LEIU/IALEIA Training Conference, San Diego, CA - 2012

 
Conference Speaker Biographies
ANNIE JOHN CHARLES COHEN CHRISTINA GALECKI
CURTIS GARTON DALE FERRANTO DANIEL BRICK
DAVE PENNYPACKER DAVID GAVIN DAVID S. CARIENS, JR.
DAVID WEISMAN DR. JERRY RATCLIFFE DR. RAPHAEL DJABATEY
DR. ROBERT TOMES DR. STEPHEN SCHNEIDER HEATHER SULLIVAN
HUSSEIN ALI-KAMAL JAMES EMERY JOHN BECK
JOHN GORDNIER JOHN STOLTER JOHN TOBON
JORGE GIL-BLANCO JOSE ALFREDO JIMENEZ ALVAREZ KRISTIE MANZI
LAURA-JANE BENOIT LAUREN SCOTT, PH.D. LEONARD W. LEEDY
LEW NELSON LUIS HERNESTO GARCíA HERNáNDEZ MERLE MANZI
MICHAEL HEARNS MICK SACHDEVA MILAN MUELLER
MORDECAI (MORTY) DZIKANSKY NASSIR MUTTAR AL-ZUBAIDI PAT MCCARTHY
R. K. FRIESEN RACHEL STONES RICHARD ANDERSON
ROBERT O. AMADOR SAMANTHA GWINN STEPHEN MURPHY
TIM MURPHY WAYNE NICHOLS WAYNE SPEES
 
 

Annie John has been with i2 since January 2010 where she serves as a subject matter expert on i2 software for the state and local, federal, and commercial industries around the United States. She has more than five years experience with the U.S. federal government where she worked as an Intelligence Analyst using i2 products to combat terrorism and narcotrafficking. Ms. John graduated from DePauw University with a degree in computer science and currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia, where she is very active in civic organizations and enjoys international travel.
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Chuck Cohen’s formal education includes a Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and an undergraduate degree from Indiana University with a double major in Criminal Justice and Psychology. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a Lieutenant serving the Indiana State Police, where he has been employed since 1994. Lieutenant Cohen is currently the Commander of the Special Investigations and Criminal Intelligence Sections. In this capacity he is responsible for the cyber crime, organized crime and corruption, vehicle crime, and crimes against children units along with overseeing the department’s overt and covert criminal intelligence function. Lieutenant Cohen is the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Commander and the LEIU Representative for the Indiana State Police. He speaks internationally on topics including the implications of online social networks in criminal investigations and criminal intelligence gathering, cyber crime, online fraud, money laundering, corruption investigations, and the investigation of skilled criminal offenders. Lieutenant Cohen is an Adjunct Instructor at Indiana University Bloomington, where he teaches Foundations of Criminal Investigation. He is a published author, including peer-reviewed material and a cover article for Police Chief Magazine. Lieutenant Cohen was recently featured on the cover of the National White Collar Crime Center’s "Informant" magazine.
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Christina Galecki is a criminal intelligence analyst with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) "O" Division. She has worked on a range of portfolios within a strategic environment in the Division Criminal Analysis Section including: Tobacco, Asian Organized Crime, Colombian Organized Crime, and Street Gangs. Since 2008 Analyst Galecki has worked as a tactical analyst with the RCMP's Toronto West Detachment with the Integrated Counterfeit Enforcement Team; as an analytical team leader during the 2010 G8-G20 Summits Joint Intelligence Group; and is currently dedicated to the Toronto West Detachment Drug Section. Analyst Galecki has presented on numerous courses including the Strategic Intelligence Analysis Course at the Canadian Police College, Integrated Counterfeit Investigators' Course, and the Integrated Investigators Course. In 2010 she was part of a team that received the Bank of Canada Law Enforcement Award of Excellence for Counterfeit Deterrence in recognition of the role they played in the dismantling of the largest counterfeit currency operation in Canadian history (Project OPHIR II). Prior to working with the RCMP Analyst Galecki worked for the National Crime Prevention Centre for five years. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa where she earned her Bachelor of Social Sciences, Honours Criminology degree in 1998.
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Curtis Garton is the Visual Analytics Product Manager with Oculus Info, with a focus on geo-temporal and network analysis. Mr. Garton has over 10 years experience in data visualization and 3D animation. He currently works with crime analysts around the globe in adopting visual analysis techniques to improve their ability to understand and present complex data sets.
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Dale Ferranto joined LexisNexis in 2008 as the Western United States Business Development Specialist. After a 35 year career in law enforcement, he retired as an Assistant Chief with the California Department of Justice. Mr. Ferranto is also a retired U.S. Navy Captain and graduate of the 181st Session of the FBI National Academy.
