Quality Control Training

Tony Antar

**** * ****** *** **, Tucson, AZ ***** 317-***-*****520-***-****

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Summary of skills

• Department of Defense Clearance: Secret

• Highly skilled in writing, translating, transcribing, and interpreting.

• Arabic (MSA) level 3+/3+

• French level 3+/3+

• Produce written exercise and training plans.

• Counter threat network analysis.

• Excellent computer skills with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite as well as

most Internet search engines and Google earth.

• 8 years open source intelligence (OSINT) experience focused on politics, culture,

linguistics, and media of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Professional Experience

GLS, Inc (Iraq/Kuwait/U.S) September 2009 to February 2014

Linguist

• Advise force protection leaders on assessment critical and essential to mission success.

• Several assignments with Special Operations Forces (SOF) during OIF and OND

operations, doing site assessments, counter intelligence, interrogations.

• Write reports and information papers to support Open Source collection & analysis at the

Division’s G2.

• Provide both translation and interpretation to Military Information Support Teams, Civil

Military Support Teams, Joint Planning and Assistance Team, Special Operations

Command.

• Prepared assessments of current events based on the sophisticated collection, research and

analysis of classified/unclassified open source information and drafted reports and made

recommendations submitted to the intelligence staff for further exploitation.

• Scan research and analyzes foreign language material for key information.

• Develops products resulting from an analysis.

Titan/L3

Linguist/Cultural Advisor (USA, Iraq) September 2003 to September 2009

• Advise supported organization on the cultural, social and ethnic significance of

conversations, situations, documents.

• Transcription, translation into English and Target Language, interpretation, editing,

Quality Control, and gisting.

• Coordinated OSINT and foreign media collection and analysis by defining, designing and

planning research parameters, conceptualizing and determining appropriate research

approaches and frameworks.

• My linguistic skills and cultural expertise were used during surveillance, interrogations

and screenings of individuals.

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Freelance Connections (Morocco, CA, AZ) March 1983 to September 2003

Interpreter/Translator

Freelance Linguistic services for Los Angeles, Maricopa, Pima Counties’ Courts, and Law

Enforcement Agencies

• Conducted in-depth research/analysis of Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian Islamic

fundamentalist movement’s ideology and propaganda for several research projects and

newspapers.

• Freelance interpretation for French companies in Morocco; legal and commercial.

• Interpreter/Translator from 1983 to 1986 during international events held in Morocco,

Maghreb and African summits.

Education

University of Agdal Morocco

B.A History

Language Skills

English – Fluent

Arabic – Native (MSA)

French – Native

Maghreb and Arab Gulf Region dialects

Software Skills

MS Office, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, Windows operating systems, Google Earth

Licenses and Certificates

• Intelligence Analysis, Production and Dissemination (IAPD) Overview

• Dissemination and Reporting

• Cultural Awareness and Analysis

• M9 Pistol Training Certificate

2 May 1, 2009 Position Descriptions

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