Résumé
Timothy G. Hammond
Professional Summary
A first-principles and systems-level thinker with a track record of building capabilities where none exist — across open-source and protective intelligence, disinformation investigations, geopolitical and cultural analysis, data privacy and governance, and strategic engagement. Now founder of REGENERINT, an electromagnetic-environment research and advisory practice.
Professional Experience
Mar 2024 — Present
Founder & Principal — Electromagnetic Environment Research & Advisory
REGENERINT
- Conduct environmental assessments and individualized biophysics-based advisory for executives, health professionals, and complex-illness cases — translating research on circadian regulation, photon-biological interactions, and the spectral environment into actionable strategies for cognitive performance and health optimization.
- Research and advise organizations on the biological implications of indoor and digital work environments for cognitive security, institutional readiness, and sustained human performance; provide collaborative support to medical practitioners integrating biophysical strategies into clinical care.
- Author in-depth research articles on circadian biology, photobiology, and electromagnetic-environment science; deliver educational presentations, workshops, and podcast appearances — including at Utah State University's Center for Anticipatory Intelligence — translating complex biophysics into accessible, practical guidance.
Feb 2025 — Mar 2026
Director of Strategic Engagement
National Defense University — College of Information & Cyberspace
- Served as primary institutional liaison connecting military services, combatant commands, DoD and federal agencies, defense industry, academia, and international partners — architecting cross-sector engagement to expand the college's strategic influence and reach.
- Produced high-impact executive decision-support — a university-wide strategic nodal analysis, analytical dashboards, and tailored communications — informing general officers, SES-level officials, and congressional stakeholders.
- Designed and implemented durable partnership infrastructure — alumni governance, academic partnerships, a private-sector fellowship program, and the college's flagship convening platform — operationalizing the strategic plan across the defense enterprise.
- Advised on the integration of emerging technologies — including AI and the Bitcoin protocol — into Joint Professional Military Education (JPME-II), enhancing technology literacy and institutional adaptability.
Jul 2021 — Jul 2023
Senior Privacy Program Manager & Cybersecurity Senior Advisor
Venable LLP
- Built an enterprise-scale user-data privacy program from the ground up for a global Fortune-50 platform under a federal consent decree — the largest privacy enforcement action in U.S. regulatory history — creating the processes, procedures, and cross-functional workflows to align engineering, legal, and policy stakeholders and implement mandated safeguards across the data lifecycle.
- Managed cross-functional escalation response to high-risk data-scraping and cybersecurity incidents — including blockchain-traceable cryptocurrency-ransom cases — coordinating intake, mobilization, and resolution across legal, security, engineering, and executive teams under time-sensitive conditions; cut incident-resolution time 30%.
- Served as internal subject-matter expert on the Bitcoin protocol, briefing legal teams on network fundamentals and the differences between proof-of-work and proof-of-stake consensus.
Feb 2018 — Jul 2021
Founder & Principal — OSINT & Digital Investigations
Link Analysis LLC
- Led a multi-year investigation into a state-sponsored information-operations campaign targeting a U.S. ally, for a top-tier U.S. law firm — managing a team of analysts and presenting results in person to counsel and senior government leadership abroad, contributing to platform enforcement actions and litigation strategy.
- Developed original methodologies using embedded analytics code and ad-network identifiers to unmask hidden connections between seemingly independent propaganda websites — evidencing coordinated inauthentic behavior across state-linked media networks; catalogued 23,000+ coordinated inauthentic accounts.
- Produced attribution-grade OSINT for cybersecurity and corporate-investigation clients — including due-diligence investigations that uncovered hidden criminal histories, Ponzi-scheme fraud, and multinational beneficial-ownership networks (i2 Analyst's Notebook, FARA, international watchlists, geospatial verification).
- Delivered OSINT and digital-investigation training for law enforcement partners in the NY/NJ HIDTA program.
Oct 2016 — Jan 2018
Senior Intelligence Analyst & Project Manager
HighGround Global · Culpeper National Security Solutions (DynCorp International)
- Pioneered an OSINT program within a national-security firm led by former senior CIA leadership — integrating surface, deep, and dark-web tooling to produce protective intelligence, threat assessments, and counterintelligence-oriented reporting for high-value principals.
- Deployed overseas as lead OSINT analyst for major international events — creating digital geofences across all client movement routes and monitoring real-time crime and terror indicators alongside physical-security and countersurveillance teams (digital atmospherics).
- Produced real-time intelligence reporting, emergency alerts, and threat assessments strengthening the protective posture for globally recognized business leaders, brands, and large-scale public events.
Aug 2014 — Oct 2016
Mediterranean Regional Subject-Matter Expert
U.S. Marine Corps University (CAOCL) · ProSol
- Instructed 4,000+ Marines and Sailors across 100+ pre-deployment briefings, spanning three combatant commands — EUCOM, CENTCOM, and AFRICOM; more than doubled the section's annual course output.
- Developed 15+ region-specific courses, trained units on recurring SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployments, and was hand-picked to create a Levant course for international officers at the Expeditionary Warfare School; received the Eagle Award for outstanding service.
- Analyzed training needs across all enlisted and officer ranks and adapted materials for mil-to-mil operations and multinational exercises — Theater Security Cooperation, Crisis Response, and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief.
- Returned on contract (2018) to deliver cultural-intelligence training supporting NATO Exercise Trident Juncture.
Nov 2013 — Aug 2014
Mediterranean Analyst
Navanti Group
- Managed a multinational team of nine researchers across four countries, coordinating multi-source collection — non-English media, social media, academic literature, and local contact networks — to produce products directly informing SOCOM operational priorities.
- Produced weekly analytical reporting on terrorism, foreign-fighter transit, trafficking, and irregular maritime migration during a record-breaking humanitarian crisis across the Eastern Mediterranean.
- Contributed to business development, including initiating the company's first Research & Development group.
Education
- M.S. Conflict Analysis & Resolution — George Mason University · GPA 3.97, summa cum laude (2012)
- M.A. Conflict Resolution & Mediterranean Security — University of Malta · GPA 4.0, pass with distinction (2012)
- B.A. Communication & Culture Studies — Michigan Technological University · GPA 3.55, cum laude (2011); minors in Biological Sciences, Social & Behavioral Studies, Spanish
Certifications & Professional Development
- Board-Certified Quantum Biology Practitioner — American Naturopathic Medical Certification Board (Dec 2024)
- Applied Quantum Biology — Institute of Applied Quantum Biology (Oct 2023)
- Integrative Nutrition Health Coach — Institute for Integrative Nutrition (May 2023)
- Soil Health Advocate — Kiss the Ground (Dec 2022)
- Blockchain: Disruptive Technology — MIT (Dec 2021)
- Open Source Investigations Workshop — Bellingcat (Feb 2019)
- IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Complete Course — Blue Fusion Technologies (Dec 2018)
- IntelTechniques Cyber Safety Course — IntelTechniques / Michael Bazzell (Nov 2018)
Clearance
- TS/SCI— reinstatement-eligible