Brent Baker
Chesapeake,VA
Summary
Nineteen years of military, law enforcement, and USIC experience with expertise in multiple intelligence disciplines. Dynamic leader who energizes multi-faceted workforce to achieve mission success.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Branch Chief, Wargaming
USEUCOM
10.2015 - Current
- Oversee execution of interagency and cross-CCMD wargames across all lines of effort
- Team with EUCOM directorates to conduct deep-dive analysis of TCO OAIs and COAs of major OPLAN/CONPLANs.
Deputy Director, Joint Operations
USSTRATCOM JIOC-JRISE
02.2013 - 10.2017
- Led 100+ joint-service unit supporting USSTRATCOM mission areas
- Supervised the production, quality, analytic integrity, and timeliness of teams’ efforts – Strategic Analysis Division, Strategic Forces, and Red Team.
Operations Assessor
USEUCOM
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Conduct analysis and assessment of operations, contingency plans, orders, and exercises to support USEUCOM lines of effort
- J7 assessment lead in B2C2WGs
- Primary author of written Ops assessments for two years; authored CDR-directed strike operations AAR used by Joint Staff for strategic level CCMD-integration comparison study.
Senior Intelligence Analyst/Program Coordinator
Federal Bureau of Investigation
08.2011 - 01.2015
- Advised leadership on intelligence program initiatives, analytic personnel and resources, intelligence collection and production priorities, threats and mitigation strategies, and intelligence dissemination
- Conducted and led intelligence production planning, collection management, technical and HUMINT exploitation, and all-source analysis
- Team lead for intelligence/operations integration in support of national security initiatives, WMD detection and response, and crisis management planning.
Lt Col, US Air Force
USSTRATCOM
07.2013 - 10.2013
- Led USSTRATCOM CI efforts in priority interagency media leaks task force; searched volumes of data, analyzed results, and analyzed potentially compromised data for CDR USSTRATCOM and other senior DoD leaders
- Senior Analyst for CJCS-mandated USSTRATCOM Red Team review of potentially compromised significant USSTRATCOM equities
- Teamed with Dep JIOC Commander and cross-agency subject matter experts to research pertinent data and draft critical assessments for USSTRATCOM CDR and senior DASD-level officials.
Deputy Director of Operations and Chief, FUOPs Cell
USEUCOM JAC JRISE-Minneapolis, MN
02.2012 - 02.2013
- Directed the efforts of a 30+ person joint-service unit supporting USEUCOM mission areas
- Developed reserve intelligence strategy and planning guidance for current and future operations and contingency support.
Lt Col, US Air Force
USCENTCOM
07.2012 - 10.2012
- Coordinated efforts between USCENTCOM and USEUCOM IAG’s counterterrorism and counter-proliferation teams to interdict and/or sanction HVIs and proliferation actors within both AOIs
- Drafted position papers in support of ISR sharing and allocation between COCOMs
- Coordinated with USCENTCOM overhead ISR branch and forward DCGS personnel to improve overhead collection sharing.
Director of Targeting
USEUCOM JAC JRISE Dekalb-Fort Meade, MD
07.2010 - 02.2012
- Supervised team of all-source analysts responsible for production of target materials suite.
Supervisory Analyst
Federal Bureau of Investigation
11.2009 - 08.2011
- Intelligence team lead to CI-Mission Unit Chiefs; provided analytic support to operations and investigative initiatives, cross-programmatic approaches to specific CI threats, and international investigations
- Senior analyst of 10-member team overseeing all-source intelligence support to enterprise investigations of foreign intelligence actors and entities, and counter-proliferation efforts of restricted and/or proprietary technologies
- Researched FBI cases throughout the United States to identify CI-related trends/patterns/connections
- Incorporated all-source intelligence and applied various analytic methodologies to produce strategic and operational-level intelligence furthering enterprise approaches to detect and disrupt foreign intelligence activities.
Executive Officer
Southern Region Joint Operational Intelligence Cell (SRJOIC)
04.2011 - 07.2011
- Worked with management team to shape intelligence mission and build effective organization that expanded from 8 to 30 personnel in a rapid stand-up of the US intelligence cell to enable NATO-led operations
- Supervised the effort to build an effective 24/7 watch floor and time-sensitive targeting cell to support NATO forces with ISR planning, IO, humanitarian efforts, and strikes in support of United Nations’ resolutions.
