Brian M. Prater
Prospect, Ohio
740-***-**** (C)
E-Mail: ********@*****.***
Career Objective: Looking to transition from military/government Intelligence Analyst to the private business sector.
Security Clearance: Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information, April 2011 – April 2016
Summary: Nine years of analytical experience using multiple sources of information and cross referencing information
for validity. Experienced providing oral and written presentations at all professional levels from division level to Chief
Executive Officer level and provided assessments on tactical and strategic decisions. Experienced working in high
tempo and extreme environments. Expert in Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel. Attending Capella University for a
Masters of Business Administration with concentration on Business intelligence. Received on the job training
experience on numerous intelligence database used by US Intelligence Community and military; quick and adaptive
learner of such database models. Understanding of intelligence methodologies, experienced researcher, and all source
analysis identifying trends and patterns.
Education
CAPELLA UNIVERISTY,
MASTERS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CONCENTRATION BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
GPA 4.0
CURRENTLY ENROLLED
PROJECTED GRADUATION DATE AUGUST 2014
Program Objective: Business Intelligence MBA specialization provides a foundational overview of core business
disciplines and leadership skills with a focus on the statistical methods, modeling tools, and data collection and
reporting techniques used in business intelligence. Specialization topics include management decision theory and
practice; business analytic tools used for data management, cleaning, mining, and reporting; effective presentation
approaches; and ethical considerations associated with the acquisition and use of information.
• Core Courses Completed Grade
- MBA 6004 Foundational Skill Business Leaders A
- MBA 6006 Leading Innovation Global Organization A
- MBA 6008 Economics A
- MBA 6016 Financial Accounting B
- MBA 6018 Data Analysis for Business Decisions
TIFFIN UNIVERISTY,
BACHELORS OF ARTS CONCENTRATION GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY
GPA 3.2
GRADUATED
GRADUATION DATE AUGUST 2014
Program Objective: Government and National Security program reflects the real world of national security. Graduates
are able to analyze, and devise solutions for, problems in national security within the framework of our instruments of
national power and their use within our political/legal and policy context. Graduates will possess a detailed
understanding of the history and culture of other parts of the world and a understand the historical context for current
international security threats that face the United States at home and abroad, and how the United States uses the tools
of state power to protect the vital interests of America.
• Core Courses Completed
- Introduction National Security Studies
- US Diplomatic and Military History
- Research Methods
- International Security
- Intelligence Analysis
Education Continued
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CENTER
INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS ANALYST
GRADUATED
GRADUATION DATE NOVEMBER 1999
Program Objective: Navy Intelligence Specialist A School serves as the stepping stone to a naval intelligence career.
The program consists of thirteen training blocks providing instruction on intelligence research database programs,
intelligence analysis tools and models, military platform recognition, imagery analysis, administrative tasking, naval
intelligence writing style and techniques, and a tactical intelligence training scenario as the capstone cumulating all the
intelligence training blocks into one.
• Core Courses Completed
- Naval Intelligence Report Writing and Tools
- Imagery Analysis
- Platform recognition
- Intelligence Analysis and Cycle
- Trends and Patterns
- Tactical Intelligence Scenario
Civilian Experience
INTELLIGENCE ANALYST II
SRC INC
NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE INTELLIGENCE CENTER, FAIRBORN, OHIO
NOVEMBER 2011 – March 2013
• Conducted all source intelligence research on combat aircraft in support of the Air Force Joint Strike Fighter
Program
• Identified specific elements of foreign combat aircraft thru all source intelligence research which included but
not limited to the avionics, weapons configurations, order of battle pulls identifying operational combat aircraft,
conducted database searches for equipment codes, and identified specific dimensions of different combat
aircraft such as wing span, fuselage length, and other dimensions.
• Compiled intelligence research on to established excel database spreadsheet and submitted to government
subject matter expert for approval and worked with numerous combat aircraft subject matter experts to finalize
a approved combat aircraft spreadsheet.
• Loaded combat aircraft specifics into NASIC’s Joint Analytical Database Editor (JADE) for approval and
dissemination as a final product to be published on the NASIC combat aircraft page.
• Used the JADE database to build sub-systems and assemblies for the combat aircraft for use by the Air Force
Joint Strike Fighter personnel.
• Conducted quality assurance check on priority one aircraft assigned to government subject matter experts.
• Completed approximately 41 combat aircraft database profiles for use by the Joint Strike Fighter personnel
and community.
