Nicholas C. Fietzer
Alexandria
Summary
Foreign Service Officer looking to convert to the Civil Service with high-profile diplomatic, counterterrorism, and intelligence experience throughout the world. Keen researcher and strong drafter, who connects routine reporting to broader strategic policy priorities. Efficient and effective briefer to diverse audiences, including senior principals. Experienced supervisor, capable of building durable interpersonal relationships and robust coalitions across portfolios, ranks, and agencies. Professional-level French and Spanish, fair Russian. Top Secret security clearance with SCI access.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Assignment
CA Office of American Citizen Services (OCS/ACS)
Washington, D.C.
07.2025 - Current
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
06.2009 - Current
- Assignment: OES Office of Conservation and Water (ECW) Intelligence Research Specialist
- Accomplishments
- I organized high-level meetings with several African nations to advance collaboration on American hunting tourism – a business-oriented conservation practice that helps to counter wildlife trafficking.
- At my direction, my team of three full-time civil servants and two contractors developed new lines of effort to promote American AI tools that combat the illicit trade in wildlife.
- I mentored a new member of my team through her successful efforts to prevent expensive and unnecessary new environmental bureaucracy in the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime.
- Annual Salary: $100,676 (FS 03-10)
- Full-time (40+ hours/week)
Intelligence Research Specialist
INR Office of Russian and Eurasian Affairs (REA)
Washington, D.C.
08.2022 - 07.2025
- Accomplishments
- My analysis of the sudden death of Russian oppositionist Aleksey Navalny influenced congressional decision making.
- My assessment on Russian military recruitment helped to dispel some misconceptions that had proliferated throughout the intelligence community (IC).
- I briefed to EUR and DRL leadership and the outgoing ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission to Russia on the increasing repression of Russia’s liberal-democratic opposition, which helped to calibrate U.S. assistance planning.
- My winter 2023 analyses on Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Ramzan Kadyrov ensured U.S. policy makers understood the complex dynamics of Russian leadership at war.
Masters of Science of Strategic Intelligence
National Intelligence University
Bethesda, MD
08.2021 - 07.2022
- Accomplishments
- I competed a 150+ page thesis comparing extremist violence in France and Great Britain.
- I maintained a perfect 4.000 grade point average during the entire program.
Counterterrorism Policy Advisor
Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) Office of Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia (AEAA)
Washington, D.C.
07.2017 - 07.2019
- Accomplishments
- My clear-eyed assessment the South Caucasus vulnerability to Salafi-Jihadist terrorist activity drew the attention of CT leadership to a region it had previously ignored.
- I successfully coordinated the U.S.-EU Counterterrorism dialogue, in which both sides agreed to increased intelligence sharing on known or suspected terrorists through Europol.
- My report on the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighter (FTF) deportations out of Turkey forced the CT bureau to reexamine its policy priorities in the region.
- I co-chaired an interagency working group that de-prioritized efforts to eliminate terrorist travel through the southern U.S. border, given the limited threat posed by the phenomenon.
Foreign Affairs Officer (Bridge Assignment)
OES/ECW
Washington, D.C.
11.2016 - 07.2017
- Accomplishments
- My thorough review of open-source reporting highlighted the importance of the then poorly understood phenomenon of wildlife trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.
- I organized and chaired the crucial 2nd meeting of the Caribbean Wildlife Enforcement Network, in which the group formalized its structure and purpose.
American Citizen Services (ACS) Chief
Consulate General Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
07.2015 - 10.2016
- Duties and accomplishments in this assignment were of limited relevance to the INR/TNC position.
Consular Officer
Consulate General Osaka-Kobe
Osaka, Japan
06.2012 - 08.2014
- Duties and accomplishments in this assignment were of limited relevance to the INR/TNC position.
Consular Officer
Embassy Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
09.2009 - 08.2011
- Duties and accomplishments in this assignment were of limited relevance to the INR/TNC position.
COMMENT CODER
Adapt, Inc.
Minnetonka, MN
08.2007 - 06.2009
- Organized market research survey comments—including those in French—into statistically digestible categories.
- Annual Salary: $25,000
- Full-time (40+ hours/week)
ASSISTANT ENGLISH TEACHER
Lycée Jules Ferry
Paris, France
10.2006 - 05.2007
- Provided French high-school students with native modeling to assist in their English learning
- Unpaid
- Part-time (20 hours/week)
Education
Master’s of Science of Strategic Intelligence -
National Intelligence University
07-2022
B.A. - French Studies
University of Minnesota
06-2006
Section name
- Citizenship: United States
- Security Clearance: TS/SCI
- Current Grade: FS-03 (Nov. 2016)
Timeline
Assignment
CA Office of American Citizen Services (OCS/ACS)
07.2025 - Current
Intelligence Research Specialist
INR Office of Russian and Eurasian Affairs (REA)
08.2022 - 07.2025
Masters of Science of Strategic Intelligence
National Intelligence University
08.2021 - 07.2022
Counterterrorism Policy Advisor
Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) Office of Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia (AEAA)
07.2017 - 07.2019
Foreign Affairs Officer (Bridge Assignment)
OES/ECW
11.2016 - 07.2017
American Citizen Services (ACS) Chief
Consulate General Nuevo Laredo
07.2015 - 10.2016
Consular Officer
Consulate General Osaka-Kobe
06.2012 - 08.2014
Consular Officer
Embassy Copenhagen
09.2009 - 08.2011
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER
U.S. Department of State
06.2009 - Current
COMMENT CODER
Adapt, Inc.
08.2007 - 06.2009
ASSISTANT ENGLISH TEACHER
Lycée Jules Ferry
10.2006 - 05.2007
B.A. - French Studies
University of Minnesota
Master’s of Science of Strategic Intelligence -
National Intelligence University