Joseph Weston
Business Consultant
Woodbridge,VA
Summary
A dynamic, results-driven, intelligence professional, skilled in large team management and development, complex problem-solving, and solution development to address most challenges. Identifies ways to facilitate cooperation and knowledge sharing across organizations to advance projects and goals. Delivers feedback in a positive manner, focusing on performance improvements to encourage individuals to increase their performance. With no supervision, completes work, meets priorities, and achieved results based on the organization’s goals and objectives. Strong management and leadership expertise in strategy, planning, training, finance, and logistics.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
2034
2034
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Manager
Kapssolutions
6 2024 - Current
- Perform oversight and day to day management of overall PCS project/program activities & resources
- Assess current business processes related to MET and MLINQS system and recommend changes if needed
- Create/prepare test plans, integrated schedules, and resource estimates using established project management standards
- Provide direction and guidance in creation of plans, policies, and procedures in support of the program
- Provided technical support for meetings, conferences, teleconferences, video teleconferences, and multimedia projects supporting MLINQS integration with GEO-F
- Plan, execute, direct, and edit multimedia project productions in support of government customer task requirements and strategic objectives
- Assist in creating and implementing travel, training, and conference policies, processes, and procedures to enable new modules and ensure mission continuity
- Provide program management expertise to NGA key components for coordination of program reviews, facilitation of sessions with staff, and communication with stakeholders
- Assist in directing the development of a set of communication tools to promote, educate, foster, and articulate the MET to the NGA workforce
- Assist in creating and providing a training plan for pertinent NGA personnel
- Served as MLINQS project manager performing oversight and daily management to NGA's PCS process
- Engaged stakeholders on key issues regarding changes to PCS process
- Provided recommendations to business practices to improve efficiencies
Counterintelligence Agent, GG-13
Defense Intelligence Agency
06.2022 - 06.2024
- Applied counterintelligence (CI) concepts and principles to Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Counterespionage Division (CED) investigative and protective activities
- Provided oversight to 5240.10 authorities governing the execution of CI incident assessment (CIIA)
- Mentored CI agents in furtherance of investigative procedures
- Served as lead for education and training for CIIA and investigative procedures and authorities
- Served as the CIIA program manager to identify and provide recommendations for process improvements and efficiency
- Successfully managed closure of 14 CIIAs, mitigating agency threats
- Conducted liaison with NGA to establish a foreign intelligence entity (FIE) connection which was referred and accepted by the FBI
- Duties included liaison with Air Force (AF) Office of Special Investigation (OSI) serving as DIA’s military department coordination office (MDCO) and other external agencies to manage referrals of investigative relevance
- Served as an advisor to leadership in several working groups, advisory boards, panel discussions, and other key engagements to identify and recommend strategies to improve all functions of CI Support
- Served as CIIA program manager performing oversight and daily management to DIA’s investigative activities and mission essential tasks
- Assessed current business practices and provided recommendations for changes leveraged to improve efficiency in core skills
- Provided direction and guidance to CI laws, policies, and plans
- Hosted and managed bi-weekly meetings to facilitate case updates between agents and senior leaders
- Facilitate all training to align skills with workforce
First Sergeant
US Army Reserve
09.2021 - 02.2023
- Planned and executed a leadership strategy to develop junior personnel and grow intelligence career field acumen for 103 intelligence professionals, accomplishing companies first tier 3 certification
- Led a force restructure effort to allow leadership development opportunities and integrate intelligence functions, mentoring the professional growth of 5 junior officers and 6 mid level non-commissioned officers
- Served as principle representative on all company matters with senior leadership providing recommendations efficiencies
- My company represented the Battalion and Brigade at next level best warrior competition two consecutive years
- Daily managed personnel issues, staff and leader tasking, mentorship, accountability, training, pay and finance, and other leadership challenges as required
- Provided program management expertise to create and implement improve mission readiness
- Established METs for all 6 intelligence disciplines
- Conducted monthly meetings with key stakeholders on key tasks to provide oversight and guidance toward battalions first tier 3 certification
- Assisted in developing and implementing a battalion change management board to track and manage requirements from all companies and active duty mission owners
- Facilitated meetings to develop training and mission requirements internally and with mission partners
- Gather metrics and data to assess company deployment readiness
Planning, Policy, and Business Analyst
KAPS solutions
11.2020 - 06.2022
- Conduct focused business consulting on strategy, planning, and policy for geo spatial intelligence (GEOINT) training enterprise
- Advise and assist the director, National Geospatial Intelligence College (NGC) in developing, facilitating, implementing, and documenting (in policy, if required), initiatives that support long-term National System for GEOINT (NSG), ASG, and CGTC strategies, interoperability, and strategic policies
