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Christopher Dollard

Stafford,VA

Summary

Mission-driven professional with an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance. Over twenty years combined experience and expertise in multi-discipline intelligence collection management with heavy emphasis on imagery intelligence analysis directly supporting military and government employees. Demonstrated success in applying advanced intelligence analysis to identify, assess, interpret, and report potential threats while resolving operational deficiencies. Adept in briefing and working collaboratively with inter-agency Department of Defense personnel in high-pressure situations and under dynamic and tight deadlines on military-political leadership, national military strategy, strategic doctrine, and regional relations with regards to their impact on force developments.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Collection Manager

ManTech
12.2021 - Current
  • Develop recommendations to assist clients and agencies with efforts to advance intelligence gathering and interpretation in multiple theaters of operation.
  • Provide and brief Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) collection data addressing upcoming, outstanding, and completed requirements for weekly MCIA Collections Management Meeting.
  • Provide guidance/mentorship to Marine Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (SNCOIC) of and Officer in Charge (OIC), and fellow Marines/Civilians/Contractors of MCIA Collections Section.
  • Brief and discuss with various regional sections within MCIA and outside supporting units in order to plan future multi-intelligence strategies.
  • Supervised gathering, review, and dissemination of intelligence information from human sources, electronic sources, and counter-intelligence.
  • Coordinate with United States Marine Corps (USMC) Departmental Requirements Office (DRO) to strategize collection requests with Intelligence Community (IC) to synch collections requests with other collection tasking and needs.
  • Researched over 50,000 images and 12,000 targets for collection status and strategy planning using GIMS, NES, CRATE, WFT, Anglefish and iSPY.
  • Submitted over 1,000 GINs supporting the collection of over 2,000 targets for EO, IR, RDR, LAPIS, HSI, MSI-C and various lowlight sensors in GIMS.
  • Adjudicated over 1,500 GINs supporting the collection of over 4,000 targets for EO, IR, RDR, LAPIS, HSI, MSI-C and various lowlight sensors in GIMS.

Intelligence Source Strategies Analyst

InTec
11.2020 - 11.2021
  • Developed recommendations to assist clients and agencies with efforts to advance intelligence gathering and interpretation in multiple theaters of operation.
  • Supervised gathering, review, and dissemination of intelligence information from human sources, electronic sources, and counter-intelligence.
  • Processed over 100 changes of national intelligence collection priorities covering over 3,300 targets.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information, and provided solutions to problems.
  • Researched over 2,100 images and 2,000 targets for collection status using GIMS, NES, CRATE, WFT and iSPY.
  • Submitted over 600 GINs supporting the collection of over 2,300 targets for EO, IR, RDR, MSI-C and various lowlight sensors in GIMS.

Geospatial Intelligence Imagery Analyst

Observera Inc.
01.2018 - 11.2020
  • Analyzed still and motion imagery and data to produce geospatial intelligence for military operations.
  • Identified military installations, facilities, weapon systems, military equipment and defense positions.
  • Provided report analysis to monitor activity of military personnel and equipment.
  • Trained and mentored over 10 junior geospatial imagery analysts.
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated beneficial agreements between parties to help ensure peaceful and welcoming work environment.

Multi-Intelligence Collection Manager

Syntelligent Analytic Solutions – Falls Church
07.2017 - 12.2017
  • Screen, research, analyze, and interpret all-source intelligence information, including Counterintelligence /Human Intelligence (CI/HUMINT), regional and political analysis in order to produce detailed written analytical products.
  • Identified information gaps and potential threats by evaluating relevance and accuracy of gathered information using various analytical methodologies and intelligence database systems to in GIMS, CRATE, CHROME, HOT-R, MAGIC, NSRP and NSA Pulse.
  • Disseminated over 100 daily warning/threat analysis and brief senior management on actionable intelligence contingencies.