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Daniel Brick is the Director of Intelligence, Air & Marine Operations Center (AMOC), Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air & Marine, within the Department of Homeland Security. The AMOC is a unique organization/facility providing direct support to homeland security, protecting the American people and the nation’s borders through detection, identification of foreign and domestic threats, and the coordination of interagency law enforcement air, marine, and ground interdiction forces. The Office of Air & Marine’s (OAM) mission is to protect the American people and critical infrastructure by using an integrated and coordinated air and marine force to deter, interdict, and prevent acts of terrorism arising from the unlawful movement of people and goods across and beyond the borders of the United States. Director Brick is a graduate of the University of South Dakota, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and Political Science. He received a Masters of Public Administration Degree from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California. He is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Executive Management at the Peter F. Drucker and Masotoshi Ito Graduate School of Management. Director Brick has certificates as a Six Sigma Black Belt and Organizational Strategy. He joined the OAM team in May 2010 after working as a Senior Program Manager, HALE Systems (Global Hawk) for Northrop Grumman Corporation. His responsibilities included strategic planning and program operations and integration, oversight, and reporting. Other civilian and government positions included: Branch Chief, Defense HUMINT Operations, Policy and Doctrine; Senior Intelligence Officer, Campaign and Operations Planning; and Senior Intelligence Officer, Office of the Chief of Staff, Defense Intelligence Agency for Performance Management. Director Brick was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1984. Upon completion of the Infantry Officer Basic Course, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division (Germany). In 1989, he was realigned to the Military Intelligence (MI) Corps and attended the Military Intelligence Transition, Advance Officer, and Counterintelligence Operator Courses. His intelligence assignments began as Asssitant Operations Officer, 102d Military Intelligence Battalion, battalion S2 (Intelligence) officer with 2d Battalion; 72nd Armor, 2nd Infantry Division (ID); commander B Company, 102nd MI Battalion; and as brigade S2 (Intelligence) officer for 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (ID). Subsequent assignments and intelligence positions include: Observer Controller, G2 Plans Officer and Intelligence Officer, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; Indications and Warning Policy Officer, J2, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Team Chief, Iraq Intelligence Task Force, Operations Officer, Deputy Director for Crisis Management (J2M), J2, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Team Chief; S3 Operations Officer, NSA Hawaii; Chief of Current Intelligence and Operations, J2, US PACOM; and Deputy Operations Officer, Joint Intelligence Task Force – Combating Terrorism (JITF-CT).
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Dave Pennypacker is currently employed as a Liaison/Outreach Trainer with the N-DEx Program Office at the FBI’s CJIS center in Clarksburg, WV. Mr.Pennypacker is a former U.S. Marine and is in his 30th year serving as a law enforcement professional. From 1982 to 2002 he served in an operational law enforcement capacity as a police supervisor, police officer, metro tactical officer, investigator, and sheriff’s deputy. During this period he worked with the Norfolk, Virginia Police Department and prior to that with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department in Albuquerque, NM. In 2002, following the 9/11 attacks, he brought his years of subject matter law enforcement expertise to the training arena and since that time has trained thousands of Federal, state, and local law enforcement professionals as well as other members of the emergency response community. In 2007-2008 he worked in the Iraq Theater of Operations training military personnel. His education includes: Master of science degree in Criminal Justice with a Critical Incident Management Specialization; a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice graduating Cum Laude 2000; and a masters certificate in Applied Project Management.
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David Gavin is an N-DEx Outreach Specialist for IACP’s Information Sharing Initiatives Program. He previously worked thirty-three years for the Texas Department of Public Safety, mostly as Assistant Chief, Administration Division, in charge of the Texas Data Exchange (T-DEx), Texas Crime Information Center, Criminal History Repository, AFIS, Sex Offender Registration, and related programs. His education includes a Master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Dave Cariens is a retired CIA officer--a 31-year career. Most of his time at the Agency was spent as a political analyst dealing with Eastern Europe. In this capacity, Mr. Cariens wrote for all levels of the U.S. government--from the President to the working level analysts and policymakers. Mr. Cariens served as an officer overseas in Eastern Europe and as an editor at the FBIS facility outside London. He headed the CIA University program to teach new analysts writing and briefing skills. Mr. Cariens also served on the CIA's Inspector General Staff. He currently teaches Intelligence Analysis and Writing for the Intelligence Community. In addition to his work in the U.S., Mr. Cariens teaches intelligence and crime analysis for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and he has taught for the Singapore Police. He is the author of "A Question of Accountability: The Murder of Angela Dales" -- an examination of the shooting at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia in January 2002. Angela Dales, the mother of Cariens’ oldest grandchild, was killed in that shooting. His textbook, "Critical Thinking Through Writing: Intelligence and Crime Analysis" was published in December 2011. Mr.Cariens is currently working with Michael Pohle (whose oldest son was killed at Virginia Tech) on a book about that shooting from the perspective of the victims and their families. Mr. Cariens is a victims' rights advocate (all volunteer) working with the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy. He takes no money for his work on behalf of school shooting victims and their families.
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David Weisman is Senior Manager of the ‘E-Crime & Threat Intelligence’ (ECTI) team at PayPal. His group’s primary responsibilities is to investigate criminal activity performed against the PayPal platform and/or its customers as well as provide timely collection and analysis of current and future technological threats. Before founding the ECTI team, Mr. Weisman was responsible for a number of internal and external security product programs in PayPal’s Risk Management organization that directly dealt with minimizing the threats of phishing and malware against PayPal’s customer base. Prior to joining PayPal, Mr. Weisman spent 11 years in product management and technology leadership roles in the security industry--working on enterprise and consumer security products at early stage startups as well as large and well established organizations.
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Dr. Jerry Ratcliffe is Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the Center for Security and Crime Science at Temple University, Philadelphia. He served 11 years with the Metropolitan Police in London (UK) on patrol duties, in an intelligence and information unit, and as a member of the Diplomatic Protection Group. After a winter mountaineering accident, he left the police and completed both a BSc and a PhD at the University of Nottingham. He ran graduate programs in criminal intelligence in Australia, and, for a number of years, coordinated Australia's National Strategic Intelligence Course. Dr. Ratcliffe has published over 60 research studies in the areas of spatial analysis, crime reduction, and intelligence-led policing – and four books: 'GIS and Crime Mapping', 'Policing Illegal Drug Markets', ‘Intelligence-Led Policing’ and ‘Strategic Thinking in Criminal Intelligence’. Outside academia, Dr. Ratcliffe was an officer in the British Army reserves (Royal Engineers), has climbed the three highest mountains in Africa, led an expedition down the Selenga river in Siberia, and was the first non-Iban tribesman to successfully navigate (with a traditional carved boat) the rapids of the Temburong river in Borneo.
