criminal Profiling), Violent Criminal Apprehension Program Manager; Criminal Profiling Northwest Area Manager ; Domestic Terrorism Task Force Supervisor, Field Division Coordinator for the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime.

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  Provo city police department

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2002

  Chief of police and civil defense director

  Provided direction and management of police department to include the Patrol Division, Criminal Investigative Division, Support Services Division and the Public Safety Information Bureau. Obtained more than $5 Million in grant awards to fund crime scene investigation equipment, Victim Advocate Unit, Technology CDPD Units, 911 Public Safety Dispatch Center and Crime Records Information Management System. Obtained a $100K Federal grant for Countywide Crime Analysis and Tracking System (UCCATS).

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  Lockheed martin, homeland security corporation

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Regional airport training manager, homeland security corporation

  Supervised training of airport security personnel responsible for airport security and screening passenger and baggage at airports located in the Rocky Mountain Region. This effort was the precursor to the Transportation Security Administration, United States Department of Homeland Security.

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  Us department of homeland security

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Assistant federal security director for law enforcement: transportation security administration

  Administer all Federal public safety, investigative and law enforcement related issues within the airport jurisdictions of Montana. Responsible for Crisis Management, Threat and Risk Assessment and Anti-Terrorism Planning for all airport and air security related issues. Served as the liaison between the US Department of Homeland Security and all related stakeholders associated with each of the airports in matters of public safety.

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  Motorola solutions

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Investigative support services director

  Directed and managed the creation and development of a new division responsible for intuitive based investigative support software and protocols for all major crime categories. Provided oversight of law enforcement training and conducted presentations for national law enforcement agencies on varying topics such as investigative management, technology and current research relating to violent offender patterns, characteristics and their crimes.

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  Cooper enterprises

  Jan 2006 - now

  Founder and executive principal

  International trainer, consultant, expert witness and author for law enforcement, legal, corporate and educational venues. Provide instruction, consultation, expert witness testimony and investigative reporting for law enforcement agencies, news agencies and media groups, including ABC News.com, FOX National News, MSNBC, CNN, A&E Cold Case Files, Court TV, Discovery Channel, etc.

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  Itt technical institute

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2013

  Assistant department chair for school of criminal justice
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  Broadview university

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2014

  Criminal justice program chair
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  Cold case foundation

  Jan 2014 - now

  Executive director; vice chairman board of directors