RESUME

Professional Experience

February 2025 - Present

Director of Strategic Engagement

NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND CYBERSPACE

  • Lead strategic engagement, academic partnerships, high-visibility events, social media strategy, and alumni initiatives supporting Joint Force education in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and information strategy.

  • Develop leadership command briefings, automated dashboards, and nodal analyses to support senior decision-making, strategic communications, and stakeholder alignment.

  • Coordinate public-private and interagency engagement efforts to enhance Joint Force technology literacy, cyber workforce readiness, and institutional adaptability.

  • Advise on integrating disruptive and emerging technologies – including the Bitcoin protocol – into Joint Professional Military Education Phase II (JPME-II).  

March 2024 - Present

Board-Certified Quantum Biology Practitioner &
Biophysics-Based Health Educator

REGENERINT

  • Apply circadian and quantum biology principles to analyze human performance, resilience, and recovery through a biophysics-based systems lens.

  • Conduct individualized assessments of environmental inputs, metabolic signaling, and nervous system regulation, translating complex science into actionable recommendations.

  • Produce written and multimedia educational content across podcasts, presentations, and digital publications, emphasizing first-principles analysis and mitochondrial function.

July 2021 - July 2023

Senior Privacy Program Manager
Cybersecurity Senior Advisor

VENABLE LLP

  • Designed and implemented an enterprise privacy program at Meta, evaluating and redesigning user data safeguards to ensure regulatory compliance and data governance.

  • Managed data scraping escalations and advised on cryptocurrency ransom cases, including blockchain forensics and response coordination.

  • Triaged cyber incidents and led cross-functional engagement across legal, security, engineering, and executive stakeholders to drive incidents to resolution.

  • Mapped regional and cross-border regulatory landscapes to support enterprise-level risk management and executive decision-making.

February 2018 - July 2021

Open Source Intelligence Analyst & Investigator

LINK ANALYSIS

  • Directed OSINT investigations into geopolitical disinformation and foreign influence operations, supporting high-profile international litigation.

  • Developed analytical methodologies to identify, map, and evidence bot networks, coordinated inauthentic behavior, and narrative amplification pathways across digital platforms, resulting in the suspension of thousands policy-violating accounts.

  • Created and delivered OSINT and cyber investigation training for law enforcement officers in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program in New York.

  • Utilized i2 Analyst’s Notebook to develop advanced investigative link charts supporting attribution analysis, and presented findings to legal teams and government authorities.

October 2016 - January 2018

Senior Intelligence Analyst & Program Manager

DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL

  • Pioneered an OSINT program, integrating advanced analytical tools to support protective intelligence and risk monitoring for high-value individuals and major international events.

  • Collected and analyzed data from surface, deep, and dark web sources to produce timely intelligence reporting, threat assessments, and emergency alerts.

  • Embedded with physical security teams on international operations, providing real-time intelligence support and communications coordination in dynamic environments.

August 2014 - October 2016

Mediterranean Regional Subject Matter Expert

PROSOL (MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY CTR)

  • Instructed 4,000+ Marines in 100+ pre-deployment briefings, enhancing cultural intelligence and operational readiness in complex foreign operating environments.

  • Developed 15+ region-specific courses across EUCOM, CENTCOM, and AFRICOM, supporting Theater Security Cooperation and Crisis Response missions.

  • Instructed a Levant course to international officers at the Expeditionary Warfare School covering irregular warfare dynamics, ideology, terrorist organizations, and refugee crises.

November 2013 - August 2014

Mediterranean Analyst

NAVANTI GROUP

  • Managed a multinational team of nine researchers across four countries, coordinating HUMINT collection and analysis in support of SOCOM operations.

  • Produced weekly analytical reporting on terrorism, foreign fighter transit, trafficking, and police activity to inform defense client situational awareness and planning.

  • Monitored and analyzed irregular maritime migration during a record-breaking refugee and humanitarian crisis, mapping routes and trends across the MENA region.

Education

2012 | summa cum laude

M.S. Conflict Analysis and Resolution

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

2012 | pass with distinction

M.A. Conflict Resolution and Mediterranean Security Studies

UNIVERSITY OF MALTA

2011 | cum laude

B.A. Communication and Culture Studies
Minor in Biological Sciences
Minor in International Spanish
Minor in Social & Behavioral Studies

MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Professional Education & Certifications

December 2024

Board Certified Quantum Biology Practitioner

AMERICAN NATUROPATHIC MEDICAL CERTIFICATION BOARD

October 2023

Certification | Applied Quantum Biology

INSTITUTE OF APPLIED QUANTUM BIOLOGY

May 2023

Certification | Integrative Nutrition Health Coach

INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION

December 2022

Regenerative Agriculture & Soil Advocate Training

KISS THE GROUND

December 2021

Certificate | Blockchain: Disruptive Technology

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

February 2019

Open Source Investigations Workshop

BELLINGCAT

December 2018

IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook Complete Course

BLUE FUSION TECHNOLOGIES