Cyber Huntsville is pleased to announce Kevin Jones as the honored guest and keynote speaker for the Forces of Cyber Gala. This annual event will be held on February 15th, 2025 at the US Space and Rocket Center.
Kevin Jones serves as the Section Chief of the FBI’s Enterprise Cybersecurity Section within the Information Technology Applications and Data Division, overseeing the defense of the FBI from cyber threats. In this capacity, Mr. Jones manages the internal cybersecurity operations of the FBI, including the 24/7 Security Operations Center, engineering and maintenance of cybersecurity tools and networks, change management processes, and consolidated logging efforts.
Mr. Jones joined the FBI in 2012 as a Business Analyst in the FBI’s Internal Advisory Group (IAG). He served as an internal consultant supporting a wide variety of enterprise projects improving FBI operations, reducing administrative burden, and deploying investigative technical tools. In 2015 as a Project Manager, Mr. Jones led two FBI Priority Initiatives to develop and deploy new IT services to facilitate intelligence sharing across the FBI and Intelligence Community. In 2018, Mr. Jones was promoted to Supervisor in IAG where he managed a portfolio of strategic projects and team of analysts. While in this role, he led the multi-year Field Office Size and Structure initiative, an effort to develop and implement a model and repeatable process for allocating personnel resources across all 56 FBI field offices, for which he received the National Intelligence Professional Award for Human Capital. In 2019, Mr. Jones was promoted to be Unit Chief of the FBI’s Resource Analysis Unit where he was responsible for overseeing the FBI’s $6 billion compensation and benefits budget, enterprise-wide personnel allocation, and key staffing initiatives. In May 2021, Mr. Jones transitioned to the FBI’s new headquarters campus in Huntsville, AL after being selected as the Unit Chief of the Budget Formulation and Analysis Unit within the Finance and Facilities Division. He was responsible for the creation, submission, and guidance of the FBI’s budget requests from internal formulation through external approval and Congressional enactment. In 2023, Mr. Jones secured the largest single-year appropriation in the FBI’s history. He was selected for his current role in Enterprise Cybersecurity in October 2022.
