Mohamed Salih Saaty
1-619-***-**** ***** Hi Valley Rd. Poway, CA 92064
Email ******@***.***
CLEARANCE, Full/Final Secret DoD US Army
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Seeking challenging position as Translator using my bi-lingual/bi-cultural in Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi and Dari languages and cultures where I can utilize my extensive 20 months of field experience in Iraq in conducting interviews, assisting senior social scientist in collection and analysis of sociocultural information that is relevant to area of operation (AO) my interpersonal skills, translation, interpretation and assessments of research and analysis protocols of local media, religion, politic and culture.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
I Demonstrated diligence, professionalism, teamwork and passion for high-quality sociocultural research work, flexible and experienced with traveling, problem solving, team building and persuasive and fairly assertive, I have first hand knowledge of third world countries and experience working under stressful situations in high-pressure and physically challenging circumstances in an unstructured, diverse and multicultural environment under direct and indirect supervision as Human Terrain Analyst, Intelligence Analyst, highly capable in depth interviews that is relevant and of concern to Army Commanders, conducted 100 plus missions of information gathering operations and research studies in support of Division, Brigade and Battalion information requests with US Army in Iraq, meeting strict deadlines, and handling unexpected reorganization of work schedules
WORK EXPERIENCE
NOV2009- SEP2011, US Federal Employee, Intelligence Specialist GS12 DoD/DA, Iraq, deployed to Camp Ramadi-Anbar Province and Fob Hammer, East Baghdad, Iraq (total 20 months
Duties: Intelligence Analyst ( Human Terrain Analyst)
East Baghdad, Iraq NOV 2009-May 20010 Fob Hammer I Conducted highly relevant research and analysis, assisted the senior Social Scientist to produce sociocultural information and planning documents in support of military operations in East Baghdad, Conducted interviews and collected information from Iraqi population and key leaders across Iraqi society, military generals and central government. Analyzed civil affairs operations, media, and relationships between Iraqi government, military, law enforcement and civilian groups, Produced reports on the impact of the Iraqi presidential elections on military operations in East Baghdad, assisted and supported social scientists, team leaders and other personnel to produce reports and presentations from my personal field research reports to support requests for information I managed information collection process from development of research questions to collection of information to production and dissemination of end results, According to my former boss I performed as a “Subject Matter Expert” when it comes to a key cultural sociopolitical analyst for the Division and its subordinate US Army units
Ramadi, Anbar, Iraq June2010-June2011 Camp Ramadi IZ13, i Prepared reports that provided pertinent, culturally specific details in support of operational planning and related activities to on the ground teams and military units, assisted senior social scientist writing reports in Anbar province on population, atmospherics that offered an understanding of the cultural environment, providing fresh population-centric perspectives to military units, Processed information from multiple sources to meet emerging cultural knowledge requirements, I Conducted in-depth content, multidisciplinary quantitative and qualitative Research project of Friction between Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police, link analysis, tribal hierarchy matrices, Cross referenced intelligence reports with geographic locations and the background of the source, Performed social network research and studied specific groups of individuals to analyze operationally relevant impact of military operations and other activities, Performed target audience and foreign media analysis using foreign language materials in Anbar province, As a media analyst during this period I was solely responsible for uncovering violent anti-American propaganda being broadcast by a US-funded Iraqi radio station in Fallujah. my analysis of this propaganda led to the firing of the radio host who ran the inflammatory radio program,
Managed quality control of all translated incoming/outgoing reports and presentations before submitting for accuracy of information and verification of appropriate translation, Implemented new approaches and methodologies to conduct research in support of contingency plans and ongoing Human Terrain System operations
JUNE2009-OCT2009 CLI, INC Fort Leavenworth, Kansas City Intelligence Specialist
(GMI Analyst) IA-0132, Human Terrain Analyst training school, (HTA), Human Terrain Team (HTS) in support of the US Army effort in Iraq and Afghanistan (Certificate of Completion, Oct, 2009)
ASET International services,LLC(Oct.2009–Oct.2009) Arlington,VA.
