Professional experience

2023- Present: Advisory Board Member/Consultant, Constraining Illicit Decision Making Within and Across Dynamic Supply Networks, California State University San Bernardino.

2015- Present: Assistant Director, Ohio Attorney General’s Organized Crime Commission (OOCIC) Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force

  • Authored the proposal to present to the Ohio Organized Crime Commission

  • Negotiated cooperation agreements with Four Municipalities, The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, and The Department of Homeland Security Investigations partnerships in conjunction with the Task Force

  • Presented the proposal to the OOCIC to begin Task Force Operations

  • Located and negotiated office space for the OOCIC Task Force

  • Recruited the investigators and Special Agents assigned to the Task Force

  • Filmed a documentary funded by The Renee Jones Empowerment Center, “Know Human Trafficking.”

  • Provided testimony supporting Senate Bill 244 in front of the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee. SB 244 endorsed a rise in the penalties of Ohio revised code 2907.22, Promoting Prostitution in the State of Ohio.

  • Bill Signed into Law by Governor Mike DeWine in December 2019.

  • Began operations for utilizing Anti Money Laundering techniques in Human Trafficking Investigations.

    2015- 2016 Assigned to the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department Special Investigations unit

  • Lead investigator in the Tamir Rice Use of Deadly Force Investigation

  • Lead Investigator in the Theodore Johnson Use of Deadly Force Investigation

  • Lead Investigator in the Tanisha Anderson Use of Deadly Force Investigation

  • Investigator Brandon Jones's Use of Deadly Force Investigation

2014-Present Advisory Board Member to The Cleveland Municipal Court Human Trafficking Specialized Docket. Judge Marylin Cassidy, Cleveland Municipal Court.

2007 – 2015 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cleveland, Ohio

  • Detailed to the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force Unit Squad 11 – Investigating Violent Crimes and specializing in State and Federal Human Trafficking Investigations

  • Narrated Human “Child Sex Trafficking: A Training Series for Frontline Officers” Sponsored by the FBI, International Association of Chiefs of Police, and Department of Justice.

  • Responsible for writing all search warrants/ tracking evidence in State V. Ariel Castro

  • Investigating Cold Case Homicide Investigations and Prosecutions

    2006-2008 Cleveland Police Department – Homicide Unit Cleveland, Ohio

  • Investigating over thirty (30) Homicide Investigations and Child Fatalities

    Investigator in Use of Deadly Force/Deadly Force Investigations

2003-2005 United States Army National Guard Forward Operating Base – Steel Dragon – Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq

  • Activated and Served in Operation Iraqi Freedom II

2001 - Present Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department – Promoted to Detective Cleveland, Ohio

  • Assigned to various units, including

    o Jail Investigations

    o Use of Deadly Force

    o Detailed to the FBI Violent Crimes Task Unit Squad 11

1999 - 2001 Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department - Deputy Cleveland, Ohio

  • Assigned to various units, including

    o Court Security

    o Transport

    o Uniformed Apprehension Unit

    o Sex Offender Unit

    o SWAT

1988-1991 United States Marine Corps Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina

  • Participated in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm aboard the USS Dubuque (LPD-8).