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Team Leader for 7-person geographically dispersed team conducting deep research and integration of exotic future space operations and potential adversarial actions.Authored and coordinated team effort for two landmark reports to support a Congressional tasking regarding space, hypersonic and futuristic threats to prevent strategic surprise. These reports will likely result in future funding and organizational development within Space Force.Integrated a wide range of research regarding Sensor Gap Analysis and threat analysis being conducted by the Space Superiority and Defense Program (SSDP), multiple National Labs and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs).Provided analytical support to enable operational and strategic assessments using all-source intelligence by researching, authoring, coordinating, and collaborating with the IC and Department of Defense (DoD) as they relate to space, hypersonic and future threats.Analyzed intelligence reports, open source, and commercial technological breakthroughs to forecast future advanced strategic threat capabilities.Provided technical expertise to multiple Government Organizations analyzing emerging technologies to inform United States space policy and technology.

Space / Counterspace and Missile Analyst for USSPACECOM J22, creating daily threat reports and analysis using analytical tradecraft standards.Created top-notch training curriculum and presentations and provide expert in-class space/counterspace intelligence training for all USSPACECOM intelligence personnel, Space Force and other relevant military intelligence organizations and foreign partners.Developed and taught the first-ever US and FVEY versions of the Space Intelligence Fundamentals Course (SIFC), providing outstanding training on Space and Counterspace topics to USSPACECOM and other IC personnel.Course Director for SIFC and lead instructor for courses, ranked as the #1 instructor and analyst by students attending National Security Space Institute (NSSI) classes.Conducted research and all-source intelligence analysis on space, counterspace and missiles.Performed training analysis and created solutions to fill training gaps.Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Space and Counterspace Intelligence, Foreign Missile Systems, Foreign Space Systems, Adversary Counterspace, C4ISR, Remote Sensing, NRO Systems, Orbital Mechanics, SATCOM (US and Foreign), US Strategic Systems, Ballistic Missile Defense, DoD Joint Operations, Space-based Weather, and Threats to Space SystemsCreated several Exercise Scenarios and Capstones to evaluate training.Prepared documents, briefings, and other correspondence for J2 senior leadership.Supervised one other tradecraft developer and two exercise planners for USSPACECOM.

Course Director, Lead Contractor, Instructor and Curriculum Developer for the Space Warfighter Intelligence Formal Training Unit (SWIFTU) course, managing a contractor team in curriculum development and course execution. Course and instruction consistently ranked as some of the best in the Command.Senior Space 100, Space 200 and Space Intelligence Fundamentals Course Director and Instructor. Developed curriculum, managed, and delivered all course lessons on Space Threats, Intelligence and Space OperationsHighest-ranked instructor, delivering comprehensive lessons on adversary space and counterspace operations, intelligence, strategy and doctrine, threats to US space systems and ballistic missiles for the 319th Combat Training Squadron and previously for the National Security Space Institute (NSSI), a Lt Col told the Unit Commander that Mr. Black’s teaching “borders on Art!”Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Tradecraft Development, Space and Counterspace Intelligence, C4ISR, Remote Sensing, NRO Systems, Orbital Mechanics, SATCOM (US and Foreign), Foreign Space Systems, Adversary Counterspace, US Strategic Systems, Ballistic Missile Defense Systems, DoD Joint Operations, Space-based Weather, and Threats to Space SystemsLessons consistently rated as some of the best at the 319th CTS, ASOpS, and NSSI

Senior Instructor and Curriculum Developer for the Space Warfare CenterCreated lessons for in-class and computer-based training (CBT)/distance learning presentationsIntelligence SME for Space Operations, Foreign Space, Counterspace, and Ballistic Missile systemsProject lead for rewrite of Air Force Tactics & Procedures Counterspace chapter