Quality Control Senior Staff

Mark B. Bryan

E-mail: **********@*****.***

Cell Phone: 214-***-****

Clearance: TS/SCI With CI Poly (Lapsed)

OBJECTIVE

Further enhance my leadership and professional growth in a challenging and fast moving environment to support the ongoing Global War on Terror (GWOT) as an experienced linguist.

SUMMARY

International native Arabic linguist highly skilled in translation, interrogation, analysis, counterintelligence, liaison, research, security and general support

Lockheed Martin (LM) and Caribou Thunder, LLC (CTL): International Arabic Interpreter and Translator, San Diego, CA and Baghdad, Iraq (January 2013 –June2013)

International Arabic Interpreter and Translator (current tasking); Hand-picked to help translate for the LM General Air Defense Operations Course instructors in Iraq to the Iraqi Air Defense Force; Successful integration into the team and excellent execution of translation skills helped the instructor team exceed performance goals - Excellent translation skill and cultural knowledge helped provide the first ever 100% pass rate of 90 students

Exemplary Translator; Provided all aspects of written and spoken information at Iraqi Air Defense & Air Force Headquarters for GCI system training with a high degree of accuracy – Outstanding oral comprehension and expression; Translated messages continuously and simultaneously to students and visiting senior staff into both Arabic and English maintaining message content and context – Translations provided to both ADOC senior staff and instructors improved instructional strategies and increased cultural knowledge on both sides of the language arena

Quality Control Advisor; Proofread, edited and revised completed translated work and instilled instructor confidence of the revised instructional quality - Meticulous written comprehension and quality control validated the accuracy of completed translations and transcriptions to ensure that they were accurate and consistent throughout student material – Translations of English to Arabic and Arabic to English provided students with a maximized understanding of student material contributing to a 100% student pass rate.

Exceptional Liaison; Outstanding speech recognition allowed listening to speaker statements to determine meanings and prepare translations - Monitoring, recording, translating, and summarizing content of oral communications and recordings in both the required Arabic and English provided excellent instructor staff insight as to how best to proceed with instructional strategies and difficult student learning situations..

Team Player; Flexibility, a positive attitude and excellent people skills enhanced the ability to communicate with people outside of the organization - Represented the organization to customers, the US Government and the Iraqi Government in the best light by providing flawless translations and elaboration of training strategies.

Valuable General Support Specialist; Prepared typed English translations from other source media, referred to a variety of reference materials such as technical manuals, operations manuals, dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized sharepoints as needed to ensure translation accuracy.

Mission Essential Personnel (MEP): Arabic Linguist, Tyson Corner, VA, (2012 – 2013)

Information Analyst; Performed first line analysis of source-language evidence for prosecutors and law enforcement agencies – Analysis and translated material provided a high degree of information for the prosecution of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Counterintelligence Analyst; Scanned various forms of foreign language documents for key information and meaning to perform intelligence exploitation – Analysis of hardcopy documents and digital media for the National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC) and other various US Government agencies helped exploit target weaknesses.

Linguist; Translated hard and soft copy documents specifically for the Office of the Chief Prosecutor to use against the detainees accused of war crimes and terrorism – Translated information provided a high degree of accuracy and prosecution.

Integrity Business Solutions (IBS): Arabic Linguist, Baghdad, Iraq, (2011 – 2012)

US Embassy Regional Security Officer (RSO) Linguist; Directly vetted all local and third country nationals US Embassy RSO prior to embassy interviews – Information and translator skills provided helped streamline the interview process and beyond

Polygrapher Linguist; Skillfully provided polygrapher with professional translations – Over 50 polygraphs given yielded the highest degree of interpretation for the unit.

Translation Quality Control; Translated requirements for the candidate and verified their provided information was correct – Designed and implemented a form used department-wide that provided a first-ever 100% pass rate of qualified individuals.

Translator; Provided follow-on translation during the interview process between the new candidate and the applicable security officer and/or the polygraph - Translated information provided a high degree of accuracy and confidence of accuracy or denial.

Mission Essential Personnel (MEP): Arabic Linguist, Fort Hood, TX (2011)

Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) Linguist and Communications Analyst; Transcribed and analyzed targeted audio communications – Consistently hand-picked by staff for achieving the highest degree of targeted audio acceptance

Global Linguist Solutions (GLS): Arabic Linguist and Cultural Advisor, Iraq (2008 – 2011)

Counterintelligence Analyst; Researched and monitored various online media - Review, analysis, and summaries of data collected provided high-quality staff reports.

General intelligence support; Identified, extracted, and routed open-source media information components to senior staff – Delivered information consistently provided flawless quality analysis for senior staff to make informative decisions

Threat Analyst; Hand-picked to analyze in addition to translating information and provide comprehensive analysis of the local threat environment – Consistently sought after to attend several meetings with intelligence analysts, agents, and senior staff to provide them with unique tribal, cultural and religious influences that could affect political stability.

SOSI: Arabic Linguist and Cultural Advisor, Iraq (2006 - 2008)

Intelligence Interrogator Linguist; Conducted several lengthy interrogations using assimilation techniques and capitalized cultural weaknesses – Assimilation techniques and exposed weaknesses provided a high degree of success during the entire interrogation session

Critical Linguist Support; Provided support for to Counter Terrorist Insurgency, Counterintelligence and HUMINT operations during deployment to Iraq and Kuwait – Planned, researched, conducted and supported sensitive and extensive meetings for senior staff with outstanding results such as achieving the Award for the Interpreter of the Quarter by Strategic Counterintelligence Directorate (SCID) Headquarters, Baghdad, Iraq

Operational Support and Services: Arabic Linguist and Cultural Advisor, Iraq (2004 - 2006)

Cultural Advisor; Conducted high level, sensitive meetings for the US Regional Embassy Consulate Office with Iraqi government and civic leaders – Utilized effective oral and writing skills to provide respective agents with detailed interpretation, notes and reports

Support Analyst; Provided translated intelligence data to agents – Agents were able to provide fully detailed intelligence reports which included the correct spelling of names, places, and important points of interest to ease identification

Worldwide Language Resources: Arabic Linguist and Cultural Advisor, Iraq (2003 -2004)

Linguist; Conducted linguist support for U.S. Army operations – Performed highly accurate bi-directional Arabic translations to senior staff – Verbal and written communications provided outstanding results and high degree of quality as evidenced by repeated translation requests

Cultural Analyst; Collected intelligence data and interpreted Human Intelligence (HUMINT) data for high-level staff meetings - Performed simultaneous translation during interviews, meetings, and conferences with flawless accuracy

Intelligence Researcher; Researched and monitored online media – Reviews and analysis provided quality summaries and reports used in most meetings and conferences

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