01/08-Present Adjunct Instructor - Masters Program, Homeland Security Studies

Gus Xhudo Ph.D. 204B Union Street Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Tel. (201) 444-7102 home Tel. (571) 309-0563cell Email: [email protected]

Program Director with ten years experience in intelligence analysis and federal law enforcement. Vast expertise in the areas of new and emerging criminal and terrorist trends with emphasis on threat analysis and conflict resolution. Strong oral and written skills with extensive presentation abilities. Trainer for local, state and Federal Law Enforcement on identity theft and fraudulent document detention; soft target terrorist tactics and radicalization and recruitment.

EXPERIENCE

01/08-Present Adjunct Instructor- Masters Program, Homeland Security Studies Fairleigh Dickinson University-Teaneck, NJ Instructor of graduate level coursework for Fairleigh’s Master Degree Program. Courses instructed to date include: Border Security; Terrorism Issues and Implications and; Historical Perspectives of Terrorism; Terrorism and Disaster Management; Evolution of Terrorist Tactics.

09/09-Present Supervisory Special Agent-Protective Intelligence & Investigations U.S. Dept of State, Diplomatic Security Service Supervisor in charge of agents assigned to oversee all domestic and overseas threat investigations and threat protective operations for the Secretary of State and other Special Dignitary Protective Operations.

09/08-09/09 Regional Security Officer-US Embassy Lisbon, Portugal U.S. Dept of State, Diplomatic Security Service Security Officer in charge of all security operations for the United States Embassy, safeguarding and ensuring the lives of property of US personnel and facilities. Responsible for multiple programs to include: Marine Security Guard; Surveillance Detection Teams; Security Engineering Office; Physical Security; Local Guard Program. Supervised a staff of 70 with a multi-million dollar budget.

08/05-08/08 Supervisory Special Agent U.S. Dept of State, Diplomatic Security Service Supervisor in charge of agents assigned to the FBI Joint Terrorist Task Forces in the NJ-NY area. Responsible for supervising arrests; coordinating and initiating terrorist investigations with the FBI and other local, state and federal agencies. 05/02 – 08/05 Special Agent/Joint Terrorist Task Force, FBI New York U.S. Dept of State, Diplomatic Security Service Assigned as the Agent from the US State Department to pursue terrorist- based investigations dealing with illicit entry to the United States. Tri- state coordinator for Operation Eagle Strike; A joint DSS, FBI, INS operation targeting possible terrorist entry through the US Embassy- Doha, Qatar. Trainer for domestic and foreign law enforcement personnel on fraudulent document detection, undercover operations and tactics.

08/00 – 04/02 Special Agent / Program Director U.S. Dept of State, Diplomatic Security Service, Lagos, Nigeria Fraud Coordinator heading investigations for the Joint DS/Consular Affairs Fraud Prevention Program Lagos, Nigeria responsible for training of consular officers and immigration officials in anti-fraud methods and tactics. Implemented techniques and created training programs currently in use by law enforcement and Foreign Service personnel which have assisted US National interests directly related to border security.

06/99 – 08/00 Diplomatic Security Service: Special Agent U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, Washington, D.C. Assigned to Headquarters, Criminal Investigations. In addition to duties that include; foreign dignitary protection, criminal investigations, assigned as Agent in Charge of the Russian Business Investigations Initiative. Created database on Russian Organized Criminals. Created an information network of law enforcement agencies designed to share real time data on local and regional threats. Developed a series of topic specific manuals designed to provide trends to local, state and federal agencies. Completed reorganization of all topic-related data on Russian Organized Crime received from overseas posts.

09/97 - 06/99 Intelligence Analyst U.S. Dept of State, Diplomatic Security Service, Washington DC Contract employee with STG assigned to the U.S. Department of State. Provided DS Agents and State Department personnel with the capabilities to review criminal investigative research; organized and assimilated analysis; developed, wrote, and edited tactical, operational, and criminal intelligence briefing reports; provided written evaluations and assisted with the presentation of findings; reviewed and recommended modifications in scope, format, and content of materials associated with all available information relating to visa fraud as pertains to U.S. border security and National security. Responsible for several high-level intelligence briefings to various law enforcement agencies regarding Russian OC tactics and operations. Gave several original presentations to various law enforcement audiences nation-wide and internationally as pertaining to Russian OC investigations that led to the initiation of, investigations and convictions of Russian Organized Crime figures in the New York, New Jersey area. Received numerous achievement certificates and the Milton Thrasher Award for Outstanding Achievement in Criminal Gang Research.

08/95 - 02/97 Consultant New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Trenton, NJ Assessed and analyzed threats posed by existing and emerging criminal threats regionally; provided strategic briefings to area law enforcement on East European and Balkan syndicates and crime gangs operating locally; established training sessions for law enforcement on ways to combat local threats and interview criminals; published time sensitive articles on key figures and structure of Balkan syndicates throughout the New York-New Jersey area. An effort led to the arrest of area syndicate criminals and was honored by the Combined Law Enforcement Group, a collection of local and state law enforcement agencies covering ten states in the Northeast.

EDUCATION

07/95 Ph.D. International Relations, St. Andrews University, Scotland American Foundation Award; Russell Trust Scholarship

06/90 M.A. International Relations, St. Johns University, New York Full Academic Scholarship with Stipend; Graduate Assistantship

05/87 B.A. History/Political Science, Upsala College, New Jersey History Department Scholarship

BOOKS & AWARDS  Federal Law Enforcement Foundation: Special Agent of the Year, October 2004  Diplomacy and Crisis in the Balkans: A US Foreign Policy Perspective, Macmillan Press: U.K. 1996  Top Secret and SCI Clearances: active and updated as of January 2009