OBJECTIVE
To join an organization in which I can put to use the skills I have garnered in over 28 years of government service as a Senior Intelligence Analyst, Researcher, and Investigator in a position emphasizing (but not limited to) proactive leadership, management, strategic analysis, mentoring, planning, predictive analysis, project analysis, fiduciary controls, technical support, writing, editing, publishing, and customer service.
JOB-RELATED SKILLS
Professional Profile - Work History: Over twenty-eight (28) total years combined civilian and military tenure as a strategic and tactical intelligence analyst serving at Department of the Army, Department of Defense, Joint, International, and multinational levels worldwide. Nineteen years, seven months, and fourteen days as a United States Army strategic and tactical intelligence analyst serving world-wide.
Seven (7) years as a United States Army Reserve Military Intelligence Officer - All-Source Analysis (USAR - 35D) analyst assigned in a USAR Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) position at Headquarters, Forces Command, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence (HQ, FORSCOM/DCSINT) with a comprehensive background in computerized intelligence analysis support systems. Experience in leadership, intelligence analysis, military intelligence journalism, tactics, operations, policy and plans, operations security, scenario development, exercise control, and security involving problem-solving, decision-making, and trouble-shooting in intelligence analysis and security management positions.
Intelligence Analysis: Over twenty-five (25) years as a strategic level current intelligence analyst at the Department of Defense (DoD) level and within an international Joint Service arena, plus three years as a tactical intelligence analyst at an United States Army Corps. One year billeted as an Intelligence Operations Officer for the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence at Forces Command Headquarters.
Over twenty-eight (28) total years of predictive analysis covering current intelligence matters, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB), Indications and Warning (I&W) intelligence, Order of Battle (OB, OOB, or OrBat), economic and geopolitical issues, international criminal organizations and structures, future war-fighting planning and policy development, counter-crime (CC), counterintelligence and counterterrorist (CI/CT) tactics and operational planning, counterinsurgency (COINOPS), Operations Security (OPSEC), Low Intensity Conflict (LIC), Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) or urban warfare, medical and technical intelligence, humanitarian assistance support, naval operations, logistical planning and operations, scenario development and exercise control.
Administration/Training: Supervised and managed administrative personnel within classified facilities at Corps, Joint and Department of Defense (DoD) levels. Streamlined administrative procedures to facilitate operations in support of war-fighters and humanitarian aid missions. Developed and administered unit intelligence analyst training programs at Corps, Department of Defense (DoD), and Joint levels. Three years experience in intelligence and operations at a TRADOC Brigade. Extensive knowledge and training, as operator, trainer, and cross-trainer in intelligence and administrative computer support systems.
Political Journalism/Writing/Editing/Publishing: Twenty-eight years of military intelligence research, compilation, writing, drafting, editing, proofreading, reprographics, product design, cover design, layout, quality control, product finalization, publishing, dissemination and control of documents and briefings covering predictive analysis, current intelligence matters, IPB, I&W intelligence, OB, international criminal organizations and structures, economic and geo-political issues, future war-fighting planning and policy development, CC/CI/CT tactics and operational planning, COINOPS, LIC, MOUT, medical and technical intelligence, humanitarian assistance planning and operations, OPSEC, naval operations and exercise support, logistical support, scenario development and exercise control, intelligence computer support systems research, design and development, security, plans, policy, programs, office and personnel management.
PERSONAL STRENGTHS
Professional communications skills - personal, written, oral, and visual - at all levels.
Comprehensive background in computer support systems.
Computer literacy including and functional understanding and experience in the use of one or more of the following information support applications and systems: NT Office, PageMaker, FrameMaker, Pathfinder, SAFE, ELCS, AMHS, MOSAIC, OSIS, CRMS, COLISEUM, JDISS, JDISS-E, INTELINK, AMHS, MIDB, LOCE, RMS, ALE, 5D, ELT, NIPRNET, SIPRNET, JWICS, ApplixWare, MicroSoft Windows, MS Word, MS Works, Word Perfect, and MultiMate and 64 other courses relating to military and civilian specific computer support software and hardware.
Proficiency in all Microsoft Office, NT, XP applications.
In-depth knowledge in the fundamentals and applications of Imagery Intelligence (IMINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Operations Intelligence (OPINT), and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) within an all-source intelligence environment.
