Full Name
Matthew Kitzman
Job Title
Chief
Company
Entity Vetting Division of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Speaker Bio
Matthew T. Kitzman is the Chief of the Entity Vetting Division of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA).
In this capacity, Mr. Kitzman serves as the subject matter expert on FOCI and the FCL process and provides government senior leaders and industry with interpretation of related higher level policies and regulations. In addition, he provides program and project management support on all related change management processes related to FOCI and FCL, including optimization of the FCL process and FOCI risk management reforms. Lastly, he is responsible for managing and tracking the FCL and FOCI processes to ensure effective overall processing timelines.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Kitzman served as a Risk Mitigation Officer within Entity Vetting’s Mitigation Strategy Unit where he was responsible for determining and implementing some of the DCSA’s most challenging and cutting-edge mitigation strategies.
Mr. Kitzman received a Bachelor of Science in Political Science in 2009 from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, a Juris Doctorate with a concentration in International Law in 2012 from The Thomas M. Cooley Law School, a Master of Laws in National Security & U.S. Foreign Relations Law in 2014 from The George Washington University Law School, and a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence in 2020 from the National Intelligence University. Mr. Kitzman wrote a thesis for both his LL.M. entitled, "Kinetic Armed Attacks in Response to Cyberattacks" and MSSI entitled, "United States Management of Foreign Investment Risk in the Defense Industrial Base."
In this capacity, Mr. Kitzman serves as the subject matter expert on FOCI and the FCL process and provides government senior leaders and industry with interpretation of related higher level policies and regulations. In addition, he provides program and project management support on all related change management processes related to FOCI and FCL, including optimization of the FCL process and FOCI risk management reforms. Lastly, he is responsible for managing and tracking the FCL and FOCI processes to ensure effective overall processing timelines.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Kitzman served as a Risk Mitigation Officer within Entity Vetting’s Mitigation Strategy Unit where he was responsible for determining and implementing some of the DCSA’s most challenging and cutting-edge mitigation strategies.
Mr. Kitzman received a Bachelor of Science in Political Science in 2009 from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, a Juris Doctorate with a concentration in International Law in 2012 from The Thomas M. Cooley Law School, a Master of Laws in National Security & U.S. Foreign Relations Law in 2014 from The George Washington University Law School, and a Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence in 2020 from the National Intelligence University. Mr. Kitzman wrote a thesis for both his LL.M. entitled, "Kinetic Armed Attacks in Response to Cyberattacks" and MSSI entitled, "United States Management of Foreign Investment Risk in the Defense Industrial Base."
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