As SAC of Miami, the FBI’s fourth largest field office, Mr. Piro was responsible for overseeing FBI Miami’s counterterrorism, criminal, Cyber, and counterintelligence programs while simultaneously providing leadership to the office’s 900 plus employees. As one of the FBI’s four offices with extraterritorial responsibility, Mr. Piro was also instrumental in ensuring the FBI’s mission to protect the American people extends overseas, specifically in the Caribbean, Central and South America. Previously, Mr. Piro was the Assistant Director of the International Operation Division. In this capacity, he drove FBI global operations by leading the FBI’s Legal Attache Program, which maintains locations in 90 locations around the world.

Over the duration of his extensive career, Mr. Piro has led a number of complex investigations, has held a variety of leadership positions, and has deployed throughout the world. Most notably, Mr. Piro was selected as the team leader and interrogator for the FBI team responsible for the interrogation of Saddam Hussein. This marked the first time in FBI history that the FBI interrogated a significant head of state in his own home country. During this time, Mr. Piro spent seven months leading the interrogation of Saddam Hussein and other key figures within the former Iraqi regime. At the time, Mr. Piro had only five years of experience as a special agent in the FBI.

Mr. Piro entered on duty as a special agent on March 14, 1999, initially assigned to the International Terrorism Team at FBI Phoenix and within four years was selected to serve on the FBI’s elite Counterterrorism Rapid Deployment Team, better known as the Fly Team. Mr. Piro later served as the supervisor of the Washington Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, and assistant special agent in charge of the International Terrorism Branch for the Washington Field Office. He also served as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, and the Director of the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, an interagency unit overseen by the Counterterrorism Security Group within the White House.

Mr. Piro was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, and is a fluent Arabic and Assyrian speaker. He served as a police officer in California for nearly ten years preceding his FBI service.

Mr. Piro received his Bachelor’s Degree from Chapman University in Criminal Justice and a Master’s Degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Security Studies. He also holds a Master’s Certificate in Arab Studies.

ASAC Johnson entered on duty in 2004, working violent crimes, violent gangs, and supporting all programs as the Associate Division Counsel for nearly 11 years in the Atlanta field office.  During his tenure in Atlanta, he served as the A/SSA over the violent gang and violent crime squads and serving as the A/Chief Division Counsel both in the Atlanta and Springfield divisions as well as a member of the Chief Division Counsel Advisory Committee working on significant policy and operational updates for all FBI operations, including the DIOG rollout.  He collaborated extensively with domestic and international partners, receiving multiple awards for his investigations and administrative support of all bureau programs.

In September 2014, he was selected as an Assistant Inspector/Team Leader in the Inspection Division, leading comprehensive assessments of field office operations, national program analyses, and shooting incident reviews.

Following his term in the Inspection Division in October 2015, ASAC Johnson became the SSA over the Violent Crime Task Force in the Detroit field Office as well as the program coordinator for violent incident crimes throughout Michigan.  He collaborated with multiple partner agencies throughout the state promoting inclusive government approaches to address the expansive violent criminal threats throughout the region.

He is currently serving as the ASAC in the Las Vegas field office leading the Criminal, Administrative, and Critical Incident Response Programs.