Cesare Frank Figliuzzi, Jr. (born September 12, 1962) is a former federal law enforcement agent. He is the former assistant director for counterintelligence at the

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...

."C. Frank Figliuzzi Appointed as Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division"
accessed February 7, 2011 Figliuzzi was previously the special agent in charge of the

's Cleveland Division, which includes all of northern Ohio, and the major cities of

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, and

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. Following his FBI service, Figliuzzi joined

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and served for five years as assistant chief security officer for investigations, insider threat, workplace violence prevention, and special event security for GE's 300,000 employees in 180 countries. Figliuzzi is currently a frequent national security contributor for

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and

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News.

Education

Figliuzzi earned a

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degree in English literature from

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-time a ...

and a

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with honors from the

University of Connecticut School of Law The University of Connecticut School of Law (UConn Law) is the law school associated with the University of Connecticut and located in Hartford, Connecticut. It is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England. In ...

. Figliuzzi also completed the Harvard University National Security Program for Senior Executives in Government at the

John F. Kennedy School of Government The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public a ...

Career

Figliuzzi joined the FBI as a special agent in August 1987 and has worked for the FBI in the

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and

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, headquarters, and the

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, and

offices. He was the assistant special agent in charge of the Miami Field Office, the FBI's fifth largest office. Figliuzzi also served as the FBI's chief inspector from December 2005 until his appointment as head of the Cleveland Division. As Assistant Director, he was based at FBI Headquarters in

, and worked closely with other government executives.C. Frank Figliuzzi Named Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Field Office
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In February 2011 then-director

Robert Mueller Robert Swan Mueller III (; born August 7, 1944) is an American lawyer and government official who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013. A graduate of Princeton University and New York ...

appointed Figliuzzi assistant director of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division.

References

External links

Author profile and articles at ''Security'' magazine
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