W.L. Scott Bean, III serves as the Assistant Director of the FBI's Information Technology Infrastructure Division. In this position, AD Bean leads the FBI's efforts to provide best of breed data collection, networking and storage solutions to meet all FBI mission requirements.
In early 2015, Mr. Bean was appointed Special Agent in Charge of the Administrative Division of the Washington Field Office. In this role, Mr. Bean provided oversight to multiple programs, to include Personnel, Budget, Facilities and Security efforts for the second largest field office in the FBI.
In early 2013, Mr. Bean was appointed to lead the Technical Surveillance Section (TSS) of the FBI's Operational Technology Division (OTD) which provides sharp end collection capabilities in the areas of audio surveillance, video surveillance, tracking technology, concealment design and fabrication, computer network operations and special projects technology. TSS technologies support every mission priority of the FBI, to include Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, Criminal and Crisis Response operations.
Prior to his time at OTD, Mr. Bean served as ASAC of the White Collar Crime Branch of the Washington Field Office. Mr. Bean provided oversight of all Public Corruption, Economic Crime and Health Care Fraud matters in Washington Field's area of responsibility. Prior to becoming an ASAC, he led Washington Field's Economic Crime squad, investigating matters of corporate fraud, insider trading, market manipulation and traditional mail and wire frauds.
During his twenty year tenure with the FBI, Mr. Bean has investigated white collar crime, drug trafficking and domestic and international terrorism. Mr. Bean was the Joint Terrorism Task Force Coordinator and Olympic Coordinator for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Following the Olympics, he was assigned to FBI Headquarters, where he led the White Supremacy Program for the Domestic Terrorism Operations Unit. During his initial assignment to WFO, Mr. Bean served as the Personnel Security Supervisor and Acting Chief Security Officer, with oversight of the Director's Protective Detail, the Attorney General's Protective Detail and two security squads.
Mr. Bean is an active member of the FBI's Diversity Executive Council, serving as Executive Champion for the Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee. Mr. Bean is also a proud straight ally of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community.
Mr. Bean was born and raised in North Carolina and was a graduate of North Carolina State University. Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. Bean served as a personal lender, corporate lender and Assistant Vice President for Wachovia and BB&T.