Foreign Media /Translator/Analyst/Researcher/ Resume

Desired Industry: Military	SpiderID: 12048
Desired Job Location: Los Angeles, California	Date Posted: 3/31/2007
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 09/01/2007
Desired Wage: 84,000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel:
Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors	Willing to Relocate: Yes

Objective:
After a 26-year career with the Open Source Center, under the U.S. Government Office of the Director of National Intelligence, DNI, I am seeking to obtain a challenging contractor position that will utilize my extensive experience in open source information gathering and exploitation as well as my unique skills to add value to the operations of any organization or government that would require my expertise

Experience:
MY MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

My commitment, hard work, and dedication have been noted and recognized with numerous awards over the years:
An Exceptional Performance Award for Outstanding Performance in the Face of Adversity for working through the 16-20 January 2006 violent street protests in Cote d�Ivoire. (2006)
An Exceptional Performance Award for Outstanding Performance in OSC Abidjan Bureau Operations and Management. (2005)
A Team Award for Crisis Coverage during the November 2004 events in Cote d�Ivoire. (2004)
A Team Award for Outstanding Coverage of the 2003 POTUS Visit to Senegal and Nigeria. (2003)
A March 2003 Exceptional Performance Award for Outstanding Virtual Coverage of the September 2002 coup attempt in Cote d�Ivoire. (2003)
An Exceptional Performance Award for superior accomplishment and outstanding work accomplished during media survey tdys to three different countries and in hostile environment. (May 2002)
A Team Award for Superior Work in Sustaining and Developing Operations during 7 months of political Unrest in Cote d�Ivoire. (July 2000-January 2001)
An Exceptional Performance Award in 2000 for Outstanding Work, Commitment, and Dedication to U.S. Mission during the 1999 coup.
Certificate of Special Achievement. (1998)
Certificate of Distinction for outstanding performance of duty. (1995)
Meritorious Citation for outstanding performance in covering numerous crisis situations in coverage area. (1981-1986)

MY EXPERIENCE

April 1981-November 2006:
Foreign Media Translator/Analyst, Open Source Information Specialist, Open Source Center, Abidjan Bureau, c/o U.S Embassy, Abidjan, Cote d�Ivoire.

October 1975-April 1981:
Executive Director for Administration and Human Resources, Societe Generale d�Entreprises Nigeria Limited [a French civil engineering company], Bauchi, Nigeria.

May 1974-October 1975:
Media Monitor/Translator, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, FBIS [now Open Source Center], c/o US Consulate, Kaduna, Nigeria.

October 1972-May 1974: High school teacher [French and English] Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

Education:
MY EDUCATION

Certificat d�Aptitude Professionnelle
[Associate degree] in Education, French, and English, Ecole Normale Superieure, Republic of Benin, 1972

Baccalaureat de l� Enseignement Secondaire, College Pere Aupiais
[High School Diploma], Republic of Benin, 1970

MY OTHER TRAINING

1. Analytical Tradecraft course, Abidjan, 2006
2. Internet Data Mining training by Consultant Russ Haynal, 2005 [http://navigators.com]
3. Maps Acquisition Skills training, OSC Abidjan, 2005
4. Multimedia Production training, OSC, Abidjan, 2005 [Creating video clips, capturing video from TV and the internet, editing audio and video clips, adding voiceover and subtitles to video clips]
5. BrightPlanet�s Deep Internet Searching Skills training, OSC, Abidjan, 2005
6. Crisis Management training, American Embassy, Abidjan, 2001
7. Supervisory Skills training, American Embassy, Abidjan, 1998
8. Becoming a Net Power User training, Washington, 1997
9. Using The Internet training, Washington, 1996
10. Supervisory Skills training, Warsaw, Poland, 1996

Skills:
MY SKILLS

On daily basis, monitored, translated, and provided content analysis of commercially available local print media (newspapers, magazines, newsletters, news agencies, specialized publications etc�) television and radio programs, press agency dispatches, Internet websites, blogs, discussion forums, for current events and breaking news in 20 African countries.
Covered the following pre-defined collection criteria: political, economic, terrorism [serving as a first line of defense] military, crime, human rights, health, narcotics, proliferation, environment, migration, energy, telecom, technology, environment, media, and gray literature collection.
Edited on daily basis large volume of news items processed from French, English, Spanish, and dozens of African languages by local contractors, without losing idiom and nuance in translation.
Mentored 12 in-house junior open source information officers in sharpening their expertise in open source collection, timely and accurate processing, and appropriate dissemination to U.S. Government analysts and policymakers.
Developed, trained, and managed a reliable cadre of 32 open source information contractors scattered in west and central Africa, including in risk areas.
Provided real-time information support to analytical efforts on regional and transnational topics of interest to U.S. Government analysts and researchers.
Created and e-mailed audio and video actualities of breaking news stories to the British Government�s BBC Monitoring [http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk]
Crafted several open source Value Added Products for high-profile U.S. Government intelligence consumers, to support decision making, planning, and operations. Some of these VAP�s included the �Friday Sermons Highlights� -- a compilation of sermon topics discussed at various local mosques across west and central Africa -- Country Profiles; and Election Guides.
Planned and implemented source signals cruising projects in coverage area.
Planned and carried out on regular basis media surveys in countries in coverage area.
Contributed multimedia/enriched content to the daily updating of the Africa Page of the OSC website.
Maintained situational awareness of west and central African events at all times.

Reference:
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Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Jacques Ahouansou
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City: Los Angeles	Fax: -
State: California
Zip: 90019
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