Kurdish/English Linguist contractor: Provided language support to ASET customers; service included identifying and prioritizing documents in the target language, transferred hard copies into electronic format. Language support also included gist, summarizing, transcription and translation of materials into and from English. Part my of the responsibilities included that of quality control which consisted of proof reading, grammar and spell check of produced translations while maintaining the bearing of the original documents whenever correction was required. my work involved numerous data such as Audio CD'S and emails, in addition to the preparation of the data sets, collected through the aforementioned researches, for the incorporation into databases in use by the customer.
MARCH-MAY2009 Mission Essential Personal (MEP), Yakima Military Training Center, in Seattle Washington. and Fort Dix in NJ, Role-play as a Mayor town of Al Mohtassim, “Proud US Army dad supporting US Army here and abroad”
SEP2007-DEC2008 Tigris Tactical, San Diego, CA Business research and development director, consulting, negotiating between investors/project owners worldwide
JAN2007AUG Toyota San Diego, California Sales and leasing consultant, customers service, sales and leasing of new Toyota, certificate of achievement California sales Training Academy
2003-2005 Managing director of Iraqi International Trading Group, based in Sweden, Sharjah UAE (United Arab Emirate) and Iraq, our main focus, supplying the new Iraq with construction materials, new technology and supplies in redevelopments needs of new Iraq, second focus is to introduce and sale products, services and Sciences from American, European, and Scandinavian to Middle Eastern Market and new Iraq
1989-2002 Manager/partner of La Mesa Commercial printing and Graphics in La Mesa, California, USA, managed and plan all printing and graphics in a timely fashion, network advertising and direct mailing, branding corporate name, translation of manuals, books, Translater of Arabic, Kurdish and Farsi/Dari language in San Diego Superior Court in El Cajan, CA, meeting all dead lines when other would call it “impossible to meet”
1980-1988 Manager and Owner of Saaty’s Jeweler, Athens, Ohio, USA. Manufacturing complete lines of new and modern jewelry, Sales and service of latest brand name watches, Complete accounting of all governmental taxes, employment tax with hold and yearly federal tax return
SEP1975-JUNE 1976 Arabic language Teacher, Mahsoomkhan school of Hamadan Iran, Taught basic Arabic language classes from reading, writing and grammar to the Persian Farsi speaking students.
MARCH1974- JULY1975 Volunteer Kurdish Intelligence Agency ( Parasten), Iraq in the area of Amedi (Omadia), and under cover agent in the city Penjewin, border of Iraq and Iran, (Kurdish uprising in 1974-1975 was supported by CIA,USA through Shah of Iran)
EDUCATION
1978-1980 Ohio University Athens, Ohio USA, full time student in OPIE (Ohio program intensive of English ), two full quarter-level three, courses taken in the area of English language, business management, Algebra, Calculus 163 A&B, Computer Science, geography and communication courses
1982-1983 Hocking Technical College, Nelson-ville, Ohio, USA, Courses taken in the area of computer in business, Math, communication, government and modern business accounting
INTEREST Translation, interpretation, Traveling, Photography, walking, Reading, world Economy, World Politic, languages & cultures
STRONG COMPUTER SKILLS web researcher, Page Maker, Photo Shop, Maintain data files and databases, Excel, Word, Outlook, Portfolio, Tax-Preps, and internal accounting and audit programs Using Quick-Book Pro
LANGUAGES Fluent in English, Arabic, Kurdish (sorani + bahdini) and Farsi /Dari, Scored 80% in Arabic, English vice verse with ALTA test in Arlington, VA 2007
CERTIFICATES & AWARDS Secretary of Defense Award Medal for the Global War on Terrorism {DoD} Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System, DoD Information Assurance Awareness, Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the US Army (SAEDA), Report Intelligence Information course (US Army) AT Level 1 Awareness Training (DoD}, HTS certificate ( human terrain analyst)
BACKGROUND American citizen REFERENCES & SAMPLE WORK Available Upon Request