Tom Bush
Principal
Deep Water Point, LLC
Summary
Thomas E. Bush III retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation following 33 years of service. He became a member of the Senior Executive Service in July of 2000 serving in several SES positions to include Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s St. Louis Field Office and culminating with his assignment as Assistant Director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services(CJIS) Division located in Clarksburg West Virginia. He has developed extensive relationships across the Federal, State, Local, Tribal and International law enforcement community and has extensive knowledge of the FBI and the many services of the CJIS Division
Accomplishments
Thomas E. Bush, III, has served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation since he entered on duty September 8, 1975. Early in his FBI career, he worked in the Identification Division (now the Criminal Justice Information Services Division) and Information Resources Division.
He became an FBI Agent in September 1979. Following his agent training, he served at the Washington Field Office from January 1980 to February 1988 where he was assigned Bank Robbery and Fugitive matters.
Upon his promotion, he returned to FBI Headquarters to work in the Criminal Investigative Division as a Supervisory Special Agent in the Fugitive/Government Reservation Crimes Unit of the Violent Crime and Major Offender Section.
In June 1990, he transferred to the Jackson Field Division as a Field Supervisor until May 1996. His duties in the Jackson Division involved the supervision of Violent Crime, Drug and Civil Rights investigations.
He then relocated to the Atlanta Field Division upon his promotion to Assistant Special Agent in Charge and served in that capacity until July 2000.
On July 31, 2000, he was promoted to the position of Section Chief, Programs Development Section, Criminal Justice Information Services Division. On August 13, 2002, he was appointed Special Agent in Charge, St. Louis Field Division. On December 23, 2004, Director Mueller appointed him Assistant Director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division.
Personal
- Member of SES since 2000
- Designated as one of the first FBI Executives by Secretary of DHS Ridge as a Principal Federal Official, 2004
- National Executive Institute - 2005
- Executive Development Program - Kellogg School of Management - 2004
- Presidential Rank Award Recipient - 2007
- BS - Public Administration, Criminal Justice, June 1974
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi