I translate complex information into actionable intelligence.
A first-principles and systems-level thinker with a track record of building capabilities where none exist — for senior decision-makers across the military, legal, academic, and private sectors. Now founder of REGENERINT, an electromagnetic-environment research and advisory practice.
Across disciplines
Breaking down complex problems into their most fundamental components — and synthesizing multidisciplinary information into actionable intelligence. A few of the areas where that's taken me:
Open-Source & Protective Intelligence
Built OSINT capabilities from the ground up — toolsets, workflows, analyst teams. Deployed geofenced, real-time threat monitoring to protect high-profile principals and secure major international events — giving ground security teams the wider picture through digital atmospherics.
Disinformation & Information Operations
Led a multi-year, complex investigation into state-backed influence operations. Catalogued 23,000+ coordinated inauthentic accounts and built data-backed attribution charts and original methods that unmasked hidden networks — driving platform takedowns and supporting international litigation.
Geopolitical & Cultural Analysis
Produced weekly intelligence for U.S. Special Operations, then developed 15+ pre-deployment courses for the U.S. Marine Corps and instructed more than 4,000 personnel. One of few analysts to work across three combatant commands — EUCOM, CENTCOM, and AFRICOM — serving as the Mediterranean regional subject-matter expert, and personally selected to teach a specialized Levant course to international officers at the Expeditionary Warfare School.
Data Privacy & Governance
Pioneered a user-data privacy program from zero for a global Fortune-50 platform operating under a landmark federal privacy consent decree — building the processes, procedures, and tracking mechanisms that drove engineers, lawyers, and leadership to evaluate and redesign user-data safeguards across the data lifecycle.
Strategic Engagement
Served as the connective tissue linking the Department of Defense's premier institution for higher education in the cyberspace domain and information environment to government, industry, academia, and the private sector — building durable engagement infrastructure, executive decision-support, and tailored communications resources; organizing a flagship government cybersecurity conference; and conducting strategic-level nodal analysis.
The Bitcoin Protocol & Proof-of-Work
I've briefed legal teams on the protocol, advised on tracing blockchain-based ransoms, and worked to put Bitcoin's national-security implications on the agenda in professional military education. What draws me is what proof-of-work makes possible: decentralized sound money that safeguards the value of people's time, open and censorship-resistant access for the unbanked and disenfranchised, and environmental incentives to mitigate methane and put wasted energy to work.
Electromagnetic Environment & Cognitive Security
An overlooked variable in physical and mental health, performance, and institutional readiness: the electromagnetic operating environment. I apply structured intelligence methodology to circadian and quantum biology in service of cognitive security and resilience.
Vouched for at the highest level
"I never saw Tim in a circumstance when he was not the most informed and capable expert in the room. He possesses impeccable integrity, and all those in his presence know it."
Former CIA Chief of Station · Chief, Counter-Proliferation Center
"I have managed hundreds of intelligence officers and analysts in my long career in government, and I would put Tim in the top tier of analysts I worked with — he is an excellent writer, has impressive technical knowledge, and has strong interpersonal skills, being a part of and leading teams."
Former Deputy Director, U.S. National Counterterrorism Center
"Tim is an innovative thinker and someone who gets things done. He is a leader that also knows how to be a great teammate, a rare combination. I worked with Tim on some very complex projects. These actions involved agile thinking, creativity, and detailed planning. Tim excelled in all of these areas. Without him, the work simply could not have been completed. Tim brings value to organizations. Most importantly, his word is his bond."
Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) · Cyber Strategy Department Chair, College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University
"Tim provided an extremely valuable presentation to my faculty and staff. I have implemented his research-backed advice and have already experienced a significant shift in quality of life. We are very grateful to have been introduced to Tim's valuable work and brilliant mind."
Founding Director, Center for Anticipatory Intelligence, Utah State University
"Tim Hammond is the best analyst with whom I have ever had the pleasure of working. Not only is Tim an expert analyst and delivers an outstanding work product, he takes a highly ethical approach to all facets of his professional life. As a seasoned security professional who knows the value of a professional analyst, Tim is at the top of the class."
Chief Security Investigator, CMA CGM
"Tim provided highly responsive, tailored support to a very complex security project I was involved in overseas. Tim embedded with our group on-location and gave maximum effort, particularly on time sensitive issues, e.g., in the wake of a terrorist attack and major criminal events. His real-time analysis provided valuable insights to our security environment that helped ensure well-informed decision making for our security operations."
Global Intelligence & Security Expert
What I'm building now
Electromagnetic Environment Research & Advisory
You cannot build cognitive resilience or ensure cognitive security if the electromagnetic operating environment is quietly degrading the biology that makes cognition possible. I research how light, darkness, and the electromagnetic field shape human performance, resilience, and readiness — for individuals, and for institutions where cognitive security is a competitive advantage.
My aim is to translate emerging discoveries in circadian and quantum biology into clear, applicable intelligence people can act on.
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