Able to effectively manage a variety of tasks and responsibilities simultaneously.
Mission and people oriented.
Extensive experience involving problem solving, decision-making, and trouble-shooting in analytical, administrative, and security management positions.
Able to work autonomously - mentally flexible, intuitive, and proactive.
A consummate team player.
A self-starter motivated to succeed through dedication, persistence, determination, and a personal commitment to self-improvement.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship: United States.
Date of Birth: 02 March 1952.
Myers - Briggs Type Indicator: ENTP (1992; 1996).
Willing to travel or relocate within Europe (to include the Balkans).
Current Active U.S. Top Secret/SCI and NATO Clearances – PR completed/adjudicated favorably 15 Jan 03.
Previous Lifestyle and Counterintelligence Polygraphs (1978 - DA; 1992 - NSA).
Veteran - US Army – Military Intelligence Corps.
Current TESA Certification –Germany and NATO.
NATO Certification – Senior Political Scientist (A3 level) – 2001.
CONUSRelocationCenter certification, March 2004, Ft. Benning, GA.
PreviousPosition and Annual Salary: Senior Defense Analyst, M&S Threat Operations, OSD/PA&E/JDS. $85K per annum.
Former Undercover Narcotics and Vice Officer, Lieutenant, New Orleans Police Department – 1971-1978.
RECRUITER REQUIRED INFORMATION
Availability: Now.
Salary Requirements: CONUS – $95K pa minimum (DC/VA/MD area) plus $8K relocation package.
OCONUS – $85K pa minimum (tax free), plus $10K relocation package, and a $56K pa min overtime cap.
Commuting Distance: Within the Metro line area in the DC/VA/MD area.
Clearances: Yes - Top Secret with SSBI. PR completed 15 Jan 2003.
Relocate: Yes - CONUS (United States) and OCONOS (especially the Balkans, England, or Germany).
EDUCATION
B.S., Political Science, New York Regents External Degree Program, New York, New York, USA.
A.A., AuburnUniversity Extension, Fort McClellan, Alabama, USA.
Defense Intelligence College, Adjunct Professor - IDB T3, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC, USA.
B.S., Culinary Arts, Le Cordon Bleu Paris, FR
A.S., Culinary Arts, Le Cordon Bleu Atlanta, USA
LANGUAGES
University of Maryland, Serbo-Croatian, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina (2000).
University of Maryland, German, Heidelberg, Germany (1991).
Northern VirginiaCollege, Spanish, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (1983).
PERTINENT EXPERIENCE
09/2003 – 03/2004
Senior Defense Analyst
M&S Threat Operations – SAIC, Inc
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Program Evaluation and Analysis
Joint Data Support
1225 Jefferson Davis Highway
Suite 301
Arlington, VA 22203
Support Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Program Analysis and Evaluation (PA&E). Provide independent analysis and assessment to the Secretary of Defense (SecDef) to evaluate new Service programs and upgrades. Support the Joint Data Support (JDS), the part of OSD PA&E tasked to collect, manage, and provide authoritative data for joint analyses and studies by evaluating military operations and military forces, units, and equipment and associated capabilities, as they apply to military threat (i.e., particularly Red, OPFOR, or hostile forces – to include counter-crime, counter-drug, counterintelligence, and counter-terrorism) and other non-Blue force structures. Assist the study director by integrating a wide range of data into specific scenarios and models using information gained primarily from Intelligence sources. Satisfy data requirements used in studies and analytic efforts that review force structure, force capabilities, force levels and ratios, weapons and weapon system capabilities, weapons mix, operational architectures, implementation and procedures. Responsible for reviewing essential elements of analysis, analytic and data requirements, reviewing and identifying data availability, coordinating with Service Staff and Intelligence Agencies for data development and data acquisition, improving upon an existing process to acquire and manage authoritative source data, and interacting with DoD and Service-level analytic activities and agencies. Additional tasks include interfacing with other data analysts, data sources and customer organizations; developing business rules; documenting functional requirements; and coordinating with Information Technology specialists to satisfy operational data storage/data warehousing requirements for data.
04/2003 – 09/2003
Senior Intelligence Analyst
Principal Systems Analyst
BAE Systems
10400 Eaton Place, Suite 200
Fairfax, VA 22030-3900
Exploit all source data, including native language media, to conduct classified research in support of military intelligence analysis; conduct a complete review of current data sets for a specific geographic area of responsibility (AOR); work with or through other agencies and organizations to acquire required data and conduct analysis of all available information to identify, correlate, and document acquired intelligence in order to:
- Validate and update existing data in the Key Military Officials Lists (KMOL) for client.
- Create and maintain Biographic Profiles: biographic leadership profiles (LPs) of current and emerging national security leaders and groups – focusing primarily on military leaders and political leaders with extensive military influence and/or contacts. Biographic profiles shall, to the fullest extent possible, include the key data elements identified in the template provided by the client. Other leaders may also be identified for basic biographic research and production in support of IO objectives or combatant command biographic requirements.
- Input data into a biographic and/or personalities HFAC database as directed; utilize HFAC database fields as an Analytical Tool for extensive personality assessment. The priority will be determined by the Government Technical Advisor (GTA).
- Conduct research and analysis to create, update, and publish (using a government-provided format) products required under government contractual requirements.
- Work with government senior geo-political analysts to generate collection tasking to fill intelligence gaps.
01/01 – 03/01
Bosnia Analyst
Balkans/Aegean Team
European Division, Forces Directorate
NationalGroundIntelligenceCenter (NGIC)
200 North Seventh Street, N.E.
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-5396
Supervisor: GG15/DAC Patrick Bednarczyk/NGIC, INSCOM/(804) 980-7783
Current Grade: GG12/04 Position Grade: GS13 Hours: 40+Salary: $57,118.00 pr annum
Serve as a senior General Military Intelligence Analyst for the Balkans/Aegean Team, European Division, Forces Directorate and internationally recognized expert for various disciplines including threat analysis and projection of land-warfare forces and operations within broad, assigned geographical, and functional areas.
Conduct research, predictive intelligence analysis, and produce studies, estimates, forecasts, and other intelligence products on Bosnian ground forces.
Analyze and evaluate ground force capabilities and trends to support United States and NATO military force developers, operational forces, and departmental and national level decision makers.
Represent the NGIC in United States (US) Army, Department of Defense (DoD), and intelligence community (IC) fora; develop, present, and defend positions effectively.
Maintain liaison and coordinate with counterparts within the NGIC and other DoD and IC organizations to improve the quality of analysis (QA), effectively satisfy intelligence production requirements, and maintain currentness and depth of expertise of critical foreign military forces, operations, capabilities, futures, trends, and projections to support all-source intelligence and threat production.
Serve as European Division coordinator for special studies on Bosnia and as backup for Kosovo and Albania.
Serve as a project leader on complex analytical research projects.
09/00 – 12/00
Headquarters Security Officer (HQSO) [Involuntary Presidential Select Reserve Call-Up (PSRC)]
Headquarters Commandant (HQ CMDT)
Headquarters Stabilization Forces (HQ SFOR)
Bldg 103, Room 38
Operation Joint Forge
CampButmir, Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina (BiH)
APO AE 09780
Supervisor: COL Ron G. Sketo, HQ Commandant, HQ SFOR, Sarajevo, BiH, 011-387-71-49-5000 ext 2030
Current Grade: MAJ/O4 Position Grade: MAJ/OF3 Hours: 40+Salary: $75,210.24 pr annum
Military Intelligence officer, Major/O4, assigned as the HQSO, HQ CMDT, in a Military Intelligence,
Major/OF3, Critical Essential (CE) NATO billet within the multinational Headquarters, Stabilization Forces
(HQ SFOR), in Sarajevo, BiH.
Gives directives and supervises the HQSO section composed and Pass & ID Office composed of twelve multinational military and civilian personnel.
Functions as a Communications and Information Collection Coordination Cell (CIC3) for external and internal criminal and personnel security investigations within HQ SFOR.
Advise Commander, HQ SFOR Administration Directorate (CJ1) and Chief of Staff (COS), HQ SFOR on all security matters.
As the Chairman of the Camp Butmir Security Committee coordinates all aspects of security for CampButmir andHeadquarters SFOR.
Functions as the Deputy Theater Security Officer.
Conduct periodic security meetings with the Directorate and Branch Security Officers (DSOs/BSOs) within HQ SFOR.
Ensure Theater Security Directives are redefined into appropriate Security Supplements for HQ SFOR and that HQSFOR Security Supplements are enforced.
