Michael Shallal

Telephone: 202-681-5161– Email:

Information Management – Intelligence Analyst – Operations Manager

Security Clearance: TS/SCI 1/13/2011 AFCAF, Closed date: 12/02/2009 –CI Poly

Career Highlights:

  • Business oversight, capabilities, resourcing, and future planning.
  • Past achievements includes successful leadership experience in the area of Open-Source Analysis, Operational Assessments, and Intelligence Analysis with emphasis on Middle East operations for Counter Terrorism Action Measures.
  • Successful leadership roles as; Deputy PM, Site Manager and Operations manager leading teams of anywhere from 3-36 members both Stateside and OCONUS.
  • Served as a Subject Matter-Expert (SME) and a civilian Middle-East Foreign Area Expert (FAE).
  • Hands on experience in Special Operations military and similar IC mission support.
  • Cryptologic Language analysis. Transcription of communications transmitted over radio frequencies, live listening post, decryption of cell phones data collected from detainees and suspects, analysis of foreign media files extracted, deciphering hidden messages behind media and other data files.
  • Strategizing with business partners to establish continuity and quality deliverables.
  • Development and implementation of training material pertaining to the Language and Culture based on extensive all source intelligence analysis reports in addition to personal knowledge gained from life, educational, and working experience
  • Assisted in the drafting of the overall project policy, establish objectives and processes of implementation.
  • Open media Exploitation: Computers, phones, Audio/Visual, Software, and Internet/Intranet in addition to Document exploitation
  • Five years of experience of providing in-depth knowledge of the Middle Eastern culture and functional areas to identify intensifying mission critical issues which were communicated to senior staff and government (Pentagon) personnel as part of a team
  • Four years of experience in the art of Linguistics and Translation and Interpretation (Consecutive and Simultaneous)
  • HUMINT Collection Manager; interviewed subjects responsible for manufacturing and planting IED, before/after report writings with complete analysis for briefing on mission directives
  • Involved in an unlimited number of meetings for senior commanding elements Army/Air Force/FUSION/DIA as a member of the Intelligence Analysis team. Primary function to produce methodologies and target reports. I have a comprehensive understanding of the limitless insurgent/resistance groups generally in the Middle East and particularly in Iraq.
  • Participated in preparing/authoring several high level reports pertaining to the ethnography, organization, trends, and impact of future operations.
  • More than 5 years regional experience of consulting, studying and teaching about Afghanistan and Iraq, including in-region research travel time and previous residency.
  • Strong capability in researching, identifying, and integration of innovative approaches to analytical problems.
  • Advisor to Brigade command cells, assisted in tracking the movement of enemy elements and analyzing the direct and indirect impact to specific FOB/COBs. Complete threat analysis reports communicated directly to senior commanding officers.
  • Participated in the collection, analysis, preparation, and presentation of multiple Intelligence reports for immediate operational use. Those reports were specific to FUSION cells, CENTCOM, AIR FORCE, DIA, SOF, and QRF teams.
  • Drafted research reports, and end-product critical mission summaries to maintain the safety of our teams/convoys and the lives of the local nationals. Not sure if any was published.
  • Supported visibility mission at DIA HQ at Ft. Belvoir. As a member of a SIGINT and COMINT teams. Responsibility was to analysis andexploitcommunications gathered by a spectrum analyzer; transmitted on fixed frequencies. Training and experience utilizing ITAS , TAC, and Analyticalsystems
  • Team leader, and regional management experience under extreme conditions for several high profile assignments, some of which were in a hostile environment
  • Seven years of experience in computer technology dealing directly with data administration, webmaster, data mining, and programming
  • During overseas deployments; provided intelligence analysis on captured foreign materials in support of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
  • FBI Part-Time Contract Language Analyst. Conduct search, summary, report writing, translation and transcription of existing data. Experienceutilizing Red-Tiger, Insight, Universal Index (UNI), Tracking, Detection Unit, and DataWarehouse (DWS).

