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Shawn Henry
Assistant Director, Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
 

Mr. Henry began his career as a Special Agent with the FBI in 1989. His first assignment was to the Washington Metropolitan Field Office, where he investigated a variety of matters, focusing primarily on public corruption. He was also a member of the FBI SWAT team. In 1995, Mr. Henry was the recipient of the Director's Award for Outstanding Criminal Investigation. In 1996, he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in the Public Corruption Unit at FBIHQ, with program management oversight for public corruption investigations nationwide. In 1999, Mr. Henry was designated Chief of the Computer Investigations Unit within the National Infrastructure Protection Center at FBIHQ, with management responsibility for all criminal computer intrusion matters under investigation by the FBI. Mr. Henry was appointed as a representative for the United States’ delegation to the G8 as a member of the cybercrime subgroup. In 2001, Mr. Henry was promoted to field supervisor of the Computer Crimes Squad for the FBI's Baltimore, Maryland Field Office, where he was responsible for investigating computer intrusion and computer fraud matters, computer forensic examinations, and technical operations. In 2003, Mr. Henry was named Assistant Inspector and Team Leader in the Inspection Division at FBIHQ where he led teams conducting evaluations and audits of FBI Field Offices and Headquarters' Divisions. In 2004 Mr. Henry was selected as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Field Office, with oversight for all Administrative matters, Special Operations, Technical Services, and the Field Intelligence Group. Mr. Henry was subsequently detailed to FBIHQ to assist in the implementation of the National Security Branch(NSB) coordinating the FBI's Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Divisions, and the Directorates of Intelligence and Weapons of Mass Destruction into one focused National Security operational entity. In 2006 he was selected as a member of the Senior Executive Service to serve as Chief of the Executive Staff to the Executive Assistant Director of the NSB. In 2008, Mr. Henry was named Assistant Director of the FBI's Cyber Division, with program management responsibility for all FBI computer investigations worldwide. Mr. Henry has earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Hofstra University, in Long Island, New York, and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, Virginia.