Frank Figliuzzi Biography
Frank Figliuzzi retired as the FBI’s Assistant Director for counterintelligence after 25 years as an FBI Special Agent. He held senior leadership positions in field offices across America. Following his FBI career, Mr. Figliuzzi was a corporate security executive for General Electric, leading Investigations, Insider Threat, Workplace Violence Prevention, and Intelligence for GE’s 300,000 employees in 180 countries. For the past seven years, he has been the senior national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC, where he’s appeared on live broadcasts over 2,000 times. He authored a national bestselling book, THE FBI WAY, and his current book, Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers, was printed three times in its first three weeks.
Appointed an Assistant Director in 2010, Mr. Figliuzzi was based at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. and directed all espionage investigations across the U.S. government. He frequently briefed the White House, Congress, and the Attorney General.
Frank was named the FBI's Chief Inspector by then director Robert Mueller, overseeing the most sensitive and complex internal inquiries and audits worldwide, including reviews of all use of lethal force by FBI agents. Previously, Mr. Figliuzzi was the head of a unit in the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility where he made disciplinary decisions involving employees found to have violated FBI policy.
Frank is most noted for: Leading the FBI's efforts to counter economic espionage in Silicon Valley, California; Overseeing major financial crimes and public corruption investigations in Miami, Florida, and Cleveland, Ohio; Serving as on-scene commander of the largest HAZMAT evidence recovery effort in FBI history at the Boca Raton, Florida site of the nation's first anthrax murder; and the resolution of the Toledo terror plot in Toledo, Ohio. Frank has been featured in documentaries and news shows explaining the FBI’s successful operation against 10 Russian sleeper agents in the U.S.
Mr. Figliuzzi earned a JD with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law and completed the Harvard University National Security Program for Senior Executives in Government. He hosted the popular podcast, The Bureau with Frank Figliuzzi, for three seasons. Frank has nearly one million followers across his social media platforms and website.