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Dr. Djabatey is the Manager of Criminal Intelligence Analysis Unit of Peel Regional Police. He is responsible for providing strategic direction to a team of 16 criminal intelligence analysts. His role also includes directing crime analysis functions, as well as developing plans, managing initiatives, and executing actions to realize the unit’s strategic goals. Dr. Djabatey holds of a Ph.D from the University of Toronto--specializing in spatial data analysis. As a specialist in data analysis, Dr. Djabatey has pioneered a number of initiatives in integration of technology in law enforcement practices. He has employed the use of sophisticated techniques in spatial, statistical, and investigative techniques to analyze crime data--providing enhanced intelligence to support proactive policing. Dr. Djabatey has developed and instructed several in-house training courses in visual investigative methods, data mining techniques, crime mapping, spatio-temporal techniques, and business intelligence systems. Dr. Djabatey is also a part-time faculty at the University of Guelph-Humber where he teaches courses in quantitative research, business statistics, business mathematics, and financial mathematics. In the field of academia, Dr. Djabatey's interest includes mathematical formulation of decision models and statistical applications in operational research. He is currently involved in a collaborative research in crime analytics and public safety indicators.
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Robert R. Tomes, Ph.D., is a Director of Strategy and Plans for BAE Systems with a focus on training and professional development programs for strategic cyber and ISR analysis, activity based intelligence, socio-cultural intelligence/human dynamics and Full Motion Video analysis. Prior to joining BAE, Dr. Tomes was a consultant to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Coast Guard, and the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. He has 20 years of experience serving and teaching in national security positions and over 10 years in the geospatial intelligence community; serving as a senior manager at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), as the senior RAND advisor to the NGA Strategic Innovation Panel, and as a member of the NGA (then NIMA) Director’s Initiatives Group. Dr. Tomes is an adjunct professor at The George Washington University where he teaches national security decision making, defense strategy, regional affairs and transnational security issues. He has a double BA in History/Political Science from the University of Iowa, an MA in Political Science from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland.
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Stephen Schneider is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As one of Canada’s foremost researchers and educators in the field of organized crime, he has conducted classified and public studies on organized crime for the Canadian Department of Justice, the RCMP, and Public Safety Canada. He has published numerous articles and books on the subject, including his latest best-selling book, "Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada". He recently completed a study examining organized crime at commercial marine ports for the Canadian government.
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Heather Sullivan has 17 years of operational intelligence experience working with Department of Defense and general aviation pilots. She began her career as an Air Force Intelligence Officer and has spent the last 13 years working for the Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC) as a Senior Intelligence Analyst. She researches suspect pilots and aircraft, assists in debriefing arrested pilots/passengers, and assists field agents in case development. Senior Analyst Sullivan also teaches many classes to local, state, and federal law enforcement officers on the many facets of working an aviation smuggling case. In addition to working in law enforcement, Senior Analyst Sullivan is the mother of a 10 year old daughter who likes to tell people that “my Mom has a weird Mommy job”.
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Deputy Minister/Major General Hussein Ali-Kamal was born in Sulaimania, Iraq in 1961 and graduated from the College of Law and Policy in 1981. Post law school he worked as an attorney in the Iraq Lawyers Union and Kurdistan Lawyers Union, and was a member of the Kurdistan Parliament for 10 years. He was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Interior in 2003 and has since remained the Director of the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency (FIIA), formally the National Information and Intelligence Agency (NIIA). DM/MG Kamal has a masters degree in international law from the National Defense College with expertise in Iraq Regional and Internal Security, and a diploma in Security Sciences from the National Defense College in Rome. He is currently preparing for his Ph.D. in Human Intervention in Contemporary International Relations. Since 2003, he has attended three courses at the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia: Counter Terrorism, Organized Crime, and Money Laundering. He is married and has four children.
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James Emery serves as a team leader and law enforcement liaison specialist with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), where he has worked for more than 21 years. His current responsibilities include assessing the value and utilization of the Bank Secrecy Act in law enforcement investigations and regulatory actions. More recently, Mr. Emery has helped develop, and serves as class coordinator, of an advanced Bank Secrecy Act user's course, specifically developed for HIDTA personnel. He also conducts outreach to inform law enforcement personnel of FinCEN's products and services used to support criminal investigations.
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Mr. Beck joined Esri as the law enforcement specialist in September, 2011. He has extensive knowledge of ArcGIS tools, technologies, and best practices. He knows how they apply to the law enforcement mission, from initial report to case closure. Areas of responsibility include both strategic and tactical crime analysis, the use of GIS in the corrections environment, as well as the many practical field applications of GIS for the street cop. Geospatial intelligence is vital to the mission of police agencies worldwide and Mr. Beck uses his knowledge and experience in law enforcement to assist agencies in this mission.
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John Gordnier received his BA degree from the University of Washington in 1966. His JD was earned at the University of Wyoming in 1969. In January 1970 he was sworn in as a member of the California bar. From 1970 until 1972 Mr. Gordnier worked as a Deputy District Attorney in the County of San Bernardino California. In October 1972 he became a Deputy Attorney General in the Criminal Law Division of the California Attorney General's Office. During his time in the Criminal Law Division Mr. Gordnier tried cases involving public officials, served as the head of the Political Reform Act Enforcement Unit, and was in charge of the Attorney General's Legislative/Lobbyist Task Force. When the Special Prosecutions Unit was created to handle organized crime cases in 1979, JMr. Gordnier was one of the attorneys assigned to a team consisting of an attorney and two special agents. In 1983 he was named the Senior Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Special Prosecutions Unit, a position he held until the Unit was disbanded in 1991. During his tenure in the Special Prosecutions Unit, Mr. Gordnier not only prosecuted cases and supervised prosecutions by the unit, he also was responsible for the creation and enactment of laws penalizing money laundering, allowing for asset forfeiture, and permitting prosecution under a state RICO provision. From 1991 to 1998 Mr. Gordnier was a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Trials and Special Projects Unit. In this capacity he served as the legislative liaison for the Criminal Law Division, prosecuted certain cases such as the Mark Furman perjury case, implemented the Attorney General's response to the Medical Marijuana Initiative and successfully defended California's Assault Weapons Law. From 1998 until his retirement in 2007, Mr. Gordnier was assigned as the attorney for the California Department of Justice's intelligence systems, served as the legal advisor to the CalGANG intelligence system, and taught intelligence law for both basic level and executive level courses sponsored by the Attorney General's Advanced Training Center. Since retiring from public service, Mr. Gornier has acted as a consultant and instructor on criminal intelligence law.