Experience in the following Systems/Software:

***Dates of employment are approximated to the best of my knowledge***

Michael Shallal

Telephone: 202-681-5161– Email:

Information Management – Intelligence Analyst – Operations Manager

Security Clearance: TS/SCI 1/13/2011 AFCAF, Closed date: 12/02/2009 –CI Poly

  • M3
  • WISE
  • FPS Portal
  • Intelink
  • C-Wire
  • NCTC
  • CIASource
  • Lexis/Nexis
  • iMap
  • UNI
  • FalconView
  • NSANet
  • A-Space
  • I-Space
  • TIDE
  • HVEB
  • DHSNet
  • Palantir
  • AXIS
  • TIGR
  • SIPR-NIPR
  • TAC
  • MIDB
  • SharePoint
  • OSC
  • AMHS
  • Analyst Notebook
  • TDU
  • DWS
  • ArcGIS
  • iData
  • Red-Tiger
  • INSIGHT

***Dates of employment are approximated to the best of my knowledge***

Michael Shallal

Telephone: 202-681-5161– Email:

Information Management – Intelligence Analyst – Operations Manager

Security Clearance: TS/SCI 1/13/2011 AFCAF, Closed date: 12/02/2009 –CI Poly

Education/Training/Certification:

  • M.B.A. - Information Security Systems/undergraduate, University Of Phoenix, Troy, MI, in process
  • B.S. - Information Security Systems, University Of Phoenix, Troy, MI, Dec-2010
  • A.A. - Criminal Justice, Oakland Community College , Auburn Hills, MI, in process
  • A.A. - Liberal Arts-Computer Sciences, Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI 2007

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

  • Hands on training in Information Security Systems, educational and professional experience utilizing MS Office Suite, coding in Java, XML, and C+
  • Data collection, data exploitation and data analysis training by various departments
  • Business networking and development for young professionals
  • Business conflict resolution and problem solving skills training
  • Extensive hands on experience utilizing Geographical Information System, as well as passive software like Google Earth
  • Vast knowledge in the art of Cryptology-Deciphering, Cyber-Crime Networking.
  • Systems Analysis and Design, Computer Forensics, Computer Programming (Java, C++, OO, xml), Database Development, Network Technologies, Information Systems Security, Web Technologies and Project Planning
  • Educational discipline and work experience in Windows, Linux, and Unix OS.
  • Wide knowledge of Microsoft Office components including MS Project, Access, and Visio.
  • Computer literate in; Microsoft Office Suit (Software Package), Digital Media Exploitation, National Harmony Database, and Deployable Harmony (DOCEX Suite). Possess superb writing, editing, and interpersonal skills
  • Fluent in Languages: Arabic (Iraqi, Gulf, Syrian, Yemeni, Sudanese, Egyptian), Aramaic (Chaldean/Assyrian)
  • Received about thirty awards, certificates of completion, and letters of appreciations. Most of my certificates were for comprehensive training modules pertaining to; DOD deployments, CI, CT, SIGNET, PSYOPS, HUMINT, Human Terrain Teams/Systems, long/short arms training, as well as TSA certificate of completion.

Summary of Related Employment Experience:

  • AMP7 - Government Contract/Consultant – Washington DC
  • COLSA/L3/LIS- Sr. Research Analyst – Tampa FL
  • LEIDOS - Open Source Collections/Analysis - Reston VA
  • Booz Allen Hamilton - Open Source Instructor – Content Developer – Washington DC
  • SAIC - Language-Enabled Analyst - Reston VA
  • ISHPI Information Technology - All Source Analyst - JIEDDO Wargamer/RedTeam member - McLean, VA
  • Nangwik Services LLC – Team Lead Instructor/ILR standardization - Augusta, GA
  • Torres AES
  • Provincial Reconstruction Section Head - Arlington, VA
  • BAE Systems - Human Terrain System’s Socio-Cultural Trainer/Analyst - Kansas City, KS
  • Global Linguist Solutions Corp - Language and Cultural Training Manager - Reston, VA
  • Northrop Grumman - HUMINT Language Analyst – Fairfax, VA
  • SM Consulting - Site-Manager Media Exploitation Lead - Fairfax, VA
  • L3 Communications - Deputy PM Administrative/Language - Fairfax, VA
  • MSXi/LASON - Data Entry Specialist–Auburn Hills, MI
  • EXXON Mobil - Assistant Manager–Livonia, MI

***Dates of employment are approximated to the best of my knowledge***