Bryan Smith

Bryan Smith currently serves as FINRA’s Senior Vice President for Complex Investigations and Intelligence as part of the National Cause and Financial Crime Detection program.  Prior to his current role, Bryan was a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 21 years and most recently was the Section Chief for the FBI’s Cyber Criminal Operations, responsible for the FBI’s investigations and operations against cyber criminal actors and threats.  Previous assignments included leading the Cyber/White Collar branch of their Cleveland office, the FBI’s national money laundering program, and serving as the FBI 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 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.