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John Stolter is the Director of Operations for Analytic Advantage, Inc. (AAI). Since 2000, Mr. Stolter has been delivering "The Thinker’s Workshop™" for a variety of clients in the intelligence community, law enforcement, and private industry. Prior to joining AAI, he was Vice President of Analytic Prowess, LLC, the company started by Morgan Jones, author of "The Thinker’s Toolkit", to promote the application of analytic structuring tools and methods. Mr. Stolter instructed "The Thinker’s Workshop™" for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the USAF, the USMC, General Motors, Southern California Edison, and the University of Texas. In addition, Mr. Stolter has instructed a two-day workshop on analytic decision-making and problem solving skills as part of the FBI Academy’s 6-week Basic Intelligence Analysts Course. With over 20 years of consulting experience, Mr. Stolter has managed organizational change efforts that combined technology, training, organizational consulting, and coaching. He also delivered technical workshops for a variety of customers, including NIH’s Clinical Center, CIA’s Directorate of Science & Technology, Society of Automotive Engineers, the U.S. Army, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, General Dynamics, SigSauer, iRobot, Sensata, Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co., Biosense Webster, Advanced Orthopedic Solutions, Toyota, Honda, Yamaha, General Motors, Chrysler, Schlumberger, Centrilift, and other companies. Mr. Stolter holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University and a Graduate Certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University.
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Mr. Tobon has been assigned to the Illicit Finance & Proceeds of Crime Unit (IFPCU) at Immigration & Customs Enforcement – Homeland Security Investigations (ICE‐HSI) Headquarters in Washington, DC since August 2007. The IFPCU has programmatic oversight of ICE financial investigations around the world. Prior to this assignment, he was the Assistant ICE Attaché in Bogota, Colombia. In that position he was the primary point of contact between ICE and the government of Colombia on money laundering issues. While in Colombia he developed and managed the ICE/Bogota Financial Investigations Unit (FIU), which is made up of members of the Colombian National Police (CNP), who are vetted and trained by ICE to pursue money laundering leads developed by ICE domestic offices. Prior to his overseas assignment Mr. Tobon worked as a Special Agent within the ICE‐HSI led El Dorado Task Force in New York, NY and the office of the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle, WA. During his 15 year law enforcement career he has participated in numerous high profile money‐laundering investigations targeting trans‐national criminal organizations (Cali and Norte Valle Cartels, among others) as a case agent, undercover operative, and supervisor. Mr. Tobon regularly provides anti‐money laundering training to private industry, and foreign and domestic law enforcement entities. In 1997, Mr. Tobon earned a combined Bachelor of Arts/Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from the City University of New York (CUNY), John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is a native Spanish speaker.
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Jorge Gil-Blanco is a 39 year veteran of law enforcement and is recognized as an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang expert. He has lectured extensively on the topic throughout the United States and Canada. Mr. Gil-Blanco provides expert testimony for Outlaw Motorcycle Gang cases and has done so in California, Arizona, and Nevada. His career began in 1973 as an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. From 1974 to 1978 he worked as a narcotics investigator, patrol officer, custody officer, and court security officer with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. From 1978 to 2004, Mr. Gil-Blanco worked in the following capacities as a San Jose Police Officer: training officer/instructor, field training officer, academy instructor, narcotic investigator (DEA Task Force), criminal intelligence officer (Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs), patrol officer, burglary prevention investigator, parks patrol officer, and background investigator/recruiter. After retiring from the San Jose Police Department, Mr. Gil-Blanco spent 13 months as a Dixon Police Narcotics Investigator and was assigned to the Solano County Narcotics Enforcement Team (SOL-NET). From January 2006 to the present, He is the Western States Information Network (WSIN) Training Coordinator. Mr. Gil-Blanco is a graduate of the POST Master Instructor Development Program.
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Major Jose Alfredo Jimenez Alvarez, is a Colombia National Police Officer assigned to the Anti Drug Directorate. He is the Coordinator of the ERCAIAD “Regional School of the American Community on Anti Drug Intelligence.” He has 19 years of experience as policeman with a comprehensive academic training: MBA in Business Administration by the Business Administration School, and experienced Pilot for the police with 5500+ hours of flying time in Intelligence Aircrafts, Major Jimenez Alvarez is a Police Professor with more than 12 years of experience training special task forces to crack down drug trafficking, with a Major on Strategic and Prospective Thinking by the Universidad Externado of Colombia. He has a certification on Analysis of Strategic Intelligence by the School of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence of the National Police and took a course on Antiterrorism at the Interamerican Air Forces Academy in San Antonio, Texas. He received training on Anti Drug issues at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia (USA). Currently Major Jimenez Alvarez is the most experienced Professor on the subject matter: Drug Trafficking Prospective in Latin America at the ERCAIAD. During his career at the Colombia National Police, he has occupied key positions to fight against drug trafficking. The following positions are amongst the most relevant ones: Team Leader for Comprehensive Security of Air Police, Coordinator for Ports Control, Delegate before the Ministry of National Defense in the Strategic Review of the Democratic Security Policy, Head of Planning and of the Center for Strategic Studies against Drug Trafficking of the Anti Drugs Directorate of the Colombia National Police. Thanks to his expertise, training, and prospective view he has represented the Institution on programs of the National Government like the Strategic Campaign of the Defense Sector “Strategic Leap”, National Plan for Territory Consolidation in the National Security Arena and the National Policy against Drugs 2010 – 2014, proposing and developing strategies, plans, programs, preventive, and deterrent actions for crime control, aimed to guarantee citizens security.