Conduct periodic security education in the Headquarters and support internal initiative security education within the Directorates/Branches.
Ensure tight operational security measures are maintained for access control into both the installation and HQ SFOR.
Develop an effective security plan for HQ SFOR.
Function as supervisory control for all security questions concerning new establishments in the HQSOs Area of Responsibility (AOR).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Identified, on CampButmir, Sarajevo, Bosna I Hercegovina, illegal activities of resident (concessionaire) members of the Turkish Mafia and coordinated a national and international criminal smuggling investigation by members of the International Police Task Force (IPTF), Special Branch of New Scotland Yard,
Sub-Section Two of INTERPOL, the Zagreb Customs Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which resulted
in the eviction of a major Turkish "crime family" from the environs of CampButmir, effectively halting all on-post criminal activity by agents of the Turkish Mafia.
The Commander, SFOR (COMSFOR) directed the movement toward a new pass and identification system as a result of
my identifying serious discrepancies with the current SFOR ID Card System and then I functioned as the crucial "lynch-pin" element in following through to ensure the newly mandated system met the needs and requirements identified by the COMSFOR and the Chief of Staff (COS), while protecting the security integrity within HQ SFOR and throughout the SFOR Theater of Operations.
Identified the new for, researched and outlined studies, new procedures, and policies to be employed during the eventual fielding of a Theater-wide electronic security card (SFOR Identification Card) system.
Restructured the Headquarters Security Office (HQSO), redefined its' infrastructure to support the operational requirements mandated by the HQSO and HQ CMDT missions.
Implemented programs, policies, and procedures to correct major security deficiencies and retrack enforcement to effect significantly enhanced security measures on Camp Butmir, but most importantly, within the SFOR Theater.
Initialized a system of announced and unannounced security inspections in HQ SFOR on Physical Security, Personnel Security, ADP Security, and gave direction in Document Security inspections.
Organized Technical Surveillance Countermeasures in cooperation with the SFOR Theater Security Officer (TSO).
Identified a serious shortfall in necessary Local Civilian Hire (LCH) Initial Screenings to the COS and the COMSFOR and was afforded the authority to take any action necessary to overcome the negative personnel security environment resulting from the lack of a viable LCH Screening Cell.
Initiated, organized, manned, and managed the Local Civilian Hire (LCH) Screening Cell for HQ SFOR and all military installations within SarajevoValley and performed a counterintelligence role in the interview process.
04/00 – 09/00
Long-Term Analysis and Personality Assessment Analyst [Involuntary PSRC]
USNIC Sarajevo
Operation Joint Forge
APO AE 09780
Supervisor: LTC Lauri Snider, USEUCOM USNIC Sarajevo, 011-49 (0)711-769-2535
Current Grade: MAJ/O4Position Grade: MAJ/O4Hours: 78+Salary: $75,210.24 pr annum
All-source intelligence analyst for the US National Intelligence Cell (USNIC), Operation Joint Forge, Bosnia Hercegovina, providing fused intelligence to the Commander, Peace Stabilization Forces (COMSFOR) and his multinational staff.
Responsible for all-source intelligence fusion of strategic, operations, and tactical intelligence for long-term and ad hoc analysis projects and maintenance of critical intelligence databases in support of COMSFORs Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs).
Coordinates with multi-disciplined analysts at the national, Theater, and operational levels to produce standardized assessments and products for Indications and Warning (I&W), targeting, and peacekeeping operations within COMSFORs Area of Responsibility (AOR).
Provides intelligence indicators in support of force protection.
Provides mid- and long-term intelligence assessments supporting force protection, targeting, and peacekeeping operations.
Provide continuity and maintain long-term intelligences assessments projects.
Liaison with national and Theater level organizations in developing biographies, Order of Battle (OB), and incident reporting.
Develop and maintain intelligence databases, including biographies, OB, and violent incident reporting.
Support operational forces by developing business practices and tools to rapidly exploit intelligence databases and provide responses to long-term Requests for Information (RFIs).
Develop and maintain biographical databases of the AOR, including military, political, religious, and criminal personnel.
Ensure accesses to existing databases are maintained and information is current and continuously updated.
Write two special assessments a month for the COMSFOR and multinational forces for long-term problems outlined in COMSFOR PIRs.