Shan Wara

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Linguist Expert Data Analyst Active Top Secret/SCI Poly

Multilingual specialist with extensive experience serving all levels of US Law Enforcement, defense, and intelligence communities as a linguist in logistics field work with several reputable companies in metropolitan Washington DC (WDC) and 3.5 years deployed to Afghanistan supporting US forces under harsh conditions for project “Enduring Freedom”. Highly specialized competitive intelligence and data analysis professional that provided all source reviews, analysis, and exploitation of foreign source contents.

Languages: Dari, Urdu, Persian Farsi, Pashtu

Highlighted Accomplishments & Awards

Awarded certificate of appreciation, received a bonus, and recognized organizationally by the FBI after exceeding expectations on a two-week project in 2019 at FBI headquarters in WDC. Resulted in additional work for similar efforts.

Awarded certificate of appreciation in 2015 for completing one week interpretation assignment for a legal case between an Afghan Construction Company versus the US Army in Fort-Belvoir Army Base in Virginia.

Achieved “top linguists” status, presented with a certificate of appreciation, and bonus check, in 2020, upon completion of a 1-week assignment in 1 day dealing with time sensitive GETMO files that surpassed the customer’s expectations.

Obtained Human Intelligence (HUMINT) award in 2010 from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), as well multiple awards from the theater and National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC).

Career Assignments & Progression

The Rehancement Group (TRG) August 2021 to Present

Perform quality assurance (QA) and bin loading of documents for FBI CRC.

LEIDOS, (Formerly SAIC) Linguist Analyst 2002-2021

Conducted quality control (QC), gisting, summarizing, full translations and interpretation from Pashtu, Dari, Farsi, and Urdu languages to English and vice versa.

Triage Examiner, NATIONAL MEDIA EXPLOITATION CENTER (NMEC), Washington, DC 2017-2021

Linguist and Interpreter, JOINT DOCUMENT EXPLOITATION CENTER-A (JDEC-A), Bagram, Afghanistan 2016-2017

Triage Examiner, NMEC 2013-2016

Senior Linguist, JDEC-A, Bagram, Helmand, and Jalalabad, Afghanistan 2011-2013

Senior Linguist, NMEC 2007-2011

Additional Experience

SMCONSULTING MCNEIL TECHNOLOGY INC World Wide Language Resources

Gisting, summarizing, full translations, and triage of Pashtu, Dari, Farsi, and Urdu documents to English. In addition, volunteered in many occasions to perform interpretation between the local Afghan private contractors and the US Army while deployed in Afghanistan.

Senior Linguist, DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS CENTER (DIAC), NMEC, DOCEX, Bagram, Kandahar, Selarno, Afghanistan

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