• Conducted operational testing on Nighthawk Editor Electronic Warfare database system.
• Loaded radar and signals data into Nighthawk Editor and tested to ensure real world accuracy.
INTELLIGENCE ANALYST IV
L3 COMMUNICATIONS
JOINT BASE BALAD, IRAQ
SEPTEMBER2009 – JANUARY 2010
SEPTEMBER 2010 – SEPTEMBER 2011
• Served as lone CI Analyst supporting CI operations and force protection operations on Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
• Drafted CI analytical products and conducted intelligence research concerning CI/force protection debarment
packages concerning Iraqi local nationals and third country nationals.
• Conducted CI operations/investigations with Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI).
• Developed analytical reports and products prioritizing intelligence requirements, research requirements, and
layout of the intelligence product to meet the tactical requirements needed per USF-I Commanding Officers
assigned to Joint Base Balad with minimal to no supervision.
• Provided intelligence assessments to counterintelligence personnel utilizing all source intelligence.
Civilian Experience Continued
SENIOR INTELLIGENCE ANALYST
MANTECH INTERNATIONAL
NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE / FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, WASHINGTON DC
February 2010 – August 2010
• As lone intelligence analyst conducted trend and indications & warning analysis along with force protection
analysis on over 3000 suspicious incidents using the Guardian Counterterrorism Suspicious Incident System
identifying potential force protection and terrorists threats that might have affected the Navy and Marine Corp
military bases and personnel.
• Drafted force protection analysis and assessments concerning potential terrorist’s incidents in a memorandum
format for the Criminal Investigative Service Multiple Threat Alert Center (MTAC).
• Produced monthly analytical reports on Guardian and eGuardian entries effecting the Department of the Navy
identifying the numbers and types of potential terrorist’s incidents for future trend analysis so potential
vulnerabilities could be identified.
SERVER AND BARTENDER
STEVE’S DAKOTA GRILL, MARION, OHIO
AUGUST 2004 – AUGUST 2009
• Served food and drinks utilizing personal skills and selling skills in order to upsell the product
• Mixed multiple drinks and cocktails from memory and remember regular guests’ preferences.
• Worked there for five years while completing college degree and completing two military mobilizations and
demonstrating a strong commitment, customer service, stamina and the drive to succeed
Military Intelligence Experience
SENIOR INTELLIGENCE REPORTS OFFICER
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CENTRAL
CAMP ASALIYAH, QATAR
JULY 2006 – FEBRUARY 2007 (MILITARY MOBILIZATION)
• Authored over 600 intelligence information reports and disseminated those reports at tactical levels throughout
Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Authored 250 intelligence information reports that were disseminated at national levels to the Defense
Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Forces Intelligence Commands,
and Special Operations Commands.
• Conducted quality control on over 500 intelligence reports.
• Conformed to the Defense Intelligence Agency classified material handling guidelines.
• Evaluated the validity of intelligence sources ensuring credible intelligence to future operations.
INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST OF THE WATCH
COMMANDER FORCES AIR KEFLAVIK
KEFLAVIK, ICELAND
JANUARY 2002 – JANUARY 2003
• Watch Intelligence Specialist monitoring the Russian Northern Naval Fleet utilizing multiple sources of
intelligence (HUMINT, ELINT, and IMINT) to fuse a tactical and strategic intelligence assessment in support of
COMFAIRKEF’s strategic mission of monitoring and collecting on the Russian Northern Naval Fleet.
• Gathered electronic intelligence signatures. Cross referenced those signatures with the National Security
Agency electronic signature database identifying what platforms carried that form of electronic intelligence.
• Conducted approximately 50 intelligence briefings to senior military personnel in a formal atmosphere
providing the operational activity and assessment on that activity.
INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR SCENARIO SUPPORT
NAVAL STRIKE AND AIR WARFARE CENTER
NAS FALLON, NEVADA
DECEMBER 1999 – DECEMBER 2001
• Rewrote the Navy’s Strike Warfare Carrier Air Wing training program which involved surface and air
movements that needed to be organized so certain portions of the scenario was going to be written on certain
days to coordinate with other portions of the scenario.
• Conducted quality control on over 21,000 messages over a two year period concerning the commands training
scenario ensuring all dates, facts, numbers, and intelligence inputs made a viable and accurate real world
intelligence operating scenario and supervised eight personnel ensuring all tasks were completed.