Brendon Williams
Charlottesville,Virginia
Summary
Defense Intelligence analyst with 18 years of multi-discipline experience supporting various mission sets across IC. Spending the last 14 years focused on OPIR, including 5 years as an OPIR Event Analyst for the Army GEOINT Battalion (Colorado) and the past 3 years as the Senior OPIR Image Scientist for the National Ground Intelligence Center. Four years of ELINT experience, specialized in Technical ELINT. One year system engineer for the OPIR Battlespace Awareness Cell (Aurora, CO).
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Senior OPIR Image Scientist
Solis Applied Science
08.2022 - 03.2025
- Simultaneously managed several complex projects, meeting all pertinent milestones
- Designed Ground Truth Tests, resulting in valid conclusions being drawn from collected data
- Developed sensor configurations to enhance customer's operational and R&D mission sets
- Provided input to tool developers regarding customer's signal extraction tool requirements
- Tested and trained AI/ML tools being internally developed for the customer
- Trained junior analysts to utilize AI/ML tools to provide surge support to combatant commanders, enhancing analytic capabilities and mission support
Research Engineer/ OPIR Signature SME
Denver
10.2015 - 11.2020
- Reviewed and characterized over 1 million OPIR events for inclusion into Army's GDB; data used by Denver (AGBC) and Dayton (AGB-D) for analysis and production in support of COCOM RFI's
- Wrote training MQS for the Event Analysis Team (EAT) and provided training to multiple members of EAT and AGB-C analysts on GDB usage supporting OPIR event analysis and production
- Identified and corrected corruptions within GDB; worked with OPIR event analysis engineering team to resolve corruptions
- Instrumental in the creation of an ArcGIS Portal and file transfer connections to ensure analyst received data for daily event production and reporting
- Utilized GEOINT Enterprise Tasking, Production, Exploitation, Dissemination (TPED) System (GETS) for drafting customer RFIs, production tracking, and GEOINT product dissemination
- Conducted GEOINT characterization, analysis, and multi-source intelligence production using various software applications and tool suites to include ESRI ArcGIS, MATLAB tools, WIDOW, Google Earth, and various closed and open source reporting databases
- Worked across multiple agencies to capture the most complete intelligence for customer COCOM
- Completed Esri GIS analyst level 1 certification and maintained all agency required professional certifications
OPIR Source Throughput Analyst/Real-time Operator
06.2011 - 09.2015
- Trained personnel on data extraction, characterization and satellite phenomenology
- Provided weekly status briefs highlighting important discoveries to the site GEOINT Fusion Cell, in an effort to corroborate significant OPIR findings with additional intelligence sources
- Monitored and controlled real-time OPIR data flow on a multi-host data processing system in a near-real time, operational environment
- Operated various electronic equipment and software for processing and analysis of time-critical OPIR data
- Provided OPIR data extractions, evaluations, and research assessments to IC customers; MSIC, NGIC analysts, and GIRANs for further processing, prioritization and inclusion into OPIR/GEOINT products and technical documentation for dissemination to the IC
- Analyzed and evaluated OPIR information from four different sources using automated data mining tools in support of intelligence tipping and cueing
- Using tools such as GeoCompass and Haapi exploited remotely sensed data and produced OPIR data extractions to NGA for further analysis supporting the IC
- Adjusted collection threshold search boxes to optimize sensor collections, interfaced with customers, management, collection managers, support staff and other OPIR user groups; generated required reports and documentation; provided quality control on products; reallocated collection resources to ensure mission continuity
- System Engineering
- Responsible for daily off-line OPIR processing and playback of near real-time advanced geospatial analytical and technical support for the office of NGA time-dominant operations in Denver
- Advised and assisted GeoCompass system engineers in effecting design changes to improve operational efficiency and/or reduce cost of operation
Skills
- Training & Professional Development
- Developing tactics techniques and procedures
- Evaluating and critiquing analysis tools and data types
- AI/ML tool training, testing and development
- Collection requirements
Certification
GPC - Fundamentals
GPC - Image Science II
Timeline
Senior OPIR Image Scientist
Solis Applied Science
08.2022 - 03.2025
Research Engineer/ OPIR Signature SME
Denver
10.2015 - 11.2020
OPIR Source Throughput Analyst/Real-time Operator
06.2011 - 09.2015
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