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Kristie Manzi, a retired Senior Management Analyst Supervisor with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Office of Statewide Intelligence, has 30 years of progressively responsible criminal intelligence analysis experience. Ms. Manzi is currently an Analytic Programs Manager, consultant and trainer. She conducts law enforcement intelligence training for analysts, managers, commanders, and criminal intelligence officers, and is an adjunct instructor with the Louisiana State University (LSU) in their DHS-funded Intelligence Analysis Essentials course. Ms. Manzi is also an instructor in the Florida Law Enforcement Analyst Academy and the IALEIA/LEIU Foundations of Intelligence Analysis Training (FIAT) program. Her background experience includes various intelligence and investigative assignments including the Florida statewide intelligence coordinator for the Blue Lightning Marine Smuggling Strike Force. Ms. Manzi was a developer and initial supervisor of a statewide intelligence and analytical unit dedicated to insurance fraud investigations within the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud Unit and was the founding President of the Northern Florida IALEIA Chapter. She has been a strong advocate for professionalism within the ranks of criminal analysts and, as such, has participated in national workshops aimed at creating standardized training courses and curricula for analyst training. She participated as an initial developer of the FIAT program. Ms. Manzi holds the credential of Certified Public Manager (CPM) under the certification authority of the Florida Center for Public Management, Florida State University. Additionally, she is a Florida Certified Law Enforcement Analyst and IALEIA Lifetime Criminal Intelligence Certified Analyst.
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Laura-Jane Benoit is a criminal intelligence analyst with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at National Headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. She is responsible for analysis (primarily strategic) of the synthetic drug market (including precursor chemicals). Laura-Jane was called to the bar for the province of Ontario (as a barrister and solicitor) in 2007. She graduated from the University of Warwick (United Kingdom) with a Master’s degree in International Development Law and Human Rights (LLM) with a focus on human trafficking and risk management. Analyst Benoit has delivered presentations on the synthetic drug trade at the Canadian Police College and at the National Chemical Diversion Conference.
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Dr. Lauren Scott has over 25 years of experience in software development and GIS. She currently works at Esri as a product engineer on the Geoprocessing team where she is responsible for software support, education, documentation, and development of spatial statistics tools in ArcGIS. Dr. Scott has been invited to deliver presentations, workshops, and short courses at both national and international agencies, including the National Institute of Justice, Centers for Disease Control, Johns Hopkins, New York City Department of Health, University College London (UCL) Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, London Health Protection Agency, Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Center, and the University of Copenhagen Institute of Geography. She received her Ph.D. in 1999 from the Joint Doctoral Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and San Diego State University. She holds both an M.A. and a B.A. in geography from California State University, Fullerton.
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Mr. Leedy retired from the St. Petersburg Police Department in 1999. In his 25 years of service he saw duty as a uniformed and K-9 officer and spent 13 years in the vice and narcotics unit. In addition to the responsibilities of an undercover officer, Mr. Leedy was the chief technical officer in charge of the installation and management of all DNR’s and Title III equipment. His knowledge of data processing and analytical tools enabled him to function as the unit’s technical crime analyst. Civilian life has kept Mr. Leedy closely involved with law enforcement. He has developed and teaches courses in crime analysis and Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet for the Department of Homeland security’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and other law enforcement agencies. He is the president of Law Enforcement Consulting, Inc. and an authorized reseller of investigation management software developed by ACISS systems Inc. Mr. Leedy has a BS degree in marine science from the University of West Florida.
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Mr. Nelson has served as the Director of Global Law Enforcement Solutions for Esri since May 1998. His responsibilities include coordinating Esri's law enforcement industry marketing activities, identifying solutions needs, and acting as a liaison between Esri and the many law enforcement, corrections, and criminal justice agencies, associations, and professional societies globally. Prior to this, Mr. Nelson retired as a Chief of Police in California with 30 years of law enforcement service at all ranks and capacities including Field Operations; Administrative Services; Patrol; Traffic; Detectives (Robbery/Homicide/ Burglary/Auto Theft/Narcotics/Intelligence); Special Weapons And Tactics; and Training. Mr. Nelson received a Master of Science in Management Science from California Polytechnic University in Pomona in 1995. His thesis, entitled “Using Geographic Information Systems in Law Enforcement by the Year 2002”, further sparked his interest in GIS. In addition, Mr. Nelson received a Master of Arts in Public Administration from University of Southern California in 1977, and a Bachelor of Science in Police Science and Administration from California State University, in 1974. Mr. Nelson is a graduate of the FBI National Academy (FBINA 134), the California POST Command College, and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (LEEDS 17). He holds a California Peace Officers' Standards Training Executive Certificate. Mr. Nelson has made hundreds of presentations on GIS applications in law enforcement, criminal justice, emergency management, and homeland security to groups and seminars in over 50 countries in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, South America, the Mid-East, the Mediterranean, Africa, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia.
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Lieutenant Colonel García Hernández has a law degree and a bachelor degree in Police Administration with a major in Administrative Law and Criminal Investigation and a masters degree in Political Sciences. Currently, he is the head of the Prospective Intelligence Center at the Police Intelligence Directorate of the Colombia National Police. As such, he leads the development of strategic and prospective intelligence products. Lieutenant Colonel García Hernández has published 5 books, 10 papers on prospective intelligence, and 5 thematic collections. He has been presented with 25 decorations by the National Police and other civil authorities. He is also the Founding President of the IALEIA Chapter Colombia.