Collection Manager/Intelligence Analyst

United States Marine Corps
06.2013 - 06.2017
  • Disseminate over 150 daily warning/threat analysis and brief senior management on actionable intelligence contingencies.
  • Established standard operation procedures for collection managers by creating and briefing intelligence analysts on CI/HUMINT, IMINT and SIGINT capabilities to help analysts better understand other intelligence forums available to include GIMS, CRATE, CHROME, HOT-R, NSRP and NSA Pulse in helping to supplement and cover reporting gaps.
  • Lead strategic implementation of various new intelligence initiatives while initiating three key partnerships which resulted in new sources of reporting.

Collection Manager/Intelligence Analyst

United States Marine Corps
06.2008 - 06.2013
  • Intelligence Collections Manager Chief while deployed in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) and OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF), creating, validating and tracking national and theater level IMINT requirements ISO raids, counter-IED, target development and daily operations in support of OIF and OEF.
  • Established SOP on Google Earth applications for MNF-W collection planning to enable creation of 200+ Google Earth collection overlays to increase situational awareness across MNF-W battle space.
  • Coordinated and supervised collections management training of over ten Marines new to collections management with pre-deployment training (PTP) of Collections, JSTARS and METOC sections for deployment ISO OIF and OEF.
  • Monitored coordination and synchronization of over 30 organic and theater asset Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets covering over 63,000 total hours of collection ISO three Multi-National Forces.

Collection Manager/Intelligence Analyst

United States Marine Corps
06.2005 - 06.2008
  • Team Leader, normally senior leadership billet, managing, validating and processing overall IMINT and MASINT collection plans and requirements for tactical, theater, and national imagery resources in support of intense combat operations in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and throughout USCENTCOM area of responsibility.
  • Entered and processed biometric system enrollment to capture, store, and detect identification in order to aid in counterintelligence screenings and vetting more than 200 Afghan National Security Forces to counter emerging threats on Coalition forces in support of JIATF.
  • Planned, created and briefed daily collection emphasis graphic of highest priority and historical collection requirements of imagery collections (ISR, IMINT, MASINT) and full motion video (FMV) targets .
  • Coordinated highly effective collection strategy with DIA and NGA to maximum service to help mitigate for loss of National Collector.
  • Ensured highest priority requirements were met despite 32% decrease of assets available to command despite outage of major national overhead asset.

Education

GEOINT Professional Certification-Fundamental -

NGA
Springfield, VA
2018

Geospatial Intelligence Management (GIMS) -

NGA
Springfield, VA
2016

Intelligence Collections Management Course (ICMC) -

Defense Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC
2015

Intelligence Collections (ICC) -

Defense Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC
2015

MOS Certification - Imagery Analysis

Imagery Analysis Course
Goodfellow AFB
12.2001

MOS Certification - Aviation Management And Operations

Aviation Supply School
NAS Meridian
06.1997

High School Diploma -

Hemingway High School
Hemingway, SC
1996

Skills

  • Senior Management
  • Team Leader and Liaison
  • Research
  • Problem and Conflict Resolution
  • Relationship Development
  • Military Operations
  • Staff Development
  • Briefing Skills
  • Fiscal Accounting Management
  • Operational Improvement

Timeline

Collection Manager

ManTech
12.2021 - Current

Intelligence Source Strategies Analyst

InTec
11.2020 - 11.2021

Geospatial Intelligence Imagery Analyst

Observera Inc.
01.2018 - 11.2020

Multi-Intelligence Collection Manager

Syntelligent Analytic Solutions – Falls Church
07.2017 - 12.2017

Collection Manager/Intelligence Analyst

United States Marine Corps
06.2013 - 06.2017

Collection Manager/Intelligence Analyst

United States Marine Corps
06.2008 - 06.2013

Collection Manager/Intelligence Analyst

United States Marine Corps
06.2005 - 06.2008

GEOINT Professional Certification-Fundamental -

NGA

Geospatial Intelligence Management (GIMS) -

NGA

Intelligence Collections Management Course (ICMC) -

Defense Intelligence Agency

Intelligence Collections (ICC) -

Defense Intelligence Agency

MOS Certification - Imagery Analysis

Imagery Analysis Course

MOS Certification - Aviation Management And Operations

Aviation Supply School

High School Diploma -

Hemingway High School
Christopher Dollard