Cary was born and raised in New York City.  He received a

Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of South Florida

and an Executive Certificate in Homeland Security Studies from

the Lauder School of Government.  He was commissioned as a

U.S. Army Reserve Officer after graduating from Officer

Candidate School in Fort Benning, Georgia.     

In 1989, Cary began his FBI career in Tucson, Arizona. 

In 1997, he became the first FBI supervisor assigned to the U.S.

Virgin Islands.  In 2001, he was a unit chief in the FBI’s

International Operations Division and had operational oversight of

the Legal Attachés in Asia, the Middle East, South America and

Australia.  In 2006, he was detailed to the Office of the Director

of National Intelligence as a senior advisor on foreign relations. 

In 2009, he was the Phoenix Division’s Assistant Special Agent in

Charge responsible for the criminal branch. 

Cary served as the FBI’s representative in the following countries:

Tel Aviv, Israel (99-01, 02-05, 13-present); Vienna, Austria (07-09); Singapore (11-13); and, he opened the FBI’s 61st overseas office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (06).