Quality Control Management

ALI WANDI **** Belleview Drive, Erie, PA ***** Cell Phone 814-***-**** / Home Phone 814-***-**** E-mail: ****.*******@*****.*** Clearance: Top Secret / CI Polygraph SUMMARY

• Fluent in English, Arabic (MSA, Iraqi) and Kurdish

• Extensive experience in Middle East culture, politics, religion and atmospherics.

• Strong background in case management.

• Recruited, hired, trained and managed large groups of local national employees.

• Deep background in intelligence collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Capable, honest, reliable with a strong work ethic.

EXPERIENCE

April 2011 to Iraqi Advisor, Atmospherics Program, AECOM, Springfield, VA

Present

Responsible for recruiting, hiring, training and managing a cadre of local national advisors to send atmospherics reports on a regularly scheduled basis. Interfaced with DoD and DoS customers on a daily basis. Handled all Iraqi-related issues including payroll, report quality and timeliness, translations, cultural/political background analysis, and media interpretation.

Jan 2007 to Arabic/ Kurdish Linguist, DIA Contractor, Iraq- Baghdad April 2011 AECOM, Springfield, VA

Working as an Arabic and Kurdish Linguist in Iraq- Camp Slayer at Joint Documentation Exploitation Center (JDEC) for the Defense Intelligence Supporting Office (DISO) Responsible for Product Quality Control Provided translation, triage, DOCEX, MEDEX and CELLEX to JDEC- Radwaniyah Palace Complex (RPC) in supporting the CJSOTF-AP for Joint Interrogation Debriefing Center (JIDC) detainee screening mission. Worked as an Arabic and Kurdish linguist at Media Exploitation (MEDEX) in Iraq- Camp Slayer at Joint Documentation Exploitation Center (JDEC) for the Defense Intelligence Supporting Office (DISO) Translate and interpret media related materials and documents from Arabic/Kurdish into English.

Jan 2003 to JOB DEVELOPER AND INTERPRETER Apr 2004 Hispanic American Council, Erie, PA

Job search, translation and interpretation, resume development, assessment, counseling, referring and workshops for council clients. Employer’s liaison, reports and documentation to founding sources

Mar 1997 to CASE WORKER Mar 1999 International Institute of Erie, Erie, PA Case management for new Arabic and Kurdish speaking refugees. Helping them to adjust to the community and become self- sufficient. Mar 1994 to PROGRAM RESEARCHER Aug 1996 Iraqi Broadcasting Corporation, Arbil, Iraq Translating documents and TV programs into Arabic and Kurdish. Research political studies for television.

EDUCATION

Jun 1991 SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY Bachelors Degree in English/ Erbil, Iraq

Personal and professional references furnished upon request.