James Powers

About

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• Location: Alexandria, United States

Industry experience

Education: Masters

Work experience

• Senior Intelligence Collector, Arabic Linguist

  I led an international team of more than 50 intelligence collectors and 20 native Arabic interpreters from Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan. I oversaw collection and reporting in coordination with partners throughout the intelligence community. I reviewed, edited and published over 1,700 reports.

  US Army

  2004-07-22  - 2009-07-21

• Senior and Principal Analyst

  With the Counter-Insurgency Targeting Program, I led 32 social network analysts in Iraq and Afghanistan, overseeing the design, planning, and development of network analysis projects. I published over 200 network studies and provided strategic and technical guidance to US military leaders.

  SAIC

  2009-07-27  - 2013-01-04

• Graduate Intern for Policy and Government Affairs

  I analyzed the operationalization of results-based payments for REDD+ in support of a consultancy report. I also researched multi- and bilateral finance projects for comparison with the GCF, including the FCPF’s Carbon Fund, NICFI, the BioCarbon Fund’s ISFL, and Germany’s REM Program.

  WWF International

  2015-06  - 2015-08

Taxonomy

• Army
• Intelligence
• Military training
• Other