Strategic Debriefer
Defense Intelligence Agency
07.2007 - 07.2010
- Conducted strategic collection operations and drafted intelligence information reports in response to prioritized requirements.
Senior Intelligence Analyst/Program Coordinator
Federal Bureau of Investigation
10.2008 - 11.2009
- Advised leadership on intelligence program initiatives, analytic personnel and resources, intelligence collection and production priorities, threats and mitigation strategies, and intelligence dissemination
- Conducted and led intelligence production planning, collection management, technical and HUMINT exploitation, and all-source analysis
- Team lead for intelligence/operations integration in support of national security initiatives, WMD detection and response, and crisis management planning.
Intelligence Analyst
Federal Bureau of Investigation
03.2006 - 10.2008
- Embedded analyst and Reports Officer for the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force
- Analyzed investigative information combined with all-source intelligence to determine links between local investigations and national/international extremist groups
- Provided tactical support to investigations including extremist identification and tracking, threat finance/material support, and extremist propaganda investigations
- Prepared tailored threat assessments on persons and organizations of interest to determine their suitability for further investigation
- Developed strategies for investigation, disruption, and deterrence.
Counter-terrorism Team Chief
NR EUCOM JAC 0289
02.2006 - 07.2007
- Coordinated special projects with US Southern Command for information sharing and dissemination in support of USEUCOM’s counterterrorism mission.
Intelligence Analyst
Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
05.2005 - 03.2006
- Conducted all-source analysis on countries and groups of interest in support of USSTRATCOM’s mission areas.
Intelligence Officer
Multiple Staff and Line Active Duty Military Positions
01.1999 - 01.2005
- Chief of Targets Production, USSTRATCOM; Executive Officer to USSTRATCOM J2; Senior Watch Officer, USSTRATCOM; Branch Chief, MIDB production, USSOUTHCOM
Branch Chief, General Military Analysis Branch
NR US SOUTHCOM
09.1999 - 02.2001
Education
Juris Doctorate -
Texas Tech University School of Law
01.1995
Bachelor of Arts -
Political Science and Business Communication, Abilene Christian University
01.1990
Professional Military Education - National Security Studies
Air War College
Maxwell, AFB, Alabama08.2016
Skills
- Staff Supervision
- Change Management
- Problem Solving
- Team Leadership
- Strategic Planning
Areas Of Experience
- COCOM Joint Staff
- Analysis/Writing/Dissem
- Collection Management
- CI/CT/Cyber Operations
- Interagency Coordination
- Leadership/Team Supervision
- HUMINT/Reports/DSDC Cert.
- Intel/Operations Integration
- COCOM LNO
Timeline
Branch Chief, Wargaming
USEUCOM
10.2015 - Current
Operations Assessor
USEUCOM
01.2015 - 01.2017
Lt Col, US Air Force
USSTRATCOM
07.2013 - 10.2013
Deputy Director, Joint Operations
USSTRATCOM JIOC-JRISE
02.2013 - 10.2017
Lt Col, US Air Force
USCENTCOM
07.2012 - 10.2012
Deputy Director of Operations and Chief, FUOPs Cell
USEUCOM JAC JRISE-Minneapolis, MN
02.2012 - 02.2013
Senior Intelligence Analyst/Program Coordinator
Federal Bureau of Investigation
08.2011 - 01.2015
Executive Officer
Southern Region Joint Operational Intelligence Cell (SRJOIC)
04.2011 - 07.2011
Director of Targeting
USEUCOM JAC JRISE Dekalb-Fort Meade, MD
07.2010 - 02.2012
Supervisory Analyst
Federal Bureau of Investigation
11.2009 - 08.2011
Senior Intelligence Analyst/Program Coordinator
Federal Bureau of Investigation
10.2008 - 11.2009
Strategic Debriefer
Defense Intelligence Agency
07.2007 - 07.2010
Intelligence Analyst
Federal Bureau of Investigation
03.2006 - 10.2008
Counter-terrorism Team Chief
NR EUCOM JAC 0289
02.2006 - 07.2007
Intelligence Analyst
Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
05.2005 - 03.2006
Branch Chief, General Military Analysis Branch
NR US SOUTHCOM
09.1999 - 02.2001
Intelligence Officer
Multiple Staff and Line Active Duty Military Positions
01.1999 - 01.2005
Juris Doctorate -
Texas Tech University School of Law
Bachelor of Arts -
Political Science and Business Communication, Abilene Christian University
Professional Military Education - National Security Studies
Air War College
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