Management Security

Kevin James Kline FBI Senior Executive

*****.*****@**.***.*** C: 857-***-**** W: 203-***-**** Ivoryton, CT 06442

I am a seasoned results-driven senior executive with over 27 years of leadership in addressing complex, high-profile investigations and security threats across the United States and internationally. I have demonstrated success in providing strategic, efficient, and cost-effective program planning and execution with partners across diverse components to optimize risk identification and mitigation, compliance, organizational reviews, quality intelligence, and internal inquiries. I am a discreet, experienced, and networked law enforcement professional who understands business risk and continuity. I have significant experience in leading teams in performance of improvement strategies that result in higher performance. I have demonstrated experience in building partnerships and have the ability to create and implement high quality, high impact developmental solutions to address business challenges and opportunities.

Areas of Expertise, Skills and Abilities include:

Leadership

Extensive Physical Security and Compliance Experience

Management of security and technology risks/threats

Investigations-Interview/Interrogation

Performance Management

Inter-Personal Ability

Organizational Assessment/Improvement

Enterprise-wide large scale initiatives with high degree of complexity

Agility/Accountability/Innovation

Infrastructure Protection

Judgment/Flexibility/Adaptability

Extensive Project Management Experience

Workplace Violence Training, Response, and Mitigation

Problem Solving, Consulting, and Negotiation

Consequence Management

Initiative

Policy Development/Implementation

Excellent Communication Skills – written, verbal, presentation

Extensive Business Continuity Experience

Change Management

Professional Experience

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1990 to Present

Assistant Special Agent-In-Charge - New Haven, CT 2010 to Present

Presently serve as Senior Executive crafting and executing business plans to identify and mitigate terrorism, counterintelligence, security/technology risks, and cyber threats throughout Connecticut.

Lead 180 state-wide team members in complex investigations, intelligence analysis and dissemination, Continuity of Operations, and threat assessment/critical incident response.

Execute intelligence and investigative strategies to counter terrorism, intellectual property loss, computer crime, and personnel and information security risks.

Lead and manage significant and complex critical incidents.

Execute, maintain, and improve upon established physical security, infrastructure protection, and compliance standards and practices

Key Accomplishments:

Provide major event presentations to media, community, and corporate partners.

Effectively allocate and manage $10M in annual budgets.

Collaborate with U.S. intelligence agencies, federal, state, and municipal law enforcement, private sector, academic, and community groups to identify and mitigate security threats, to include emerging technology risks and cyber threats.

Development of Risk Mitigation and Continuity of Operations plans and initiatives.

Collaborated with human resources, legal, and internal security partners to ensure successful resolution or prevention of sensitive critical incidents and crises.

Developed and implemented significant and complex change management projects and initiatives.

Inspector, Inspection Division - FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 2007 to 2010

Oversaw compliance audits of FBI field offices, FBI Headquarters Divisions, and global Legal Attaches to identify best practices, provide operational leadership, organizational performance reviews, and address risk to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of all FBI programs.

Conducted Security Risk Assessments, Information Security Assessments, and complex program and financial audits.

Key Accomplishments:

Developed and implemented an entirely new process optimized to identify and evaluate organizational and performance risks.

Spearheaded internal integrity investigations, and developed special project scope, reviews, and management for FBI Senior Leadership.

On-Site Commander - Afghanistan May to October 2006

Executed intelligence and operational strategies and tasks of 80 FBI personnel in the Afghanistan Theater of Operation as the sole FBI Executive Manager.

Key Accomplishments:

Partnered with Department of Defense (DoD) senior leaders to pinpoint and resolve deficiencies in identification, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence.

Structured and sustained strategic and tactical initiatives to maximize organizational efficiency within theater.

Managed human resource issues, personnel security, financial administration and oversight of a multimillion dollar budget.

Developed and implemented new business processes to align FBI, DoD, Department of State, Afghanistan military and government strategies with U.S. intelligence community.

Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge - Boston, MA 2005 to 2007

Served as Senior Executive developing, marketing, and executing business plans to identify and mitigate national security and criminal threats throughout the New England region.

Key Accomplishments:

Directed 225 staff members in 11 offices across four states to conduct national security investigations, and to collect, analyze, and disseminate intelligence.

Cultivated crucial relationships with academic institutions and private industry; Led operations in a politically-charged, high-profile criminal fugitive investigation.

Oversaw human resource objectives, maintained security and compliance program effectiveness, and managed successful responses to regional critical incidents and crises.

Developed and implemented Continuity of Operations projects for enterprise business responsibilities across the northeast region.

Additional Leadership & Supervisory positions 1999-2005

Federal Law Enforcement Investigative Experience 1991-1999

Education & Certifications

Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL OF UNION UNIVERSITY Albany, NY

Bachelor of Arts in History and Education, Magna Cum Laude

CANISIUS COLLEGE Buffalo, NY

Certifications: Internal Investigations Critical Incident Response Crisis Management Consequence Management

Licenses & Clearances

Licensed to Practice Law in the State of New York

U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI Clearance/Additional Clearances

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