CHAD SHANNON
St. Petersburg,FL
Summary
Retired US Army Veteran with over 30 years of experience in secure environments. Expertise as Security Shift Lead includes team management, training, and facility inspections. Proven ability in crisis management and risk assessment, leading to improved security performance. Accomplished Military Intelligence Analyst with skills in data analysis, cybersecurity, and strategic planning, excelling in critical thinking and problem-solving.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Mission Guard Shift Supervisor
Bering Straits
Moscow, Russia
12.2022 - 05.2024
- Overseeing daily operations, managing staff schedules, ensuring customer satisfaction, and maintaining safety standards.
- Communicate orally and in writing with supervisors and Employees concerning operational, maintenance, and disciplinary issues.
- Mission Guard is responsible for protecting a person, organization or asset in the case of an incident.
- Protecting mission personnel and preventing the compromise of national security information and equipment at designated diplomatic and consular facilities.
- Their duties include monitoring a specific area, evicting trespassers and writing reports detailing any occurrences during their shift.
- Attending and briefing Deputy Chief of Mission during weekly staff meetings.
CI Screener
Vectrus System
Doha, Qatar
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Granting of installation access badges to include enrolling all Locally Employed Persons (LEPs) and conducting LEP/CI screenings.
- Maintains a local CI database of all Other Country Nationals (OCNs) screened.
- Conducts CI screenings of LEPs upon occurrence of CI indicators during the screening process.
- Coordinates with the local Direct Support CI Detachment to effectively support CI operations.
- Walk-in reports identified by supervisory personnel to have CI value will be referred to CI.
- Conducts CI analysis.
CI/Humint Analyst
The Buffalo Group- Jacobs
Tampa, USA
08.2020 - 01.2022
- CI/HUMINT Intelligence Summaries, Estimates, Targeting Packets, Lead development, SIGINT and OSINT exploitation while supporting ongoing CI/HUMINT operation in all CENTCOM AOR's.
- CI/HUMINT Targeting Officer.
- Preform Production review for assets operating in CENTCOM AOR’s.
- Create products for the customer to help limit insider threat.
- Conduct extensive all-source intelligence research and analysis to perform basic, intermediate, and advanced target development in support of lethal and/or non-lethal engagements.
- Apply a wide range of analytical skills and tools to monitor, assess, and report on intelligence pertaining to specific target systems and produce finished Intelligence products.
Intelligence Analyst/ SR. Training Specialist
General Dynamics
Tampa, USA
11.2016 - 03.2019
- Assigned to USSOCOM while in Tampa and assigned to NSOCA in Afghanistan as the USBICESX Sr. trainer to provide in the field training for the USBICES system while conducting analytical data to support the travel and training needs of the client using several different programs to locate the required data.
- Conducted training for US and NATO SOF elements CONUS and OCONUS From Tampa FL.
- Travelled to remote sites in Afghanistan to deliver training to US and NATO SOF partners.
- Responsible for analyzing trends, compiling data into comprehensive reports, and making recommendations based off findings.
- Provided direct support through the identification of information for inclusion in the customer propriety databases, conducting complicated searches in multiple databases, preparing responses, analyzing, and advising the customers.
- Utilized knowledge of adult learning theory to identify appropriate training media and methodologies based on audience learning styles, course content and audience location.
- Received 4 awards for excellence in the form of challenge coins and letters of gratitude for the training received.
Human Intelligence Course Instructor
US Army
Fort Huachuca, USA
10.2012 - 08.2016
- Responsible for the instruction of Human Intelligence Collection for Initial Entry Trainees across multiple branches of the Department of Defense.
- Course consisted of 26 weeks and 13 blocks of instruction which culminated in two weeks of applied learning in a Real-World Scenario.
- Responsible for all aspects of Trainees Military development including but not limited to Physical Development, Combat Tactics (consisting of small group movements and land navigation) Classified Material Handling, Storage and Analytical Operations.
- Oversaw security management of 36 Top Secret Access Points.
- Managed $75K+ in classified equipment vital to national security; resulted in zero losses, and the continued integrity of classified material.
- Recognized as small group instructor of the cycle, challenge coins and Army medals.
Education
AA - Intelligence Operations Studies
Cochise College
Sierra Vista, AZ01.2020
High School Diploma -
Storm Lake High
Storm Lake, IA05-1991
Skills
- Sensitive items accountability
- Personal management
- Intelligence operations
- SIGINT exploitation
- OSINT tools
- Analytical operations
- Operational reporting
- Quality assurance
- Report writing
- Incident response
- Access control
- Safety protocols
- Team leadership
- Risk assessment
- Conflict resolution
- Security operations
- Schedule management
- Effective communication
- Security systems
- Intelligence gathering
- Customer service
- Surveillance techniques
Awards
- Meritorious Service Medal
- Army Commendation Medal (4)
- Army Achievement Medal (6)
Education Certifications
- AA, Intelligence Operations Management, Cochise College, 2020
- ICD 705 Physical Construction Security
- KOSODIC Basic Guards Course
- Army Basic Instructors Course
- Fundamentals of Individuals Teaching Techniques
- Advanced Leaders Development Course
- Advanced Skills Training Course
- Basic Leadership and Military Course
Certification
- ICD 705 Physical Construction Security
- KOSODIC Basic Guards Course
- Advanced Leaders Development Course
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Mission Guard Shift Supervisor
Bering Straits
12.2022 - 05.2024
CI Screener
Vectrus System
02.2022 - 05.2022
CI/Humint Analyst
The Buffalo Group- Jacobs
08.2020 - 01.2022
Intelligence Analyst/ SR. Training Specialist
General Dynamics
11.2016 - 03.2019
Human Intelligence Course Instructor
US Army
10.2012 - 08.2016
AA - Intelligence Operations Studies
Cochise College
High School Diploma -
Storm Lake High
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