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Mr. Manzi is a criminal intelligence consultant and trainer, a retired Special Agent from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), and a veteran of over 32 years of progressively responsible law enforcement investigative and intelligence service. He currently serves as an adjunct Academic Specialist with the Michigan State University (MSU), School of Criminal Justice, in the DHS-funded law enforcement Intelligence Toolbox training program. His experience includes major criminal investigations, as well as both criminal intelligence and criminal justice training and program development in FDLE’s Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute (FCJEI). Mr. Manzi's intelligence-related assignments at FDLE included serving as statewide criminal motorcycle gangs intelligence agent and inter-agency liaison agent with the Florida Intelligence Center (FIC). This specialized background has given him a keen interest in and a unique perspective on law enforcement intelligence operations including the legal, administrative, and training issues associated with the criminal intelligence function. After leaving FDLE, Mr. Manzi served as a Law Enforcement Specialist with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) where he coordinated the Intelligence Analyst Training Program (IATP) for federal analysts. He continues to provide consultation, technical assistance, and instructional services for government, academic and criminal justice organizations. Mr. Manzi is a graduate of Florida State University with a B.S. Degree in Criminology and Rollins College where he earned a M.S. Degree in Criminal Justice.
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From January 1988 to present Michael Hearns has worked as a City of Coral Gables, Florida police officer--uniformed, marine, SWAT, and plain clothes. He was a Detective for 8 years in the Vice/Intelligence/Narcotics Unit (VIN). He was detached Federal and local drug task forces, with a heavy concentration on major narcotic and money laundering cases. Detective Hearns was a principal component in a national record-setting seizure of $22 million. The total amount of cash seizures--not including property--was near $90 million. Detective Hearns was a sworn U.S Customs Officer, and a sworn Broward County Deputy (Florida). He obtained his BS at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, in Economics with a minor in Psychology. In January 1985 he obtained his master degree from Vermont College in Investigative Criminal Psychology. In 2005 he was an instructor with the Criminal Justice Center, Miami, Florida and an instructor with the Florida Narcotic Officer’s Association. Detective Hearns is a graduate of DEA Instructor Certification Course.
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Mick Sachdeva has recently been promoted to Technical Supervisor of the Crime Analysis Unit, of the Peel Regional Police Department. He plays a pivotal role in further developing both the infrastructure and the analytical team. Supervisor Sachdeva has been a Criminal Intelligence Analyst for 15 years--working on several different portfolios for two of Southern Ontario’s largest police services. He was involved in designing and supporting criminal intelligence infrastructure--designed to assist analysts in their day-to-day activities. Focusing on practical application, through innovative IT solutions, Supervisor Sachdeva has successfully changed business processes in many key departments, allowing Peel to develop a strong analytical foundation from which to take crime analysis to the next level. He is a University of Toronto graduate in mathematics and computer science and holds an advanced certification in crime analysis through The International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA). He is currently completing his masters in statistics as well as a Chief Information Officer designation. Supervisor Sachdeva recently spoke at the Tenth Annual Crime Mapping Conference in New Orleans and his concept of Proactive Traffic Enforcement was featured on a Canada-wide television program airing current affairs and documentary programs. In 2011, Supervisor Sachdeva accepted the IALEIA award of excellence for the organization making the most significant progress in utilizing analytical techniques.
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Mr. Mueller founded The Omega Group in 1992 and has developed nationally recognized GIS software for law enforcement and public safety agencies. He has a Master of Arts in Geography from UCLA. Mr. Mueller has developed a national reputation in public safety and fire communities. His company has created diverse solutions distinguishing him and his company in the GIS analysis field. This includes crime analysis, investigative intelligence, COMPSTAT reporting, tactical operations, monitoring critical infrastructure, as well as situational awareness. Mr. Mueller’s team supports complete solutions that range from highly customized to internet applications for the public. It also offers exclusive import process representing the very latest in data integration. Mr. Mueller’s clients are distributed throughout the United States and Canada. The Omega Group has over 500 law enforcement and public safety clients using its solutions. Notable clients include ARJIS, a multi-jurisdictional agency for San Diego law enforcement agencies; the Houston Police; the Miami-Dade Police, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department; the Los Angeles Police Department; the San Diego Sheriff’s Department; the San Diego Police Department; the Elgin, Seattle, and Wilson Fire & Rescue to name a few successful deployments.
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Mordecai Z. Dzikansky, is a retired Detective First Grade and spent his 25 year police career with the New York City Police Department (NYPD). A native of Brooklyn, Detective Dzikansky was appointed to the NYPD in 1983 and served as uniformed patrolman for two years in Brooklyn North. He served in the Organized Crime Control Bureau, the elite Manhattan South Homicide Squad, and the Midtown North Detective Squad, where he received the Chief of Detectives Certificate of Achievement. In 1991, at the outbreak of the First Gulf War, Detective Dzikansky spent a month in Israel as a volunteer for the IDF’s Sar-El program, which integrated international volunteers into Israeli army bases to support the war effort. In 1993, after a rash of synagogue burglaries in the New York metropolitan area, Detective Dzikansky was selected to be lead investigator of the then newly formed specialized Torah Task Force. The task force affected numerous arrests and successfully recovered many of the sacred Torah scrolls. In addition, Detective Dzikansky was selected to work on terror-related investigations including the murders of MK Meir Kahane and Ari Halberstam (Brooklyn Bridge murder). From January 2003 through September 2007 Detective Dzikansky was posted in Israel as the first NYPD Intelligence Division Overseas Liaison to the Israel National Police. His main focus was intelligence gathering and the immediate relay of key information back to NYC to enhance the department’s ability to recognize, react to, and prevent or recover from terrorist acts. He responded in person to and analyzed 21 bombing scenes in Israel and several attacks globally, including events in Turkey, Russia, Spain, and Egypt. Detective Dzikansky worked with senior members of the Israeli intelligence community on joint investigations which connect NYC and the State of Israel. In 2009, his works "The Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings in Israel: Lessons Learned" and "Transportation System Vulnerabilities" were published in "Countering Terrorism", National Academy of Sciences. In October, 2010 his memoir "Terrorist Cop: The NYPD's Jewish Cop Who Traveled the World to Stop Terrorists" was published by Barricade Books. In October, 2011 his textbook "Terrorist Suicide Bombings: Attack Interdiction, Mitigation, and Response", co-authored, together with Gil Kleiman and Robert Slater was released by Taylor and Francis Group/CRC Press. Detective Dzikansky currently lectures and consults on global security and policing topics and is called upon by various law enforcement agencies, academic/think tanks and community organizations to provide first-hand analysis of the current terror trends, lessons learned, and world-wide applications in preventing and responding to terrorism. His lecture topics include: "Understanding the Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings and Terror Events: Making it Real" ; "Policing in an Era of Terrorism"; "Securing Public Transportation and Venues"; and many others. He has been featured in CBS 60 Minutes, “Inside the NYPD’s Anti-Terror Fight” March 2006; "The New Yorker", William Finnegan “The Terrorism Beat” July 2005; "The New York Times, Judith Miller “A New York Cop on a Beat in Israel…” May 2005, and many others.
