Erik Brandlen

Work History

Forfeiture Support Associates (FSA)

03.2018 - Current

Provides expert data analysis as a team member assisting federal law enforcement
Reviews data and information from multiple sources
Create and manipulate spreadsheets
Conduct validation and verification of case files and case data systems
Provides organization and management of case files and conduct and reconcile inventories
Performs data entry relevant to cases files, reports and correspondence and reconciles inconsistencies
Obtains additional information from other investigative agencies/data bases for management of case files and reports
Receives suspense petitions, claims, and process sharing requests and prepares declarations
Assures information is accurate and perform analytical computations necessary to process data
Maintains internal status information on the disposition of all forfeited assets
Distributes and receive documents
Assists lead analysts or officials in obtaining/collecting all documents/information to complete case file
Provides administrative information and assistance concerning case to other investigative agencies, local law enforcement agencies, US Attorney’s Office, and other Department of Justice processing units, and higher headquarters

Lofton Security Services

02.2016 - 08.2017

Supervises the career progression and daily functions of hourly security guard force
Leads, supervises, manages, trains and mentors guard force team members
Participates in decision making processes on a variety of technical, operational, and organizational issues related to site security
Developed long and short term plans, policies, procedures, and detailed instructions to implement security programs
Collaborates with internal and external organization to establish effective security protocols, policies and standard operating procedures
Works in partnership with employer and client management to administer and monitor budgets and track expenditures

United States Air Force and Air National Guard

03.1986 - 03.2017

Company Overview: retired
Expert in military law enforcement and air base physical security, priority resource security, entry control, emergency response and alarm monitoring
Participates in decision making processes on a variety of technical, operational, and organizational issues related to air base security and law enforcement
Developed long and short term plans, policies, procedures, and detailed instructions to implement Security Forces programs
Collaborates with internal and external organization to establish effective security protocols, policies and standard operating procedures
Works in partnership with command staff to develop, manage and monitor annual squadron budget and track expenditures
Held a Secret clearance throughout this period
Retired

Texas Air National Guard - Joint Counter Drug Task Force: Texas Anti-Gang Center

04.2015 - 10.2015

Member of a team of analysts working in conjunction with local, State and federal law enforcement agencies to counter gang activates related to illicit narcotics trafficking
Gathers, analyzes, and evaluates data from a variety of sources, such as law enforcement databases, surveillance, intelligence networks or geographic information systems
Responsible for importing, cleaning, transforming, validating and modeling of data with the purpose of performing analytics

Callon Petroleum Company, Exploration Division

10.2013 - 03.2015

Member of a team of geologists, geophysicists and petroleum engineers responsible for the identification and assessment of potential quantity and quality of petroleum resources and reserves in unconventional plays
Tracked and mapped landing locations (formations) of over three thousand wells within the Midland basin with the use of geological mapping software (Geographix)
Established protocols for identifying potential sweet spots for future exploration through well logs and petrophysical analysis, and cross section integration
Defined vertical and horizontal development plans, participated in well design and familiar with drilling practices
Administrated project to better define maturity within the Midland basin through vitrinite reflectance and pyrolysis analyses
Assisted in valuation of lease purchases and acquisitions, advised supervisors of economic potential and geologic complexities
Spearheaded investigation and procurement of petrophysical software: reduced dependence on third party vendor, significantly decrease company expenditures

Core Laboratories, Integrated Reservoir Solutions Division

05.2008 - 10.2013

Geologist on major joint industry gas shale consortium
Geologically characterize the cored shale in terms of depositional facies, environment of deposition, and rock types through graphical representation of weathering profiles
Manage wells contributed by major and independent oil companies to the consortium
Interpret reservoir quality and assess economic potential based on collected geochemical, geomechanical, and petrophysical data
Coordinate with various labs and vendors to facilitate completion of assigned projects
Report finding of collected data and analyses to clients in presentation format
Participate in workshops highlighting specific geologic (shale) formations, basins and reservoirs