Justin Merrill Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL

A non-profit organization dedicated to the training and development of that veterans and military spouses into Fullstack software engineers. Code Platoon also guides their participants through the transition from the training program into full time employment roles. Code Platoon is a full-time program where participants work in-person and/or remote for.

Vilseck, Germany

• Managed learning facility which included 110 computers, servers, printers, teleconferencing devices, ensuring accountability and availability
• Reported daily and weekly facility usage and issues to regional manager
• Assisted customers with hardware and software troubleshooting
• Scheduled individual classrooms for customer usage

7th Signal Command Theater, Fort Gordon, GA

• Identify, assess, and analyze emergent trends from intelligence reporting to inform and assist senior leaders in national-impact decision making
• Utilized technical expertise and to deduce patterns of cyber threats to military and intelligence networks
• Authored and oversaw the production of daily unclassified and classified intelligence products for the Cyber and Intelligence Community
• Managed access to sensitive compartmented information, identifying eligible individuals and ensuring proper vetting

525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

• Managed and maintained security clearances for the battalion comprising 300 soldiers, reporting deficiencies to senior leadership
• Supervised organization physical security program with no loss of classified information, sensitive items
• Trained incoming leaders and soldiers on unit operating procedures on personnel and physical security
• Provided weekly intelligence briefs to the senior leadership on worldwide events related to terrorism

525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

• Provided daily updates to senior leadership on area of responsibility and status of dispersed units in Afghanistan
• Disseminated intelligence information to the lowest level using daily patrol briefings, reported debrief information to senior leadership
• Assisted foreign government in establishing import policy to prevent and eradicate terrorist activity
• Managed and ensured security of Tactical-Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.
• Created badging system for vetted local nationals working on base using Biometric Automated Toolset (BAT), continuously adjusted security protocols to ensure security of personnel on base

525th Battlefield Surveillance Bridage, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

• Reported daily information to senior leadership on the military situation in Afghanistan and Iraq theater pending deployment
• Created an effective method for managing security clearances within the battalion reducing time loss
• Established standard operating procedures in personnel and physical security programs

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Software Engineering

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Military Intelligence, General