Christopher Carson
Ramstein AB, Germany · ccarson@email.com
Summary
- Top Secret/SCI clearance holder since 2007
- Intelligence Analyst/Linguist with 19 years of experience
- Daily use of Agency and IC tools and databases
- Programming experience in Java, Python, and VBA
Education
B.S. Information Technology – Cybersecurity
Excelsior University · GPA: 3.95
A.S. Instructor of Technology and Military Science
Community College of the Air Force
A.S. Applied Intelligence Studies and Technology
Community College of the Air Force
Certifications
MCSD
Skills
Operating Systems
- Ubuntu
- RedHat
- Arch
- Debian
Programming
- Java
- Python
- Visual Basic
- JavaScript
- x86 Assembly
- C/C++
- Shell Scripting
- Jupyter
Data Technologies
Storage Systems
- SQL
- MSSQL Server
- Sybase
- Access
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- CSV
- JSON
- XML
Visualization
- COGNOS
- Excel
- seaborn
Scraping, Cleaning & Manipulation
- Data Scraping
- pandas
- NumPy
Web Technologies
Services
- Apache
- Nginx
- Tomcat
- AWS
Web Applications
- Spring MVC/Boot
- Flask
- RabbitMQ
- Kafka
Templating Languages
- PHP
- ASP
- JSP
- Thymeleaf
- Jinja
Cybersecurity
Traffic / Network Analysis
- Wireshark
- nmap
- Burp Suite
Code Analysis (static/dynamic)
- dbg
- Ghidra
- VirtualBox
Other
- Policy Planning
Analytic Tools & Applications
- MS Office Suite
- DX
- GRAPEVINE
- RAD
- XKS
- CYBERTRANS
- SALEM
Experience
U.S. Government / Department of Defense / Air Force
Cryptologic Operations Manager (NCOIC, Cryptologic Operations)
- Analyzed complex data using mathematical and statistical methods to drive cryptanalytic problem-solving.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including cryptanalysts and intelligence analysts, to share insights and drive collective progress.
- Maintained strict compliance with relevant regulations and directives, ensuring the secure handling and processing of sensitive information.
- Spearheaded the development and debugging of software applications, leveraging expert-level programming and scripting skills to meet stringent technical requirements.
- Coordinated multiple projects simultaneously, demonstrating strong organizational skills and ensuring all deadlines were met.
- Provided foreign language expertise in multidisciplinary projects, leading language-intensive tasks and guiding quality assurance reviews.
Section Lead
- Applied expert knowledge disciplines to support military operations.
- Liaised effectively with internal stakeholders, customers, and foreign partners to understand needs, provide solutions, and resolve technical concerns, demonstrating strong communication and customer service skills.
- Utilized advanced software engineering principles to design, test, and modify applications, ensuring quality assurance, efficiency, and interoperability.
- Collected and processed complex information, applying in-depth analytic methods to select and evaluate relevant data for intelligence analysis.
- Conducted metadata analysis and target development, prioritizing targets based on mission needs and assessing the validity of target-related information.
Instructor
- Collaborated with customers, mission elements, and instructional professionals to ensure the curriculum met stakeholder needs and requirements.
- Developed and implemented training curricula, including content creation and learning objectives, to address identified gaps and enhance overall learning experiences.
Training & Development Supervisor (NCOIC, Training Support)
- Collected and analyzed evaluation data for each learning solution to guide future curriculum development and enhance program effectiveness.
- Conducted regular curriculum audits to ensure courses remained relevant and aligned with mission objectives and industry advancements.
- Leveraged advanced statistical and mathematical methods to extract insights from complex, high-dimensional data, driving informed decision-making processes.
- Collected, analyzed, and reported metrics on training effectiveness, providing data-driven insights to optimize learning outcomes.
Senior Mission Manager
- Provided time-sensitive cryptologic support for operational missions, maintaining situational awareness and responding to national and tactical tasking requirements.
- Developed and executed collection strategies, ensuring comprehensive and accurate data acquisition.
- Applied principles and methods of analyzing and exploiting foreign communications to support intelligence missions.
- Developed and coordinated deployment plans for collection systems, ensuring optimal data acquisition capabilities.
- Applied collection management processes and utilized collection systems to enhance data acquisition capabilities.
- Fostered team cooperation and morale, facilitating effective teamwork and resolving conflicts within and across teams.
- Managed and executed multiple high-value programs, ensuring alignment with corporate strategies and regulatory requirements, spanning the entire lifecycle from design to disposition.
Multidisciplined Language Analyst
- Applied linguistic expertise to identify and exploit language patterns within encoded texts, enhancing information extraction efforts.
- Prepared and presented comprehensive intelligence reports, effectively communicating findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Conducted comprehensive target research and analysis, identifying key communications and essential elements of information within global networks.
- Evaluated transcribed and translated materials for accuracy and completeness, ensuring high-quality intelligence products.
Approved for public release · Case number: RES-2025-14832