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Major General Nassir is currently an Assistant Deputy Minister for the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, Assistant Director of the Iraqi Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency (FIIA), and Director of the FIIA Administrative and Training Section. He was previously Director of Baghdad Intelligence for FIIA in 2006 and General Director of Counter Terrorism from 2007 to 2008. In this position, he was in charge of detection and prosecution of terrorist organizations within the Republic of Iraq, having created a joint Iraq/American quick response battaliion which carried out many joint operations with national and American forces throughout the country to hit terrorist cells.
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Pat McCarthy is the Creator/ Instructor of “The Street Crimes Program”. Mr. McCarthy also produced the “Street Cop” DVD training series, which is eight of the best training DVDs in law enforcement. He is a nationally recognized expert in many areas of police work. Mr. McCarthy is able to blend his many unique experiences as a Patrol Officer, Gang Investigator, Undercover Cop, S.W.A.T. Team Member, and Special Investigator with the FBI on three separate Federal Task Forces. Mr. McCarthy spent six years with the U.S. Marine Corps. Reserve and has a Bachelors degree in criminal justice from Lewis University. Mr. McCarthy spent 25 years in very aggressive units as a member of the Chicago Police Department. He earned 14 Special Department Commendations and over 100 honorable mentions and letters of appreciation from the Director of the FBI and other Federal agencies. Mr. McCarthy's diverse background and variety of work experience qualify him as an expert in many types of criminal investigations. He has qualified as an expert witness in gang and drug-related cases. He spent two years as a uniformed patrol officer, and four years as a member of the elite Special Operations Unit. This unit traveled citywide concentrating on felony and gun arrests. Mr. McCarthy also spent with the Chicago P.D. S.W.A.T. Team--several years as a sniper. Mr. McCarthy was meritoriously promoted to Gang Crime Specialist (Gang Investigator) in 1981. As a Gang Investigator, Mr. McCarthy concentrated on gang-related shootings and murders. For 5 years he worked undercover buying guns and drugs from hardcore street gang members. During this 5 year period his conviction rate was an astounding 99%. Mr. McCarthy put over 300 active gang members in prison while working this undercover assignment. He was assigned as a Special Investigator with the FBI for 11 years and has participated in major investigations throughout the United States and abroad. He spent six years on the Federal Asian Gang and Organized Crime Task Force, two years on the International Criminal Enterprise Drug Task Force, and three years assigned to the FBI’s Violent Crime/ Gang Joint Task Force. Mr. McCarthy is also a past two-term president of the International Association of Asian Crime Investigators and has lectured on gang and organized crime issues throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mainland China.
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R.K. Friesen is one of two legal advisors to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia and Yukon. He provides live, 24/7 legal advice to the Commanding Officers of "E" Division (B.C.) and "M" Division (Yukon) and police officers on all operational and administrative matters. Since 1998, he has been in this special position as a Department of Justice Canada lawyer posted full-time with the RCMP. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Friesen was a lawyer and investigator with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia. He dealt with the independent municipal police departments under the B.C. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. From 1986 to 1994, Mr. Friesen held various positions in the national security, counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism sectors in Ottawa, Canada. Mr. Friesen holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from Carleton University (1981), an LL.B. law degree from the University of Victoria (1984), and a Master of Arts degree from Royal Roads University (2002). He has published articles on law, policing, and inter-agency information sharing in several peer-reviewed journals. Mr. Friesen frequently presents to law enforcement conferences in Canada and the United States.
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Rachel Stones Is a Senior Technical Trainer at the BAE Systems Global Analysis Tradecraft Advancement Center where she develops coursework and provides instruction to students on Full Motion Video (FMV) analytical writing, intelligence analysis, and motion imagery tradecraft. Ms. Stones created an eight lesson series on “Motion Imagery for Homeland Defense and Law Enforcement” and individual course offerings such as “Critical Thinking and Structured Analytical Techniques”; “Social Network Analysis”; and “FMV Collection Tactics and Considerations for Imagery and Intelligence Analysts". Ms. Stones is a recognized subject matter expert on intelligence analysis and FMV analysis. For the past three years she has also been a FMV analyst supporting a variety of sensitive BAE Systems customers. She has provided a range of specialized support to over 2,000 FMV missions encompassing more than 2,500 hours of analytical support as an FMV, imagery, and all-source analyst in support of Overseas Contingency Operations (formerly referred to as the Global War on Terrorism -GWOT). Prior to joining BAE Systems, Ms. Stones served in the U.S. Air Force for four years as a dual-qualified instructor sensor operator for the MQ-1 and MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Systems. Ms. Stones assisted in the exploitation and dissemination of over 1600 hours of FMV on 700 missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom & Operation Iraqi Freedom where she satisfied theater-level tactical intelligence target collection requirements by operating, controlling, exploiting, and disseminating live FMV imagery from electro-optical and infrared sensors.
