Christopher Melanson Email & Phone Number

Culpeper, Va, Us

Merrifield, Va

• International Organized Crime Intelligence and Operations Center (IOC-2) Investigative Analyst II• Analyzes available OFC intelligence on Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) as well as facilitates target deconfliction between IOC-2 members (i.e. FBI, DEA, ICE, etc)• Develops analytical products utilizing information from Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Fusion Center (OFC), SOD and interagency databases to provide tactical support to major TOC investigations; actionable leads produced for exploitation by field offices.

Merrifield, Va

• Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX) Investigative Analyst I for vital Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Office of Special Intelligence program• Performs Investigations Analysts duties including, document scanning, data entry and data analysis utilizing both DEA proprietary and commercially available software• Works closely with customers to determine Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIR) for each investigation, focusing on customer needs to further their investigations• Assists in the identification of assets and evidence to aid law enforcement investigations• Works with other DOMEX analysts and information technology specialists in a collective environment, fostering a synergistic exchange of ideas and data flow • Analyzes collected data and prepares data spreadsheets and detailed written reports based on customer PIRs• Maintains communication with customers, throughout analysis, updating as appropriate. Additionally, performs final briefings to customers highlighting information meeting their PIRs as well as any additional findings that may warrant further their attention and possible further investigation

Department Of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Merrifield, Va

• Leads a team of eleven Joint Military intelligence professionals engaged in coordinated support to over 1,000 drug trafficking, smuggling, and money laundering operations worldwide. • Team Chief of NSOC Unit focusing primarily, but not limited to, narcotics connections in/to Africa as well terrorism activities both domestic and international.• Processes Requests for Information (RFIs) which lead to highly sensitive full product intelligence reports used to support local Department of Justice (DOJ) field sites and agents. • Has overseen the processing of more than 12,000 quick response telecommunications requests supporting multiple agencies within the United States and international Intelligence Communities. • Uses all-source analysis to create full product reports to support field offices at several agencies within the Intelligence Community. • Experienced in using government data bases to identify trend and strategies. Accesses and performs research on designated intelligence databases for the purpose of identifying information of interest.• Provides intelligence and threat analysis that is tailored to the customer's needs and guidelines. Develops classified documents, charts, and PowerPoint presentations to fulfill customer needs. • Hand-picked to lead national working group targeting international Drug Trafficking Organization. Year-long research in coordination with multiple state and federal agencies resulted in the largest single drug trafficking take down in United States

Langley Afb, Va

• Superbly Managed a team 15 Air Force and civilian personnel in the 30th IS Weapons and Tactics Shop, ensuring the latest foreign and potentially hostile weapons systems were known with capabilities and limitations being understood. • Served as MOC, and S&W Supervisor for 400+ U-2 missions, issuing more than 600 reports using all-source intelligence to meet national standing and AdHoc intelligence requirements. • Directed the collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of vital information in support of Coalition assets operating throughout the Middle East region. • Provided substantive timely intelligence to theater and national-level commanders of all services regarding possible emerging threats while maintaining 98.8 percent quality control rating. • Singled out to deploy to the Combined Air Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar in 2005, as the Senior Enlisted Liaison for the Deployable Ground Station. While deployed, directed 224 U-2 missions, 738 MQ-1 Predator missions, and 24 experimental RQ-4 Global Hawk missions as well as re-tasked airborne assets to assist 125 troops-in-contact engagements and four search-and-rescue missions. • Unit awarded prestigious Air Force Outstanding Unit Award in 2004 and 2005 as well as the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award in 2005

• Hand-picked by Squadron Commander and Director of Operations to run the Threat Warning Program. Expertly managed an office of 20 Army, Air Force, and civilian personnel and given full authority to revamp and overhaul the program as needed. • Streamlined the program cutting the personnel needed to run it by half allowing a reallocation of these assets to other critically manned areas.• Developed a web site for Korean Threat Warning Operations, integrating past operations, current operations, training, and possible future developments. This site brought together all aspects of the position, and allowed positional training to be completed 40 percent faster.• Additional responsibilities included being of the squadrons three security managers, the primary Communications and Cryptologic Security Officer.