Linguist or Cultural Advisor - Intelligence specialty

Edna Sahdo 818-***-****

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Professional Profile

Self-motivated seasoned Cultural Advisor, mentor, and linguist with abilities to engage multi-cultural

audiences in five languages, principally Farsi, Dari, Pashto, Armenian and English. Experienced member of tactical, operational and strategic military senior leaders. Over three years of experience working in austere environments, training, mentoring, advising and assisting military leaders to develop the Afghan military as part of the intelligence field enterprise. Demonstrated ability to clearly identify, define, and remedy intelligence organizational inefficiencies and problems associated with Central Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. Expert at bridging cultural gaps in a technical training environment, assisting Afghans to quickly learn computer basics, key Microsoft Office products and National Information Management System (NIMS) to improve organizational and staff efficiencies. Assist the President of Afghanistan and the National Security Advisor in the development and translation of the National Security Threat Assessment and National Military Strategy.

Primary strengths include:

Seasoned Cultural Advisor & Mentor

NATO-SECRET, Top Secret Security Clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) & CI Polygraph

HCS/SI/TK/Gamma Read on

Fluent in English, Farsi, Dari, Pashtu, Armenian (Eastern/Western)

Organizational Leadership

Skilled with MS Office Suite

Experience in Strategic and Tactical environments

Experienced Market Analyst

Motivated with Proven Results

Organizational Development

Professional Experience

Mission Essential (ME), Chantilly, VA. USA November 2012 - Current

Cultural Advisor / Translator / Mentor to 2-4 Star GOs and SES VIPs

Achievements:

• Personally selected by Ministerial Senior Intelligence Advisor to work in highly sensitive strategic intelligence cultural advisor position.

• Lauded by multiple senior military leaders for ability to function in high stress situations to include the President of Afghanistan.

• Enrolled in Intelligence Studies Bachelor’s Degree program with

American Military/Public University.

Responsibilities:

• Key member of the Command and Control (C2) section of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence Team to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) General Staff G2 (GSG2).

• Facilitates development of Afghan strategic and internal intelligence policies and activities.

• Experienced as training assistant for senior Afghan Intelligence leadership and U.S. military leadership on intelligence related tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) including Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) and the intelligence cycle.

• Critical enabler for illuminating and training key leaders on TTPs related

to the operation of the National Military Intelligence Center (NMIC) and essential Afghan developed NIMS database architecture.

• Key member of U.S. Army Female Engagement Team (FET) assisting with advancement of female equality and gender integration issues in Zabul Province.

• Essential member of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) assisting with development of infrastructure in Paktika Province.

• Member of U.S. AID Agriculture Development Team, Paktika Province.

Employment Experience:

Native Farsi translator, Armenian, and Persian transcription services, expert Armenian and Persian translator.

OCONUS experience in Afghanistan, Iran, Armenia, Dubai, and Kuwait

Expert FARSI to English and English to FARSI, English to FARSI, translation, transcription, and interpretation services, professional English to Persian Farsi interpretation services and all interpretation from the three languages to English.

Expert Proofreading, Editing and Revision in Persian Farsi languages.

Summarizing, Gisting and pronunciation, terminology management and triage assistance with translation, transcription, and interpretation in FARSI, Armenian, Dari, Pashto and Persian languages.

FBI Language Testing: Armenian (Eastern/Western dialects) 3/3; Persian Farsi 3/3; Dari and Pashto 3/3 (APR 2015)

Areas of additional expertise – 3 years using the above skills in Afghanistan at the Ministerial and General Officer levels of command with additional training in Counter-terrorism, military, legal, economics, triage in Role I, religious affairs, and intelligence collection while deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan

Skilled with MS Office Suite, Strategic and Tactical environments, Manager of Workflow of other employees and Market Analyst

Born, raised, and educated in Iran until the age of 18

White House Properties. Encino, CA. USA. August 2009 – November 2012

Broker Associate

Achievements:

• Awarded Platinum Club Seller Member for over selling $5 Million Dollars of real estate sales

• Lauded by corporate management for routine ability to close high end real estate transactions.

Responsibilities:

• Provide detailed residential and commercial property market analysis to perspective customers.

• Prepare tailored property advertising strategies for residential and commercial properties.

• Provide personalized client attention and tenacious follow-up to ensure all customer needs were met.

• Prepare contracts and documentation; advise first home-buying clients on general escrow and title procedures.

Remax Elite Realty, Glendale, CA. USA. February 2002 – August 2009

Real Estate Agent, Sales and Rentals

Achievements:

• Top local performer in sales and rentals.

Responsibilities:

• Provide detailed residential and commercial property market analysis to perspective customers.

• Prepare tailored property advertising strategies for residential and commercial properties.

• Provide personalized client attention and tenacious follow-up to ensure all customer needs were met.

• Prepare contracts and documentation; advise first home-buying clients on general escrow and title procedures.

Family Planning Associates, Glendale, CA. 91208

June 1990 – February 2002

Clinic Manager

Achievements:

• Led Clinic to be the top producing office in the Family Planning

Associates portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Led and supervised 15 employees specializing in family medicine.

• Directed policy development, clinic procedures and human resource issues.

• Developed local health care marketing strategies.

• Worked closely with facility medical director to support corporate strategies and initiatives.

• Ensured stringent compliance with medical standards and regulations.

• Maintained professional development to ensure visibility and integration of advanced medical healthcare procedures.

Education

Currently Enrolled at American Public University, Charles Town, WV. 25414

Bachelors of Arts; Intelligence Studies

May 2014

North West College, Glendale, California, USA.

Medical Assistant Certification

June 1990

References

References are available upon request.

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