Full Name
Brian Griffith
Job Title
Deputy Assistant Director
Company
FBI
Speaker Bio
Brian D. Griffith is the Section Chief of the Information Technology Management Section (ITMS) in the FBI’s Science and Technology (S&T) Branch, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division in Clarksburg, West Virginia. In his current position, Mr. Griffith manages the systems and IT infrastructure that enable the FBI’s support to state, local, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies. These critical components include Next Generation Identification (NGI), the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx), Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR), and the Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP).
Presently, Mr. Griffith is leading the migration of CJIS workloads to government community cloud environments. This migration is part of a fundamental reshaping of the FBI’s IT support services to include cloud adoption, agile transformation, and workforce modernization. Beginning in 1988, Mr. Griffith was a software engineer and program manager with the AT&T Network Services Division in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1998, he left AT&T to assist with the startup of IntraGlobe, Inc., a San Ramon, California, based software services and consulting firm supporting factory floor automation systems for the North American automotive industry. In 2001, Griffith joined the Institute for Scientific Research (ISR) in Fairmont, West Virginia, where he served as the Vice President of Programs and Business Development, leading advanced aerospace research and development programs for industry, NASA, and the Department of Defense.
Since entering on duty with the FBI in July of 2010, Mr. Griffith has led a number of FBI initiatives, including UCR Redevelopment and the End to End Video Initiative, which embodies the FBI’s modernization of its video infrastructure for digital evidence and video surveillance capabilities. He has previously served as the Assistant Section Chief of the ITMS and a Senior. Level technical advisor.
Mr. Griffith holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Systems. He is a certified Project Management Professional and holds a Federal Acquisition Certificate in Program/Project Management (FAC-P/PM).
Presently, Mr. Griffith is leading the migration of CJIS workloads to government community cloud environments. This migration is part of a fundamental reshaping of the FBI’s IT support services to include cloud adoption, agile transformation, and workforce modernization. Beginning in 1988, Mr. Griffith was a software engineer and program manager with the AT&T Network Services Division in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1998, he left AT&T to assist with the startup of IntraGlobe, Inc., a San Ramon, California, based software services and consulting firm supporting factory floor automation systems for the North American automotive industry. In 2001, Griffith joined the Institute for Scientific Research (ISR) in Fairmont, West Virginia, where he served as the Vice President of Programs and Business Development, leading advanced aerospace research and development programs for industry, NASA, and the Department of Defense.
Since entering on duty with the FBI in July of 2010, Mr. Griffith has led a number of FBI initiatives, including UCR Redevelopment and the End to End Video Initiative, which embodies the FBI’s modernization of its video infrastructure for digital evidence and video surveillance capabilities. He has previously served as the Assistant Section Chief of the ITMS and a Senior. Level technical advisor.
Mr. Griffith holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Systems. He is a certified Project Management Professional and holds a Federal Acquisition Certificate in Program/Project Management (FAC-P/PM).
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