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Virginia, United States

Liverpool, Liverpool, Gb

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Woodbridge, Va, Us

Manage a ten-person team of Systems Engineers and Systems Integrators with the NGA Future Corporate Systems Matrixed Operating Model.Lead the initiative to gather and define new and enhanced IT application requirements of corporate business applications, and manage each project using end-to-end process analysis.Liaise with the Integrated Programs Office and Senior Government Product Owners for integrated requirements and capability development to ensure Agency programs are budgeted, funded, and delivered to stakeholders.Create, organize, and facilitate team meetings and core documentation for program to include charter, CONOPs, templates, methodologies, process flows, and Jira/Confluence.Guide senior-level and mid-level Systems Engineers performing requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National System of Geospatial-intelligence (NSG), Allied System of Geospatial-intelligence (ASG) and Federal Agencies.Guide the planning, analysis/traceability of user requirements, architectures traceability, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems. Assist the Government in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.Support the analyses and allocation of requirements to systems architecture components and executing programs.Author core documentation and corporate requirement requests in IT Needs Statements, developed through technical exchange meetings with client stakeholders and delivered to IT developers with minimal or no follow-on clarification required.Develop and deliver well-structured and detailed analytical strategic briefings and reports to Senior-level members of NGA.Work independently to conduct research and data collection on complex technical topics as directed by requirements.

Washington, Dc, Us

Led a team of five government contract specialists in day-to-day operations of Agency-wide Government Purchase Card program with over $5 million in annual cash flow.Liaised with government executives and US Bank officials to execute micro-dollar, training, and emergency purchases to satisfy daily and strategic mission requirements.Delivered trainings and brown bag sessions to Agency and program stakeholders to maintain legal compliance with FAR and DFARS.Advised designated officers of legal usage of component funds and maintained current logs and reporting of timely vendor payment processing using advanced data mining techniques.Product owner of GPC component website, using various scripting languages to perform basic back-end web development.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supported the Office of Geography, focusing on political geography to provide linguistic and geographic names services to support production of standard and non-standard NGA products, specializing in Arabic, while working with Kurdish, Uighur, Neo-Tifinagh, Sinhala, and Tamil.Created, maintained, and facilitated NGA college course for Geographic Names history, methodologies, and implementation.Exploited a variety and volume of open-source data including user-generated content and micro-census surveys using established querying language programs (SQL, Oracle, etc.) to enhance the spatial, temporal, and demographic resolution of modeling and analysis.Led a team of Arabic linguists in new-hire training and quality control for both contractor and government personnel.In support of Human Geography tradecraft, used Esri COTS and GOTS software to create shapefiles, geo-databases, and data retrieval/storage to support intelligence analysis.Produced, edited, collaborated with ATC, and published NGA formal written products such as GEOINT Notes, including narrative and graphics, which require little to no editing.Romanization Systems Coordinator responsible for communicating with external USG and FVEY partners and developing new systems for standardized transliteration of foreign languages in non-Roman script.Assisted Esri developers with software development by providing UX results from the remote/virtual test environment in the Foundation GEOINT Modernization efforts across the Office of Geography (SFG).Served as Assistant Geographical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC) data steward responsible for monitoring and recording changes in spelling and codes of geopolitical entities and administrative subdivisions, and correlating information with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).While a contractor with Leidos, served on the MACSS IDIQ proposal team which was successful in winning over $250 million in new business.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Built intelligence profiles on specific HVI targets through research, collection, exploitation, and analysis of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) materials using tools such as Google Earth, Analyst Notebook, and JEMA.Performed translation, transcription, and gisting of SIGINT materials from target languages (Iraqi, Yemeni, and Modern Standard Arabic) into English for real-time intelligence reporting supplemented by performing Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) and Imagery Intelligence (IMINT).Supported counterintelligence, counterterrorism, ISR, and SIG/DEV missions, and aided in Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX) on ad hoc basis.As senior linguist performed technical training of new contractor and military staff and conducted quality control of analysts' intelligence reporting.Remotely maintained SIGINT software on in-theater and overhead assets including, but not limited to, MQ-1, MQ-9, MC-12, RC-135, LEO, HEO, and GEO satellites.Received recognition as Performer of the Quarter among 250 contracted staff in October 2015.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Entered Active Duty in the United States Army in July of 2012, completed Basic Combat Training in Fort Jackson, SC.Spent the remainder of my time in the service at the Presidio of Monterey, CA, receiving an education in the Arabic language.Graduated in May of 2014 with an Associate of Arts degree and was one of only nine out of 26 students in my cohort to pass the Defense Language Proficiency Test.Created and instructed the Arabic Head Start Program for Charlie Co., 229th MI BN, which allowed soldiers to learn the first unit of class material prior to the full class. Each student was successful in completing the full Arabic course of study.Served as Squad Leader in 2nd and 7th PLTs, C Co., 229th MI BN as an E-4 (SPC).Qualified as Expert Rifle Marksman

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Intellectual Property Law

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing

Associate'S Degree, Arabic Studies