FILM:

TRAINING OR SCHOOLS

SKILLS:     Playwriting (10 plays written, 5 produced) Screenwriting, Acting, Guitar, Running

SPECIAL ABILITIES:   Technical consultant on intelligence operations including agent recruitment, counterterrorism, the operations officer lifestyle and culture,  and the nature of ongoing inter-agency conflicts that undermine joint working relationships.   

Military:

CAREER SUMMARY 

Senior Operations Officer in the Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency.  Designed and implemented operational targeting and intelligence collection strategies in the areas of counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, weapons of mass destruction, telecommunications and strategic technologies.  Assisted foreign governments in enhancing their indigenous counter-terrorism capabilities through training, target analysis and program management.  Conducted operations in high threat environments  against high priority terrorist targets in Africa and Central Asia in addition to serving in fast-paced operational environments in Latin America and Europe.    Clearance: TS/SCI

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Program Design                                                                                            Target Analysis

Recruitment of Personnel                                                                       Counterintelligence

Operational Planning                                                                            Project Coordination

 SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

·     Obtained unique intelligence that was used to assess the counterintelligence threat posed by a criterion country against a USG classified communications network

·      Designed and implemented an operational targeting strategy that led to the arrest and conviction of a key aide to a terrorist leader.

 ·      Developed early evidence of terrorist involvement in the bombing of a U.S. Embassy while serving as a member of the Incident Response Team.

 ·      Obtained unique intelligence that fundamentally changed an intelligence community estimate on nuclear strategic capabilities of a key criterion country

 ·      Collected key intelligence that assisted analysts in identifying a suspect chemical warfare facility in the Middle East. 

·      Obtained scientific intelligence that formed the basis of analytic judgments identifying the capabilities of a strategic nuclear delivery system of a key criterion country.

 INNOVATIVE ANALYTICS AND TRAINING 

Senior Analyst                                                              2011

 .     Researched and wrote two analytic “lessons learned”  reports on selected intelligence topics for the Center for the Study of Intelligence senior management                            

 ABRAXAS CORPORATION

 Senior Operations Officer                                            2004 – 2008

·      Provided HUMINT targeting guidance and operational fly-away support to a key Intelligence Community customer as part of a mobile team involved in collection against strategic telecommunications.

 ·      Provided operational guidance and support to a key Intelligence Community customer in support of a high priority intelligence collection program against a key Middle Eastern country.  

 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Deputy Chief of Base – Central Asia Region                                                         2004

 ·     Assisted in managing the day-to-day operational, counterintelligence, and administrative activities of a base of 150+ personnel in a critical threat war zone.

 ·      Designed and implemented two intel collection networks in critical threat environments against high value targets of two terrorist groups and in support of CI/Force Protection

  Counter-Terrorism Program Manager – Latin America                              2002-2004

 ·     Managed the Agency counter-terrorism program in a major Latin American country

 ·      Established critical analytic capabilities in the host government in support of USG counter-terrorism and CI objectives .

 Chief of Counter-Terrorism Training Group                                                         2001

 ·     Managed over 70 staff and contract personnel supporting counter-terrorism training programs to governments worldwide .

Senior Operations Officer – Counter-Proliferation                                      1998-2000

 ·     Provided operational guidance and support to a sensitive project targeting the WMD capability of a Middle Eastern country.

 ·      Wrote, edited, produced and distributed nonattributable film designed to affect plans for the construction of a suspect WMD facility in a Middle Eastern country.

Senior Operations Officer – Special CT Unit                                               1996-1998

 ·     Managed and directed the operational targeting program in East Africa and Europe against a high priority terrorist group.

 ·      Facilitated the capture of a key aide to a high priority terrorist leader.

 Senior Operations Officer – Domestic Field (East Coast)                            1994-1996

 ·     Managed a “Virtual Branch” designed to securely collect vital intelligence from a unique source on the nuclear capabilities of a criterion country in addition to CI threat information against a classified USG communications network.

 ·      Designed and implemented a unique targeting strategy successful in obtaining access to a pool of high priority Middle East targets.

 Program Manager – Counter-Narcotics                                                        1993

·     Provided headquarters support to and participated in take-downs against drug cartels in a Latin American country including CI threat assessment to ongoing programs.

Chief of Technical Collection Group                                                      1991-1992

 ·     Served as non-technical manager facilitating the design and implementation of a unique collection mechanism to obtain high priority intelligence on the emerging telecommunications target.

 ·      Worked closely with private sector to identify collection opportunities in denied areas. 

Operations Officer – Central America                                                   1989-1991

 ·     Managed counter-insurgency media operations (radio, TV, print) directed against regional target audiences.

Operations Officer – Domestic Field (Midwest)                                    1987-1989

 ·     Collected high priority intelligence on foreign weaponry and capabilities, key technologies and international economic issues.

 ·      Designed and implemented secure mechanisms to facilitate contact with sensitive sources from criterion countries.

 Branch Chief – Latin America Group                                                     1985-1986

 ·     Managed a headquarters operational element responsible for supporting counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics and counterintelligence operations in a major Latin American country.

 Operations Officer – Latin America                                                        1983-1985

 ·     Obtained sources to expand the collection program on the plans and intentions of a major Latin American country.

·      Served as nuclear referent to guide collection and operational initiatives. 

Languages

 Portuguese (Speak, Read); Spanish (Read)

 Education

 Georgetown University – Doctoral Candidate, Liberal Studies (2012)

                                                                               Dissertation Focus:  Radicalization Process

                                                                               Committee Chairman:  Rom Harre 

American University – Master of Arts, International Studies (1978)

University of Illinois – Bachelor of Science, Psychology (1974)

                                                                                                Minors: Chemistry/Math

Publications

Human Intelligence (HUMINT), article in the Encyclopedia of U.S. Intelligence, Taylor and Francis Group,  (forthcoming 2012).

Rewording the Past. in Words of Conflict, Words of War, F. Moghaddam and R. Harre, eds., Praeger, 2010.

Conference Persentations

Interdisciplinarity:  Looking for a Seat at the Table, presented at The Second Graduate Liberal Studies Conference for Students and Alumi from East Coast Universities, Georgetown University, June 2011.

Misunderstanding the Terrorist: The Lack of Cross-Cultural Perspectives in the Study of the Terrorist Mind  presented at a conference of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research held in New Orleans, February 2008.