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Richard Anderson develops curriculum and training courses at the BAE Systems Global Analysis Tradecraft Advancement Center. His work is focused on career-enhancing training programs which address the transformational impact of emerging surveillance technologies; constitutional, statutory, and public policy considerations for enhanced surveillance methods; the law and policies affecting defense support of civil authorities; domestic use of motion imagery for law enforcement, homeland security; foreign intelligence/counterintelligence and; the use of lethal force in international operations. Prior to joining BAE Systems he served as a Supervisory Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he managed a team of communications exploitation experts operating in partnership with the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency. During his 27-year career with the FBI, Mr. Anderson served as Pilot in Command for the FBI New York Special Operations Division, Primary Relief Supervisor for the FBI-NYPD Joint Organized Crime Task Force, and investigating agent for a broad range of violations involving foreign intelligence operations, espionage, and terrorism. Mr. Anderson has a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University and a Juris Doctor from the University Of Maine School Of Law.
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Robert O. Amador is a veteran prosecutor of the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. In his 29 years as a prosecutor he has tried over 100 jury trials and 250 court trials. Deputy District Attorney (DDA) Amador tried his first murder case in 1986 and successfully prosecuted a capital case in 2008. He ran a drug and gang task force from 1990-2002 and was the lead prosecutor for the Regional Auto Theft Task force from 2004-2007. DDA Amador is currently assigned as a law enforcement liaison and is assigned to the San Diego Sheriff's Department where he advises county-wide law enforcement. He has taught for the California District Attorneys Association, the California Narcotics Officers' Association, and is a certified POST instructor.
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Samantha Gwinn joined LexisNexis Risk Solutions as a Government Solutions Consultant in January 2011, after serving for five years as a crime analyst in the FBI Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) Unit. Prior to joining the FBI, she served as a crime analyst for the San Diego Police Department for several years. Ms. Gwinn has a BA in Psychology from UNLV and an MS in Criminal Justice & Criminology from San Diego State University. She has been actively involved with the International Association of Crime Analysts since 2002.
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DEA SAC Stephen Murphy began his law enforcement career in 1975 as a Police Officer in the City of Bluefield, WV. After approximately six years with this agency, he moved to Norfolk, VA, and was employed as a Special Agent for the Norfolk Southern Corporation. In June 1987, SAC Murphy became a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, coming on board through the Charleston (WV) Resident Office. Following graduation from the DEA Academy, he was assigned to the Miami Field Division, working in the Caribbean Section. In June 1991, SAC Murphy was promoted to Senior Special Agent and was transferred to Bogotá, Colombia. While there, he was one of the two primary case agents targeting Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel. In June 1994, SAC Murphy relocated to the Greensboro Resident Office. In March 1998, he was promoted to Group Supervisor and transferred to the Atlanta Division Office. In Atlanta, SAC Murphy was assigned to the Metropolitan Atlanta HIDTA, and later to the Mobile Enforcement Team Program. In August 2001, SAC Murphy moved to the Special Operations Division (SOD) in Washington, DC. There, he worked as a Staff Coordinator in the South American/Caribbean Section, and as the Unit Chief of the SOD Training Unit. In August 2003, he was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge over the Mexico/Central America Section. In May 2005, SAC Murphy was selected to be the Executive Assistant to the SOD Special Agent in Charge. In June 2006, SAC Murphy returned to the Atlanta Division Office. His responsibilities included oversight and management of the multi-agency David G. Wilhelm OCDETF Strike Force, as well as DEA Atlanta’s Special Operations Group and the Technical Operations Group. In December 2009, SAC Murphy was promoted to Deputy Assistant Administrator over DEA’s Office of Special Intelligence in Washington, DC. In this capacity, he was responsible for several classified projects, along with numerous technical programs, utilized by DEA and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies worldwide. In September 2010, SAC Murphy was selected for his current assignment as the SAC/Director of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Fusion Center (OFC). The OFC is a world-class, unique law enforcement facility staffed by approximately 195 personnel from 13 separate federal agencies, one foreign law enforcement agency, and includes investigative data from more than 21 different sources. SAC Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Bluefield State College.
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Tim Murphy is the Executive Vice President, NetCentric Solutions at Semantic Research. He has been working in the technology industry since the mid-1990’s as a technical expert and executive. Previously, he ran his own start-up company rapidly prototyping unique applications of emerging technology for first responders. At Semantic Research, Inc., the leading software company applying semantic networking theory to the Defense Department, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Communities, he is responsible for providing direction and guidance for development of entity-centric analytic solutions. Most recently he has been working on systems fusing sensor data and open-source datasets (social media and more) against real-world trouble areas. He has his masters from San Diego State University in Homeland Security.
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Detective Wayne Nichols currently works for the Henderson, NV Police Department and has over 9 years of law enforcement experience. He is currently assigned to the department’s Computer Crime Unit. Detective Nichols is a forensic examiner and also conducts proactive enticement and P2P investigations. With the success of traditional chat cases experiencing a decline in recent years, Detective Nichols has begun to focus efforts on online classified websites, social networking sites, and other popular devices (iPhone, iPad, etc) that offer social applications. Detective Nichols holds degrees from the University of Phoenix (Master of Criminal Justice, 2011; Bachelor of Criminal Justice, 2008).
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Detective Sergeant Wayne Spees is a 28 year veteran of the San Diego Police Department (SDPD). In addition to his time in gangs, narcotics, and juvenile investigations, Sergeant Spees served 9 years on SWAT and more than a decade as a Team Leader for the Emergency Negotiation Team. He is currently assigned to the SDPD Criminal Intelligence Unit responsible for supervising the San Diego Law Enforcement Coordination Center’s (SD-LECC) Border Team and the Terrorism Liaison Officer Program. Additionally, he has served as an instructor on law enforcement tactics and the ‘use of force’ for over 24 years. Sergeant Spees holds a BS in administration of justice from Pennsylvania State University. He is a graduate of the FBI’s National Crisis Negotiation Course in Quantico, Virginia and the National Hostage and Crisis Negotiation Course at Scotland Yard, England.
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