Experience

• American Enterprise Institute

  Intern

  • Research American soft-power to counter Iranian soft-power influence in the world
  • Research on American and Middle East public opinion towards Israel since Operation Cast Lead
  • Compiled budgetary data on Afghanistan and compared to other parts of the U.S. budget

• University of Tennessee

  Teaching Assistant

  I compiled and write lectures, lead the seminar, developed the syllabus, and grade papers.
  
  Classes for which I have been a TA or Co-Instructor:
  Introduction to American Government
  Popular Culture and American Politics
  American Presidency
  Criminal Law
  Law in American Society
  
  Guest Lecturer:
  Political Science 312-Popular Culture and American Politics: “Batman Begins and Confronting Evil”
  Political Science 411-The American Presidency: “Why Presidents Fail”
  Political Science 556-Policy Analysis: “The Ethics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism”
  Political Science 201-Research Methods: “Comparative Historical Analysis”

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Graduate Research Assistant

  • Assisted in the collection of data on foreign policy opinion
  • Contributed to the literature review and grant proposal
  • Works on analysis of survey data on foreign policy
  • Research for book on the national security presidency

• TheCollegeConservative.com

  Research Editor

  • Author pieces on American politics, foreign policy, and political theory
  • Maintain research integrity of submitted opinion pieces
  • Edit grammar and writing for assigned writers

• AS Solution

  Strategic Intelligence Analyst

  North America Intelligence Analyst embedded at Microsoft's Global Security Intelligence
  Focus: US domestic and foreign policy
  • Monetary policy, political economy, social movements, foreign affairs, cyber-security, national security, regulatory policy
  
  Use open source intelligence (OSINT) to create short and long-term assessments for life safety, business continuity, travel security, and brand reputation. Threat assessments for assets or new building locations, executive protection, and event risks. Also, regular reporting of geopolitical risk analysis.
  
  I am also the team methodologist, crafting and standardizing qualitative approaches to intelligence analysis that compliments data analysis. Specifically, the use of case studies, triangulation, and process tracing. Part of this is offering training seminars on methodology and subject matters expertise. In addition, I liaise with other corporate intelligence groups in the area to bolster efforts at information gathering and analysis.
  
  2018 Analytic Exchange Program with the Department of Homeland Security/ODNI. Subject: Global Energy Markets and the Impact to National Security
  
  From February-April 2019: Embedded in the Executive Protection Unit to research socio-economic and geopolitical issues impacting Microsoft executives.

• AS Solution

  Principal Strategic Risk Analyst

  Embedded in Microsoft's Digital Security and Risk Engineering as part of the Center for Strategic Intelligence.
  • Area of Focus: Intersection of geopolitics and cybersecurity; technology policy; geo-economics
  • Collect and analyze publicly available information to identify trends, patterns, and relationships that provide insights into security issues and risk intelligence.
  • Manage intelligence collection and collaboration with other intelligence partners.
  • Bridge the gap between strategic, tactical, and threat intelligence to provide enterprise wide risk assessments. Synthesize analysis on the intersection of cybersecurity and geopolitics.
  • Research and assess intelligence requirements involving enterprise-wide risks.
  • Writing research-based content for background and/or white paper reports on risk related issues.
  • Establish research designs and operate as the team methodologist for studying organizational issues.

• Hire Heroes USA

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