All Source Analyst with focus on Middle East looking for deployment opportunities

UMASS Graduate Certificate in Security Studies – ongoing

Georgetown U MBA – 2006

McGill U Political Science BA – 2004

Allameh U – Iran – Translation and Interpretation BA – 1995

Senior All Source Cyber Analyst – J2– DIA/NSA​ April 2021 – present ​
Booz Allen Hamilton
Duties include: Providing highly skilled and tailored support to multiple J2 CYBERCOM strategic and operational activities through analytical research, collection and data analysis; producing reports, responses, and recommendations to priority intelligence requirements on operations, plans and activities in support of DIA/NSA; exploiting a variety of classified and unclassified databases, software applications, and other intelligence research tools to identify, assimilate, examine, interpret, and evaluate source intelligence to determine the nature, function, interrelations and capabilities, and surmise the intent and capabilities of state actors, international terrorists and other entities of interest to the IC community; cooperating with the Intelligence Community on data collection and analysis from all pertinent sources; conducting link analysis and association matrices; briefing analyzed intelligence to senior leaders and writing intelligence assessments addressing threats.

Senior Foreign Language Analyst – J2X – DIA/NSA​ April 2020 – April 2021​
CACI International
Duties include: Providing highly skilled and tailored support to multiple strategic and operational CI activities through analytical research, collection and data analysis; producing reports, responses, and recommendations to priority intelligence requirements on CI/HUMINT operations, plans and activities in support of DIA/NSA; exploiting a variety of classified and unclassified databases, software applications, and other intelligence research tools to identify, assimilate, examine, interpret, and evaluate source intelligence to determine the nature, function, interrelations and capabilities, and surmise the intent and capabilities of state actors, international terrorists and other entities of interest to the IC community; cooperating with the Intelligence Community on data collection and analysis from all pertinent sources; conducting link analysis and association matrices; briefing analyzed intelligence to senior leaders and writing intelligence assessments addressing CI threats; performing expert level language analysis in support of HUMINT teams in the US CYBERCOM programs.

Linguist and Advisor – CI ​​ May 2017 – April 2020
Mission Essential, LLC
Duties included: Conducting fusion/integration of source intelligence to produce reports, responses, recommendations, findings, and products to priority intelligence requirements supporting the US Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A); cooperating with CI/HUMINT officers on collection of intelligence from sources and targeting threats based on received intelligence; conducted special collection activities using specialized equipment and techniques (PCASS, Biometrics, ETC.); facilitated highly effective CI collections and field operations to counter threats to sensitive US technologies, programs, activities and facilities; independently developed initiatives to enhance the analytical support provided to CI operational capabilities; conducted analysis of source reliability and report credibility and integrating communications with the collectors in support of the source validation process; provided high level priorities SIGINT and HUMINT/CI collaboration for Special Forces in missions addressing Iranian-initiated disruptive activities; reliable reporting ensuring Senior Military Directors are informed of all Afghan National CONOP and SIGACT reports also pushing RS/BAF HQs reports and updates back to the NMCC/NPCC; provided successful Train, Advise, Assist for Afghan LNOs on air support request policies and procedures; working consistently with the TAAC LNOs and supporting required training, evaluation, daily briefings and policy development and the occasional RFI driven OSINT and CI analysis; performed expert level language/culture adviser support as designated linguist for high-level Ministry of Defense, Presidential Palace, and national level meetings; provided highly valued and welcomed insights to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) leaders in dealing with complex Afghan-specific issues to effectively promote the Coalition’s objectives.

Farsi/Dari Language Translator, Interpreter and Cultural Advisor​ August 2013 to June 2016
US Army – Fort Polk, LA
Duties included: Designed, planned, and executed outstanding language and cultural training and analysis to military and civilian personnel preparing for deployment to Afghanistan as part of the ISAF Train, Advise, Assist training courses at Fort Polk in support of Operation Resolute Support. Conducted open source analysis based on language proficiency to support HUMINT/collectors with RFI based analysis. Successfully managed the battalion’s Defense Transportation System and Government Credit Card with regards to their missions (training, school, medical, etc.). Received integrated advanced individual training with HUMINT Team in Fort Huachuca, AZ (2014).

• Intelligence analysis, all source, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, HUMINT, Iran, Afghanistan, Middle East

Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French