Mr. Schmidt retired from the White House after 31 years of public service in local and federal government in May of 2003. After the 9/11 attacks, he was appointed by President Bush as the Vice Chair of the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and as the Special Adviser for Cyberspace Security for the White House in December 2001. While at the White House, he was instrumental in the creation of the US National Strategy to Secure CyberSpace.date=December 2007 He assumed the role as the Chair in January 2003 until his retirement in May 2003, when he joined eBay.date=December 2007

In 1997 and leading up to his work in the White House, Mr. Schmidt joined Microsoft, where he held the position of Director of Information Security, Chief Information Security (CISO) and Chief Security Officer, (CSO). He was also the co-founder of the Trustworthy Computing Security Strategies Group.date=December 2007

In 1994, Mr. Schmidt was a Supervisory Special Agent and Director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Computer Forensic Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare Division.date=December 2007 In 1996, while serving in that position, he established the first dedicated computer forensic lab in the government, which was the basis for the formation of the Defense Computer Forensic Laboratory (DCFL).date=December 2007

Prior to the AFOSI in 1994, Mr. Schmidt was with the FBI at the National Drug Intelligence Center, where he headed the Computer Exploitation Team.date=December 2007 He is recognized as one of the pioneers in the field of computer forensics and computer evidence collection.date=December 2007 Before working at the FBI, Mr. Schmidt was a city police officer from 1983 to 1994 for the Chandler Police Department in Arizona where he served on the SWAT team, Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Unit and formed and led the Special Enforcement Team.date=December 2007

Mr. Schmidt served with the U.S. Air Force in various roles from 1967 to 1983, both in active duty and in the civil service.date=December 2007 He served in the Arizona Air National Guard with the 161st Communications Squadron in based at Phoenix International Airport, Phoenix, AZ from 1989 until 1998. In 1998, Mr. Schmidt transferred to the U.S. Army Reserves as a Special Agent, Criminal Investigation Division, where he continues to serve and is currently assigned to the Computer Crime Investigations Unit (CCIU). He has also served with the 315th MP Det (CID) at Ft. Lawton in WA. He has testified as an expert witness in federal and military courts in the areas of computer crime, computer forensics and Internet crime.date=December 2007

Mr. Schmidt also serves as the international president of the [Information Systems Security Association]] and was the first president of the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center.date=December 2007 He is a former executive board member of the International Organization of Computer Evidence, and served as the co-chairman of the Federal Computer Investigations Committee.date=December 2007 He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists. He had served as a board member for the CyberCrime Advisory Board of the National White Collar Crime Center, and was a distinguished special lecturer at the University of New Haven, Conn., teaching a graduate certificate course in forensic computing. He has also taught courses for the FBI and DEA on the use of computers and law enforcement investigations.date=December 2007

Mr. Schmidt also serves on the Executive Committee of the Information Technology Sector Coordination Council. His memberships include the High Technology Crime Investigation Association, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.date=December 2007

He served as an augmented member to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology in the formation of an Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection. He has testified before congressional committees on computer security and cyber crime, and has been instrumental in the creation of public and private partnerships and information-sharing initiatives.date=December 2007 He is regularly featured on various worldwide television and radio shows including, BBC, ABC, CNN, CNBC, Fox TV as well as a number of local media outlets talking about cyber-security, investigations and technology.date=December 2007 He is a co-author of the Black Book on Corporate Security and author of Patrolling CyberSpace, Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Data Security.date=December 2007

Mr. Schmidt has been appointed to the Information Security Privacy Advisory Board to advise the National Institute of Standards and Technology the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on information security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal Government information systems.date=December 2007

Mr. Schmidt holds board positions on a number of corporate boards in both an advisory and director positions.date=December 2007