Mercedes C. Sellers
***** ******* ******* **, **********, VA 22191 281-***-**** **********@*****.***; linkedin.com/in/mercedes-sellers
SUMMARY:
All-Source Intelligence Analyst with an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and CI POLY. Delivering intelligence to support world wide information requirements by collecting and disseminating critical OSINT throughout the intelligence community. Strong oral and written skills exemplified through briefing senior military leadership, drafting SOPs for training, and the analysis of time sensitive critical information. Subject matter expert for AFRICOM and providing support to NATO forces with collaboration and the use of analytical tools/systems. Able to flexibly adapt to a fast paced environment with analytical precision and accuracy.
CORE CAPABILITIES:
OSINT Collection
All-Source
Time and Task Management
Datamining
Strong Briefing Skills
Policy Implementation
Inter-Agency Collaboration
Technical Writing
Collection Management
Pol/Mil and Mil Capabilities Analysis
Social Network Analysis
Counterterrorism Analysis
Regional Analysis
Coin and Intel Support to Operations
EXPERIENCE:
INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, JOURNEYMAN, OPEN SOURCE TEAM, DAIIS FEBRUARY 2019 – PRESENT U.S ARMY INSCOM FORT BELVOIR, VA
·Provide support to worldwide information requirements through identification, collection, and aggregation of OSINT, media, social media, gray literature, and other publicly available information
·Identify OSINT products and OSIRs (Open Source Intelligence Reports) for dissemination
·Respond to Requests for Information (RFI) from various sources, including Army Service Component Commands (ASCC), RAF/GRF units, Joint Task Force J-2s, INSCOM Theater Military Intelligence Brigades, INSCOM Mission Command Center (IMCC), and others.
·RFIs are tracked and submitted to government lead for validation and responded to within 4 hours, in accord to established guidelines per customer requirement
·Maintain certification for Army-approved enterprise OSINT tools
·Maintain subject matter expertise and situational awareness in global areas of concerns, as well as individual COCOMs
·Establish and retain SharePoint portals to publish collections efforts on multiple networks
·Integrate OSINT, media, social media and cultural intelligence into SharePoint
·Conduct regular road-mapping and vetting of relevant internet and NIPRNet sites
·Manage DAIIS NIPRNet portals on a daily basis. Topic page, to include geographic/country pages, cultural intelligence, and foreign language resource pages
·Participated on the BETA testing for new initiatives that supported the Enterprise and the Intelligence Community (IC)
INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, NOVICE, DISSEMINATION TEAM, DAIIS OCTOBER 2018 –FEBRUARY 2019 U.S ARMY INSCOM FORT BELVOIR, VA
·Conducted the transfer of products and reporting for all COCOMs and related organizations across the following networks: NIPRNET, SIPRNET, CENTRIXS-SWA, CENTRIXS-KOR, USBICES, JWICS, NSANET, TNE, and StoneGhost
·Facilitated ADHOC Domain Transfer, executing high priority requests and time-sensitive transfers in support of Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, and Eastern Europe
·Performed QA/QC on Message Processing Systems (MPS), to include M3
·Understand Domain Transfer requirements and classification restrictions on nine different networks
·Collected and disseminated over 4400 intelligence reports by conducting over 250 cross domain transfers for a 24/7 mission
·Recorded all cross-domain data transfers using removable media in the Army Data Auditing Manager
·Assisted in maintaining a cross domain catalog with more than 35,000 data entries in order to establish a working relationship, maintain and improve collaboration efforts with customers
TRAINING MANAGER MARCH 2017– JULY 2018 U.S. ARMY INSCOM FORT HUACHUCA, AZ
·Responsible for coordinating and collaborating with senior leadership in the development of operational strategies for multiple sensitive objectives
·Drafted multiple Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) with focus on Army Training Requirements and Resource System (ATRRS), Digital Training Management System (DTMS), drafted Brigade Memos and outlined various office procedures to improve processes as well as respond to outstanding RFI’s with short suspense deadlines
·Maintained, Trained, mentored, and supervised personnel on the Distributed Common Ground System – Army (DCGS-A), All Source methodologies and fundamentals utilizing historical reporting for practice
·Monitored and kept the DTMS current and maintained all Brigade course and training assignments throughout Europe and the United States
·Highly organized, dedicated, and thorough in managing and completing several projects simultaneously
35F (INTELLIGENCE ANALYST) MARCH 2013 – MARCH 2017 U.S. ARMY INSCOM 66TH MI BDE, WIESBADEN ARMY AIRFIELD, DE
·Analyst for the United States Army Africa (USARAF) ACE, located NSA Darmstadt working with multi-national SIGINT and HUMINT elements to fulfill several of USARAF’s PIRs
·Responsible for analysis and reporting on Nigeria and Mali’s human terrain, political influence, stability, security, governance and populace support before broadening focus to insurgency movements throughout different African territories
·Assisted in the evaluation of intelligence holdings to determine changes in the capabilities, vulnerabilities, recruiting methods, suicide tactics and probable courses of action of the Mujahedeen network in Mali and Boko Haram in Nigeria
·Authored finished intelligence reporting, link analysis products, Morning Intelligence Digests (MID), Intelligence Summaries (INTSUM), Distributed Common Ground System – Army (DCGS-A) entries, Executive Summaries (EXSUM) and Ground Intelligence Summaries (GRINTSUM)
·Briefed Africa Command (AFRICOM) staff along with IC via Video-Teleconferences (VTC), and briefings for the Regional Operations Company (ROC) II, in support of AFRICOM operations
·Authored storyboards, awareness and capabilities briefs, GRINTSUMS and other finished products providing timely intelligence for real-time ground support against the Mujahedeen networks during Operation Juniper Micron in Mali supporting NATO forces. Reporting lead to the death of a known HVI
·Built Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) products, assembled, proofread intelligence reports and assisted in consolidating them
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
Open Source 301, Fort Belvoir, VA, March 2019
Open Source 302, Fort Belvoir, VA, November 2018
Undergraduate, Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ: 27 credit hours accrued in Intelligence Operations
Digital Training Management System, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2015
All-Source Production Course 1, Grafenwoehr, Germany 2014
Critical Thinking and Structured Analysis Course, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2014
Advanced Individual Training, Intelligence Analyst Professional/Graduate, 2013
TOOLS/SYSTEMS:
Managed Attribution (S1), DataMinr, RecordedFuture, Open Source Enterprise, PiX, Analyst Notebook, ARCGIS,CIA Wire, Google Earth, Cultweave II, DCGS-A, HOT-R, Intelink, M3,Query Tree, SharePoint