Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Few executives can say they've advised a sitting President on counterterrorism, identified $1B+ in AI technology being diverted to adversarial nations, dismantled WMD proliferation networks at the CIA, and protected U.S. diplomats in five active conflict zones. I can. Over 30 years across the White House National Security Council, Bureau of Industry and Security, CIA, FBI, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, and U.S. Army, I've operated at the highest levels of national security — translating that experience into measurable outcomes at every level. At the NSC, I served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism — coordinating a $60B+, 10,000-person global CT enterprise across 15 departments and agencies, and managing the safe return of American hostages from overseas captivity. At BIS, I identified over $1B in sensitive AI technology being illegally diverted through Southeast Asian transshipment networks — one of the most significant export enforcement cases in recent history. At the CIA, I dismantled WMD proliferation networks spanning Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. At State DSS, I built and led multimillion-dollar Embassy security programs across Iraq, Kuwait, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. With the USCG and FBI, I directed 32 Special Agents across national terrorism and cyber task forces. My regulatory expertise spans the full spectrum of global trade security and compliance: EAR · ITAR · OFAC · NISPOM · NATO · Foreign Military Sales (FMS) · Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) · Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) · Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR). I know how to build compliance programs from scratch, lead complex criminal investigations, forge international partnerships, manage classified interagency operations, and brief principals at the highest levels of government — then translate all of it into private-sector execution, as I'm doing now at MITRE. Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.
Global Trade Security & Compliance Strategist enabling secure and mission-aligned technology collaboration with foreign partners. Developed and lead ITAR, EAR, NISPOM, and NATO compliance strategies across MITRE's Foriegn Military and Direct Commercial Sales programs. Coordinate export control, security and enterprise risk policies to enable MITRE's global engagements.
• Served as the Department of Commerce’s expert on counter-proliferation and strategic trade control in ASEAN. • Built strong relationships with government officials in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines to strengthen export control laws. • Conducted over 1,000 site visits to ensure compliance with U.S. export control laws and led training for more than 1,000 industry participants.
• Coordinated the global counterterrorism policy efforts of 15 departments and agencies with a combined national counterterrorism budget of over 60 billion dollars and 10,000 employees. • Led a team of senior USG officials on the National Security Council with the “no-fail” mission of protecting the United States from terrorist attack. • Advised the President of the United States and National Security Advisor on matters and incidents involving counterterrorism, homeland threats, hostage affairs, counternarcotics, transnational organized crime and illicit finance networks. • Safely returned American hostages and detainees from captivity overseas. • Managed the development, production and execution of the President’s Counterterrorism Strategy
Served as the Department of Commerce’s representative at the CIA, focused on dismantling global WMD proliferation networks in Asia, Africa and the Middle East Leveraged law enforcement and foreign affairs expertise to successfully disrupt, arrest and extradite multiple foreign proliferation targets to the United States Enhanced cooperation between USG agencies and international partners via formal and informal channels to share information and improve cooperation and coordinate counter-proliferation operations Managed disclosure and enforcement collaboration between Commerce, CIA, and DOJ on sensitive export control violations
• Facilitated regulatory action and industry engagement to support disruption and criminal prosecution of malicious cyber criminals and foreign actors • Coordinated cyber threat information between Federal Cyber Centers and the private sector to protect critical infrastructure and prevent exfiltration of controlled technology