GSA Technology Council

David A. Thomas entered on duty as a Special Agent with the FBI on May 7, 1989. Upon completion of training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA, he reported to Tampa Division. After completing more than a dozen years of supervisory and leadership roles in areas such as violent crimes, domestic terrorism, and national infrastructure protection, Mr. Thomas was appointed Chief of the Cyber Division’s Criminal Computer Intrusion Unit in 2001.

In April 2003, Mr. Thomas was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Field Office. He returned to FBI Headquarters in July 2004 as Chief of Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence and Criminal Computer Intrusion Section. In this capacity, Mr. Thomas has directed the FBI’s efforts on all major transnational cyber investigations and was responsible for the creation of Cyber Action Teams, which deploy domestically and internationally in response to major cyber events.

Mr. Thomas was selected as the Deputy Assistant Director for the Science and Technology Branch in September 2006. In this position, he was responsible for providing the vision, leadership, and direction for the Branch, as well as ensuring the operational availability of state-of-the-art technologies, support, and expertise necessary to enable and enhance the FBI’s intelligence and investigative mandates. Mr. Thomas also oversaw the application of forensics services related to the collection, processing, and exploitation of computer and audio visual media in the Counterintelligence, Counterterrorism, Criminal Investigative, and Cyber program areas.

On October 1, 2007, Mr. Thomas was designated Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI’s Columbia, SC, Division.

Mr. Thomas was born in Richmond, VA, and raised in Dunlap, TN. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. Prior to joining the FBI,

Mr. Thomas was the Assistant Director of the 12th Judicial District Drug Task Force in Jasper, TN.

Thomas speaks to the GSA Technology Council on April 9, 2008.