- Support the government lead in scheduling/facilitating meetings to provide a forum for NSG and ASG GEOINT training collaboration in areas, such as: policy, standards, responsibilities, emerging GEOINT training requirements, and other related topics, as necessary
- Gather metrics and business processes for efficiency assessment on NGC education programs, leveraged to develop strategic focus FY25
- Develop measurable performance objectives for strategic focus, PuMP certified
- Facilitated requirements meetings for collaboration on strategic focus
- Developed a survey to provide GEOINT partners opportunities for feedback on requirements and issues
- Assisted in outreach activities for GEOINT stakeholders
Senior Counterintelligence Agent
US Army Reserve
04.2019 - 09.2021
- Served as the Senior CI agent to build a CI program within the battalion, establishing multiple CI teams in each company
- Planned and provided oversight to the execution of all recruitment, training, and mission areas for CI
- Managed the CI probationary program overseeing all junior agents development and providing recommendations to the commander on CI development
- Conducted liaison with other reserve units to plan and execute joint annual training exercises to increase CI agents acumen
- Conduct user training for all new CI agent and applicants
- Gather metrics and data to evaluate critical tasks for CI probationary program agents
Counterintelligence Agent
Prescient Edge
11.2019 - 09.2020
- Applied counterintelligence (CI) concepts and principles to evaluate one or more operational capabilities and effectiveness of foreign intelligence and security services (FISS) to facilitate CI policy changes for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Counterespionage Division (CED)
- Duties included liaison with Air Force (AF) Office of Special Investigation (OSI) serving as DIA’s military department coordination office (MDCO) for CI policy outlined in the newly published 5240.10 combining 5 DOD instructions and changing CI investigative authorities from inquiries to CI incident assessment (CIIA)
- Conducted discreet CI inquiries related to activities from known or suspected foreign intelligence and security service officers and agents under the guidance of Agents or specialists
- My Recommendations mitigation strategies and/or countermeasures to reduce threats to personnel, property, and assets in support of RDA, DCI and/or SCRM programs prioritized support to the most critical investigative activities, technical surveillance countermeasure missions, threat assessment, digital forensic support to special projects, CI collection missions as well as CED CI functional services and mission support
- Experience interacting and coordinating with National Security Attorneys, the FBI and other government agencies in the process of conducting CI Support to RDA, DCI or SCRM for development and approval of key tradecraft documents
- Inculcated the Supply Chain Risk Management processes within the agency CI policies
- Proposed the training path for CED CI agents specializing in operations, SCRM, RDA, technical services, DCI, and Analysis and production creating more effective CI protective and investigative policies to protect DoD from Foreign Intelligence Entities (FIE) threats
- Facilitated the policy responsibilities, training course development, and report templates of 5 CED branches
- Authored 4 CED CI policies enhancing security cooperation within DIA Office of Security (SEC), Insider Threat Division (ITD), and Chief Information Office (CIO) to execute CI activities in the most effective manner, to include User Access Monitoring (UAM) development and promulgation to detect and identify FIE threats
- Access current business processes and provided recommendations for changes to align with DOD policy changes
- Developed policies and procedures to support CIIA program
- Facilitated requirements meetings with key stakeholders to generate buy in and receive feedback
Instructor
BAE Systems
03.2019 - 11.2019
- Served as an instructor for the critical thinking course at the National Geospatial College
- Won the 2019 IC training team award
- Instructed 100+ analysts and scientists on methodologies of structured analytic techniques enhancing analytic assessments
- Collaborated with stakeholders to establish evaluation criteria for GEOINT training to develop related programs of study
- Graduated the Fundamentals of Instructional Facilitation Course
- Main responsibility as an instructor included identifying student behaviors to facilitate cooperation and knowledge sharing across organizations to advance projects and goals
- Leveraged verbal and written assessments to deliver students feedback in a positive manner, focusing on performance improvements to encourage individuals to increase their performance
- Conducted training for all NGA personnel in critical thinking skills, assisted with maintenance of training guides and materials
Instructor
US Army
04.2018 - 02.2019
- Served as an instructor for the Army
- Performed as instructor for army counterintelligence agent course, CI advanced leader course, all source advanced leader course, and the senior leader course to develop quality intelligence professionals and senior leaders
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Revised training scenario to include cyber related tactics and recruitment into program of instruction
- Facilitated discussion and collaboration across intelligence disciplines
- Leveraged verbal and written assessments to deliver students feedback in a positive manner, focusing on performance improvements to encourage individuals to increase their performance
- Graduated the Common Faculty Development Instructor Course
- Conducted training and assisted with maintenance of course materials and program of instruction
Counterintelligence Agent
US Army
08.2014 - 04.2018
- Served as a CI agent for Army Reserve Operations Activity (AROA), the army reserve’s only CI and human intelligence (HUMINT) operations brigade under the Military Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC)
- Served roles as a Staff Operations Officer, Training Manager, Resource Allocation Officer and perform other duties as assigned
- Conducted liaison with Army Operation Group (AOG), 902nd MI Brigade, Army Pacific and Army South, identifying ways to facilitate cooperation and knowledge sharing across organizations to advance projects and goals
