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Kenneth W. Kaiser - Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division

Mr. Kaiser joined the FBI as a special \agent in 1982, after serving as a special agent in the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security in New York City. In his early FBI career, he was assigned to offices in New York, New Orleans, and Detroit, serving both in Detroit and in the Oakland County Resident Agency.

In November 1990, Mr. Kaiser was promoted to the Counterterrorism Planning Unit, Terrorism Section, Criminal Investigative Division. There he was responsible for Special Events Management, Aviation Security, and other terrorism matters. In February 1993, he was transferred to the Indianapolis Division where he supervised the Violent Crimes Squad, the SWAT Team, and served as the Division's Crisis Management Coordinator. In 1997, Mr. Kaiser was designated the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Indianapolis Division, holding management responsibility for all investigative and administrative programs.

In October 1999, Mr. Kaiser was temporarily assigned to the Inspection Division as an Inspector, then served as the Chief Inspector of the Inspection Division from April 2000 until August 2001. At that time, he returned to lead one of his earlier offices, serving as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the New Orleans Division, where he had responsibility for FBI operations in the state of Louisiana. In January 2003, he was appointed SAC Boston. In Boston, he had responsibility for FBI operations in four New England states. He has also served as chairman of the SAC Advisory Committee. In September 2005, Mr. Kaiser returned to New Orleans a third time, as the FBI on-scene commander responsible for the command and control of all Bureau tactical assets deployed to the area soon after Hurricane Katrina made landfall and devastated that city.

On November 3, 2006, Mr. Kaiser was designated Assistant Director of the Inspection Division. As Assistant Director of the Inspection Division, he had responsibility for inspections of all FBI Headquarters, field offices, and Legat entities, as well as shooting reviews and internal administrative investigations. In April 2007, he was named Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division. He is responsible for coordinating, managing, and directing all criminal investigative programs nationwide.

Mr. Kaiser received the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive in 2004 and was designated as the Principal Federal Official of the NFL Super Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida in 2005. He was born in Evanston, Illinois, and received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Wheaton College in Illinois. Mr. Kaiser is married and has a son and a daughter.