Bryan Smith

Special Agent Smith joined the FBI in 2002.  He currently serves as Section Chief for the FBI’s Cyber Criminal Operations Section where he is responsible for the FBI’s investigations and operations against cybercriminal actors and threats. Prior to his current role, Mr. Smith served as the assistant special agent in charge of the Cleveland Field Office’s Cyber/White Collar Branch, unit chief of the FBI's Money Laundering and Bank Fraud unit, and as the FBI’s Detailee to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission where he assisted both agencies in insider trading, market manipulation, and investment fraud matters. His experience crosses over financial crimes, cyber, and virtual currency and in 2013 he initiated the FBI's first unit focused on cryptocurrency.  A proponent of public private partnerships, he has initiated several private sector outreach efforts to better leverage the complementary knowledge of both. Prior to the FBI, he was a consultant for Accenture and Deloitte and graduated from Bradley University with a degree in accounting.