Dave Kontny joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in August of 2015 and currently serves within CIRG’s Policy and Exercise Unit as the Chief of Staff, Joint Program Office for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices. Dave also has primary responsibility for both the FBI’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Counter-UAS (C-UAS) portfolios.
Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. Kontny was assigned, in March 2010, to Headquarters Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Infrastructure Protection, as the Chief of Staff. Before assuming the role of Chief of Staff Mr. Kontny was assigned to the Protective Security Coordination Division (PSCD), in September 2007, where he served as the Senior Advisor, National Canine Policy and Standards for the Division’s Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP). He became the Deputy Chief, OBP in December 2008, and in August 2009, the PSCD Acting Deputy Director.
Dave was born in Worcester Massachusetts and is a graduate of Burncoat Senior High School. His military and law enforcement carrier began in February 1978, joining the Massachusetts Army National Guard as a Military Policeman. In February 1983, he entered active duty in the United States Air Force as a Law Enforcement Specialist. After 15 years of honorable service, he transferred from active duty to the United States Air Force Reserve where he earned the rank of Chief Master Sergeant. Mr. Kontny was the DoD Explosives Canine Coordinator for both the 1992 Republican National Convention and the 1994 World Cup Soccer events. He is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy and is an advisory board member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) and a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Arson and Explosives Subcommittee. Dave has extensive experience with working dogs.
Dave and his wife Nancy reside in Montclair VA and have a son Kurt, and a daughter Kristen, as well as four lovely granddaughters, Aureanna, Kaitlyn, Ally, and Melody, and a great-grandson Noah.
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