- I aligned the highest trained reserve CI and HUMINT assets with other agencies to support missions to advance CI/HUMINT support to, Critical intelligence requirements, Defense Critical Infrastructure, and Supply Chain Risk Management program objectives
- Performed counterintelligence interviews to Obtain, compile and summarize information to participate in evaluating HUMINT activities for vulnerabilities to foreign intelligence and security services’ deception and disinformation operations
- Drafted CI reviews of planned and current HUMINT operations and support activities to align resources for mission specific training and operation requirements
- Conducts studies and assessments of HUMINT operations to determine vulnerabilities and risks for use in planning, programing, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) resources of HUMINT operations
- Developed budget tools to manage, educate, and allocate resources
- Provided recommendations on force strategy to align highly skilled intelligence assets to missions supporting DOD objectives on mitigation strategies and/or countermeasures to reduce threats to personnel, property, and assets in support of RDA, DCI and/or SCRM programs
- Coordinated and led 2 strategy conferences for key stakeholders to enhance institutional knowledge, implement strategic goals, and reinforce critical training benchmarks
- Create and prepared resource estimates
- Assisted in creating policies and procedures for travel and training to ensure mission continuity
Counterintelligence Agent
US Army
08.2011 - 08.2014
- Served as a CI agent for United States Transportation Command (USTC)
- Additionally, served roles as Antiterrorism Officer, Exercise Planner, and perform other duties as assigned
- Consulted on DOD and USTC policy and security practices
- Conducted studies and assessments of HUMINT operations to determine vulnerabilities and risks used to liaison with DOD stakeholders leveraging capabilities of other agencies to advance CI Support to Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI) and Supply Chain Risk Management program objectives
- Assigned to collaborate USTC efforts with AFOSI to develop DCI
- Provided recommendations to mitigation strategies and/or countermeasures to reduce threats to personnel, property, and assets in support of RDA, DCI and/or SCRM programs globally
- Served as a representative on working groups with functional or multi-disciplinary emphasis that involve CI issues and representing USTC on security matters and policies
- Implemented changes into and conducted the triennial program reviews on USTC, JECC, AMC, MSC, and SDDC
- Delivered feedback in a positive manner, focusing on performance improvements to encourage individuals to increase their performance
- Integrated a multidiscipline security program into one larger certification process
- Advised and assisted the CS on matters related to USTC security, foreign threats, mission/asset vulnerabilities, and policy
- Supported AFOSI, DIA, and other U.S
- Government agencies in conducting counterintelligence operations
Intelligence Specialist
US Army Reserve
12.2004 - 08.2011
- Served as an all-source analyst and a counterintelligence agent with 377th MI BN
- Trained multidiscipline intelligence personnel
- Supported US Southern Command Mission Conducts studies and assessments of HUMINT operations to determine vulnerabilities and risks
- Drafted CI reviews of planned and current HUMINT operations and support activities in multiple countries across the AOR supporting host nation liaison, exercise planning, and medical readiness events
- Served in roles as a personnel manager, training manager, physical security officer, logistics manager, and perform other duties as assigned
- Graduated the Army 0132 Counterintelligence Credentialing Course in October 2009
- With no supervision completed work, met priorities, and achieved results based on the organization’s goals and objectives
Education
Course work - Information Technology
Stratford University
Course work - Business Management
Onondaga Com. College
Course work - General Studies
Hopkinsville Com. College
Course Work - Cisco networking
Hopkinsville Com. College
AS - Business Management
Florida Metropolitan University
Physical Security Basic Course - undefined
Counterintelligence Special Agent Course - undefined
Counterintelligence Surveillance Course - undefined
Advanced Counterintelligence Investigations Course - undefined
Antiterrorism Officer Basic Course - undefined
No Degree - Performance Measurement
Stacey Barr Performance Management System
Bisbane, Australia 05.2001 - 04.2012
Skills
Project planning and development
Project tracking
Team collaboration
Work flow planning
Performance improvements
Processes and procedures
Advanced problem solving
Business process re-engineering
Team leadership
Strategic Planning
Cross-functional coordination
Timeline
Counterintelligence Agent, GG-13
Defense Intelligence Agency
06.2022 - 06.2024
First Sergeant
US Army Reserve
09.2021 - 02.2023
Planning, Policy, and Business Analyst
KAPS solutions
11.2020 - 06.2022
Counterintelligence Agent
Prescient Edge
11.2019 - 09.2020
Senior Counterintelligence Agent
US Army Reserve
04.2019 - 09.2021
Instructor
BAE Systems
03.2019 - 11.2019
Instructor
US Army
04.2018 - 02.2019
Counterintelligence Agent
US Army
08.2014 - 04.2018
Counterintelligence Agent
US Army
08.2011 - 08.2014
Intelligence Specialist
US Army Reserve
12.2004 - 08.2011
No Degree - Performance Measurement
Stacey Barr Performance Management System
05.2001 - 04.2012
Course work - Business Management
Onondaga Com. College
Course work - General Studies
Hopkinsville Com. College
Course Work - Cisco networking
Hopkinsville Com. College
AS - Business Management
Florida Metropolitan University
Physical Security Basic Course - undefined
Counterintelligence Special Agent Course - undefined
Counterintelligence Surveillance Course - undefined
Advanced Counterintelligence Investigations Course - undefined
Antiterrorism Officer Basic Course - undefined
Project Manager
Kapssolutions
6 2024 - Current
Course work - Information Technology
Stratford University