I bring three things to a team: analytic training in open-source intelligence and structured techniques, real operational time on the water with a police department, and five years of running my own businesses. I'm aiming for the FBI, NCIS, or Homeland Security Investigations.
With the Virginia Beach Police Department's Marine Patrol Unit, I go out on waterway patrols, respond with officers to boating incidents and distressed vessels, write the reports afterward, and support the Dive Team on search and recovery. Working alongside the department showed me how many different units it takes to make police work run.
At JMU I study open-source intelligence, threat assessment, and structured analytic techniques. I've put them to work in combined arms simulation exercises, first building intelligence preparation of the battlefield products for JTAC and drone teams, then leading intelligence and operations with autonomous ISR.
Before college I founded WebWise Dynamics, which built websites and marketing for more than 25 small businesses and nonprofits, and ran Service Snap Studios, a photography business recognized by the Virginia Professional Photographers Association. I also DJ as DJ TMack.