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CLAY HOWARTH

Pensacola,FL

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

CAT III CHINESE-MANDARIN LINGUIST

SZANCA SOLUTIONS/GLOBAL DIMENSIONS
03.2023 - Current
  • Performed Chinese to English translations of written materials in support of Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) mission requirements
  • Supported NSA/CSS requirements by contributing to and coordinating on the drafting, editing, and publishing of intelligence products.

CHINESE CRYPTOLOGIC LINGUIST

UNITED STATES ARMY
03.2018 - 03.2023
  • Performed Chinese to English translations in support of NSA/CSS and SOCPAC Commander PIRs
  • Over 1500 mission hours as a SIGINT collection operator and instructor on mounted and dismounted tactical SIGINT systems
  • SIGINT collection team leader during three live training exercises; supervised training of SIGINT analysts
  • Served as NCOIC and Senior Security Representative (SSR) responsible for an active TSCIF while deployed to the Philippines as part of the 2022 Pacific Pathways multinational training exercise
  • Lead SIGINT and Chinese cultural SME for a HUMINT Operational Support Element (OSE) located at SOCPAC (Camp Smith, HI), performing Chinese translations in support of forward-deployed SOF teams.

Education

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS/CHINESE -

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
10.2019

MASTER OF ARTS/INTERNATIONAL STUDIES -

DENVER UNIVERSITY
05.2017

BACHELOR OF ARTS/INTERNATIONAL STUDIES -

WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
05.2015

Skills

  • Language Processing
  • Foreign OSINT Collection
  • Tactical SIGINT Operator
  • Basic Network Administration
  • Reporting and Briefing
  • All-Source Intelligence Collection
  • Cross-Cultural Communication
  • Transcription/Gisting
  • Typing: 60wpm

Military Trainings

  • Basic Chinese Cryptologic Linguist Course (Goodfellow, TX; Nov 2019 - Feb 2020)
  • Basic Tactical SIGINT Operator Course (Fort Huachuca, AZ; Feb - Apr 2020)
  • Advanced Tactical SIGINT Operator Course (Camp Williams, UT; Aug - Oct 2021)
  • Full NCS course transcript is available via HighSide per request.

Timeline

CAT III CHINESE-MANDARIN LINGUIST

SZANCA SOLUTIONS/GLOBAL DIMENSIONS
03.2023 - Current

CHINESE CRYPTOLOGIC LINGUIST

UNITED STATES ARMY
03.2018 - 03.2023

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS/CHINESE -

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE

MASTER OF ARTS/INTERNATIONAL STUDIES -

DENVER UNIVERSITY

BACHELOR OF ARTS/INTERNATIONAL STUDIES -

WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
CLAY HOWARTH