Blake McConnell, MA, was an FBI Special Agent for 21 years. During his career Mr. McConnell investigated financial institution fraud, mail/wire fraud, violent crime, and civil rights violations. He also served as an FBI polygraph examiner, polygraph supervisor, and a Supervisory Special Agent in the Behavioral Analysis Unit. After retiring from the FBI, he was a polygraph examiner and insider threat analyst for the U.S. Embassies in Iraq and Afghanistan and later with the U.S. Department of Defense, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. He has extensive experience providing investigative interview training to law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and security investigators in the United States and abroad. He has conducted hundreds of investigative interviews in criminal and security investigations and has provided expert advice on criminal behavior in numerous difficult to solve criminal investigations. Since 2019, he has consulted to Threat Assessment Group, Inc., consulting with corporate clients on the workplace violence prevention and the mitigation for risks surrounding workplace threats, intimate partner violence, and disruptive workplace behaviors.

Mr. McConnell is an Adjunct Faculty Instructor of investigative interview and interrogation at George Washington University, Forensic Psychology Graduate Program.

Mr. McConnell received a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Tennessee at Martin and a Master of Arts degree in Forensic Psychology from Argosy University and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mr. McConnell has been a Forensic Expert with Park Dietz & Associates since 2019.