Bryan Smith

Bryan Smith is Senior Vice President of Strategic Intelligence & Analytics (StratIntel) for Member Supervision at FINRA. Mr. Smith leads multi-disciplinary teams, including data scientists, risk specialists and intelligence analysts, responsible for providing proactive and strategic intelligence throughout Member Supervision and to the industry in support of investor protection and market integrity. StratIntel also supports FINRA’s regulatory programs and member firms in identifying, assessing, and responding to emerging risks and threats.

Prior to joining FINRA, Mr. Smith spent more than 21 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a Special Agent. Most recently, he was an FBI Senior Executive overseeing the FBI’s Cyber Criminal Operations, where he was responsible for all FBI investigations and operations against cybercriminal actors and threats. He also served as the U.S. lead for the 37-country Counter-Ransomware Initiative, Disruption efforts. Previous FBI leadership assignments included leading the Cyber/White Collar branch of the Cleveland office, leading the FBI’s national money laundering/bank fraud program and serving as the FBI Detailee to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission where he assisted both agencies in insider trading, market manipulation and investment fraud matters. His experience crosses over financial crimes, cyber and virtual currency, and in 2013 he initiated the FBI's first unit focused on cryptocurrency. A proponent of public private partnerships, he initiated several private sector outreach efforts to better leverage the complementary knowledge of both. Prior to the FBI, he worked as a systems and business consultant for Accenture and Deloitte.