Technical Advisor & Creative Consultant

Mike served 25 years as an FBI Special Agent, a U.S. diplomat, and senior strategic leader. His operational experience spans across Russian and Eurasian organized crime, Central and South American drug cartels, foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations, illicit encrypted communications, terrorism and weapons trafficking, money laundering and complex financial crimes, computer intrusions and cyber operations, gangs and violent criminal enterprises, murder-for-hire and cold-case homicides, sex trafficking and forced labor, violent crimes against children, kidnapping and extortion, international and domestic corruption, hate crimes, sanctions, and war crimes. Mike also served as a Tactical Operator and leader on the FBI’s SWAT Team and as a Crisis Manager during the 9/11 attacks. He is extensively trained in weapons, tactics, emergency medical response, evidence collection, human source recruitment and operations, physical surveillance and counter-surveillance, and telephone and technical surveillance.

In addition to his domestic postings in Texas and Colorado, Mike and his family served abroad for 12 years working overtly as a foreign diplomat and covertly in operational roles alongside partners within numerous foreign and US law enforcement, intelligence and security services, and executive protection agencies. Mike’s work took him throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and Central and South America.

Mike was the recipient of the 2021 FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in International Operations for his leadership role in “the largest international law enforcement operation in history”.

Prior to his service with the FBI, Mike earned his Master of Science, Accounting and worked as an auditor.