Mr. Judson W. Murdock II is the Director, Field Operations (DFO), Houston Field Office. Mr. Murdock has been in this role since 2013 and oversees U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations within Houston Field Office, which includes the Ports of Houston, Dallas, Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, Freeport, Lubbock, Midland, Port Arthur, San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also oversees the Petroleum Center of Excellence and Expertise. He has also concurrently served as the Acting Assistant Commissioner for CBPs Office of Intelligence and as the Acting Executive Director, Office of Field Operations. Mr. Murdock began his career as a U.S. Customs Inspector in El Paso, Texas in 1996. Mr. Murdock is a U.S. Army veteran where he served as a Medic and has attended Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Senior Executive Fellows program. He is also a 2018 Presidential Rank Award recipient.