Daniela Esteves
Fort Lauderdale,FL
Summary
Multidisciplinary Risk Intelligence Analyst and Geopolitical Risk Consultant with over 22 years of experience supporting global mobility, international legal frameworks, and behavioral threat analysis. Deeply skilled in OSINT, military intelligence principles (independent study), and human behavior analysis, with an academic foundation in International Law and Foreign Affairs. Proven record working with multinational corporations and U.S.-based immigration law firms in sensitive, high-stakes contexts involving geopolitical complexity, human rights risk, and behavioral profiling.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Risk Analyst & Intelligence Consultant
D Monty Consulting
01.2021 - Current
- Founder and lead consultant for high-level risk advisory services.
- Provide customized geopolitical and behavioral risk assessments for immigration clients, asylum seekers, and multinational professionals.
- Integrate OSINT intelligence with in-depth knowledge of international legal procedures to guide strategic decisions in visa processing, political asylum applications, and corporate relocation.
- Conduct psychological and sociopolitical profiling to anticipate manipulation risks and systemic vulnerabilities.
- Evaluate the eligibility of clients under various U.S. immigration frameworks with intelligence-informed assessments.
- Advise on security threats, cultural friction points, and patterns of coercion and political control relevant to country-of-origin dynamics.
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
- Balanced requirements for loan-volume growth with quality of underwriting to reduce risk and increase profitability.
Risk & Intelligence Analyst – Expatriate Strategy Division
Confidential Multinational
01.2017 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: Brazil HQ
- Directed risk evaluations for expatriation policies and foreign assignments in high-risk regions.
- Led threat analysis initiatives related to political instability, public safety, and institutional corruption affecting personnel deployments in Latin America.
- Produced detailed strategic briefs for executive leadership, covering geopolitical risks, local behavioral patterns, and social engineering threats.
- Served as key liaison between legal, HR, and risk management departments to implement secure international relocation strategies for staff and high-level executives.
- Brazil HQ
- Created useful and timely intelligence products to support field operations.
- Developed recommendations to assist clients and agencies with efforts to advance intelligence gathering and interpretation in multiple theaters of operation.
- Produced multi-source intelligence reports and products for different agency customers.
Immigration Intelligence Support Analyst
Legal Firms & Immigration Networks
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Company Overview: U.S. & LATAM (Remote)
- Supported asylum and humanitarian visa cases through intelligence-informed background assessments and contextual legal advisories.
- Provided OSINT-based threat profiles and geopolitical validations for clients seeking U.S. immigration protections.
- Assisted in compiling psychological behavior reports, social vulnerability indicators, and exposure analyses related to political persecution or systemic threats in home countries.
- Worked closely with attorneys and analysts to align evidence with evolving legal narratives and DHS requirements.
- U.S. & LATAM (Remote)
- Managed service follow-up communications, confirming satisfactory resolution of customers' service requests via email and phone.
- Created user accounts and managed access control.
- Configured and distributed devices used daily by employees.
- Answered customer support inquiries via specialized ticket tracking platforms.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - International Relations & Foreign Affairs
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
São Paulo12-2002
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) - International Law
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
São Paulo12-1998
Skills
- Geopolitical & Strategic Risk Analysis
- Intelligence Collection (OSINT, HUMINT principles)
- Social Engineering & Behavioral Threat Detection
- Immigration Risk & Asylum Case Evaluation
- Military Intelligence Methodologies (Independent Study)
- Cross-Border Legal Frameworks & Foreign Policy Impact
- Human Behavior Profiling & PsyOps Awareness
- Crisis Mapping & Strategic Foresight
- Intelligence Report Writing & Policy Advisory
- Analytical and critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- Supervision and leadership
- Organization and time management
Certification
- Behavioral Psychology & Human Psyche Dynamics, Certified Training, USA, 2021-01-01
- Social Engineering & Influence Tactics in Security Environments, Intensive Seminar, 2021-01-01
- Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Practitioner Program, Trace Labs / Recorded Future, Ongoing
- Geopolitical Intelligence & Strategic Risk, Harvard Extension School, Planned, 2025-01-01
- Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA), EC-Council, Planned
- Cybersecurity for Human Threat Intelligence, SANS Institute, Audit Participation
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Full Professional
Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
Security And Legal
U.S. Authorized to Work, Comfortable handling sensitive data under NDA, No current security clearance required; eligible for public trust background investigations, Familiarity with protocols from DHS, DOJ, USCIS, UNHCR, and NGO intelligence work
Key Deliverables And Impact
- Provided risk-based legal strategy contributing to successful asylum approvals in high-profile immigration cases.
- Designed threat modeling frameworks for visa programs involving clients from politically unstable countries.
- Identified patterns of coercion and psychological manipulation in over 200+ case files for risk mitigation and strategic planning.
- Delivered weekly geopolitical risk briefs to private clients and legal partners focusing on Latin American sociopolitical environments.
Timeline
Senior Risk Analyst & Intelligence Consultant
D Monty Consulting
01.2021 - Current
Risk & Intelligence Analyst – Expatriate Strategy Division
Confidential Multinational
01.2017 - 01.2021
Immigration Intelligence Support Analyst
Legal Firms & Immigration Networks
01.2013 - 01.2017
Bachelor’s Degree - International Relations & Foreign Affairs
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) - International Law
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
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