DIEGO VIGIL
Arlington,VA
Summary
Seasoned Branch Chief with a focus on strategic leadership, and high productivity. Displayed effectiveness in managing large, diverse teams, coordinating operations to achieve both tactical and strategic goals in fast-paced environments. Strengths include strong communication skills, problem-solving ability and decision-making capability. Significant impact made in previous positions by scoping complex problem sets, implementing streamlined processes, and fostering a productive work environment. Active TS/SCI with Poly.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Branch Chief of Operations in West Africa
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
02.2024 - Current
- Manage a team of dozens of Intelligence Officers with specialties including data science, tool/application creation, product creation and implementation, counterintelligence, logistics management, policy adherence, analysis, geospatial intelligence, and risk mitigation.
- Synthesize diverse data and analysis from my team into clear reports and regular verbal briefings for senior agency and policymakers, such as the Director of the CIA (DCIA).
- Coordinate intelligence collection across disciplines and manage its dissemination to senior Agency decision makers and a range of executive, policy, and operational clients including DCIA, National Security Council (NSC), and White House.
- Establish, oversee, and advance deliverables to guarantee alignment with Agency objectives and uphold a high operational tempo across varied teams and specialties.
- Cultivated relationships with customers to ensure satisfaction with services provided by the branch. As a result of my success in building relationships, the CIA was able to receive an array of new data and intelligence from government and private entities that had previously been unavailable, enabling definitively new types of operations.
- Monitored budgeting activities and allocated resources to maximize efficiency.
- Analyzed complex data sets to identify trends in customer concerns, recommend solutions, and implement improvements.
- Managed communication between various departments within the organization to coordinate projects related to the branch's operations.
- Applied comprehensive understanding of regulations, policies, and procedures to optimize interactions with U.S. Intelligence and policymaker communities.
- Swiftly manage multiple competing priorities, with limited oversight, often under extreme deadlines, to execute operations, prepare operational proposals, approvals, and requests made by my Agency and Policy executives.
- Directed staff recruitment efforts and conducted performance evaluations for branch personnel.
Team Lead - Operations in West Africa
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
07.2022 - 02.2024
- Collected, monitored, and analyzed data leveraging a suite of unique, all-source, and sensitive government datasets, specialized tools—including private sector-derived tools—and network analysis techniques to identify and analyze key terrorist threats to the U.S. and target vulnerabilities.
- Coordinated management of various multi-million dollar programs across West Africa, successfully prioritizing national security demands while maintaining elevated operational tempo across theater.
- Consulted appropriate entities, technology, and stakeholders to gather data and resources, then quickly and accurately synthesized them for Agency decision makers.
- Demonstrated comfort with ambiguity, and showcased an ability to effectively scope large-scale strategic problems into digestible, tactical efforts to achieve mission success.
- Established benchmarks and measures of effectiveness to demonstrate program success against historically resilient adversary for U.S. policymakers, senior intelligence community leadership, law enforcement, and foreign partners.
- Mentored junior officers and developed a diverse professional network across CIA components, the intelligence community, and private industry to broaden perspective, exchange ideas and information, and create mission-enabling collaborative partnerships. Led close collaboration with other USG agencies, including the NSA, FBI, and DOD, as well as foreign partners.
Team Lead - Africa Mission Center
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
08.2020 - 07.2022
- Led a newly formed multi-disciplinary team designed to increase the output of actionable intelligence products. This team increased output by more than triple, and our work was recognized with Exceptional Performance Awards, and was cited in my promotion criteria.
- Collaborated with other departments to develop effective solutions that meet customer needs.
- Assigned projects and distributed tasks to team members as per area of expertise.
- Reviewed completed work to verify consistency, quality, and conformance.
- Supported the manager in developing plans for future projects, initiatives and objectives.
- Assisted the manager in setting achievable goals for the team while monitoring progress towards them.
- Conducted performance appraisals for team members, providing feedback and identifying areas of improvement.
- Trained and mentored numerous officers of varying skill and experience levels to advance their skill sets and improve team capability.
Professional Trainee
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
05.2017 - 01.2020
- Demonstrated my ability to learn and apply the basics of clandestinely collecting and exploiting foreign intelligence to achieve national security objectives.
- Produced hundreds of operational and analytic papers, proposals, requests, and approvals for operations and programs that required endorsements from senior Agency leaders.
- Worked seamlessly in multiple CIA Mission Centers, targeting numerous issues, mostly surrounding counterterrorism and insurgency in Africa and the Middle East.
- Gained experience briefing senior agency decision-makers on both tactical and strategic issues.
- Monitored operations and reviewed records and metrics to understand success rates.
- Attending training on project management, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, human intelligence exploitation, signals intelligence exploitation, writing, and formal briefing.
Student Intern, Directorate of Operations
CIA
05.2015 - 05.2017
Student Intern
Sandia National Laboratories
02.2012 - 05.2017
Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque, NM05.2017
CERTIFIED TARGETING OFFICER -
OPERATIONS TRADECRAFT COURSE
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Project management
- Multitasking
- Prioritization
- Briefing
- Communication
- Active listening
- Leadership
- Initiative-driven
- Collaboration
- Quick learner
- Risk assessment
- Risk mitigation
- Budget management
- Policy compliance
- Customer relationship management
Awards
8 Exceptional Performance Awards for specific operational success
Timeline
Branch Chief of Operations in West Africa
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
02.2024 - Current
Team Lead - Operations in West Africa
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
07.2022 - 02.2024
Team Lead - Africa Mission Center
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
08.2020 - 07.2022
Professional Trainee
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
05.2017 - 01.2020
Student Intern, Directorate of Operations
CIA
05.2015 - 05.2017
Student Intern
Sandia National Laboratories
02.2012 - 05.2017
BACHELOR OF ARTS - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
CERTIFIED TARGETING OFFICER -
OPERATIONS TRADECRAFT COURSE
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