RESUME

 

SCOTT BENNETT

email: armypsyop@outlook.com

23 RailRoad Ave., #23

Danville, CA 94526

office: 925-391-0407

OBJECTIVE

 

Synthesize my past military and leadership aggressiveness, my research, writing and public speaking skills, and my fearless imagination to multi-dimensionally enhance an organization’s vision, talents, networks, and opportunities for success. 

 

MILITARY SERVICE:

United States Army Officer (Reserve—2009 to present): 11th Psychological Operations Battalion, (AIRBORNE), U.S. Civil Affairs-Psychological Operations Command. Duties: Officer in Charge (OIC), S-1 (Administrative Section); Commander’s Adjutant; Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Officer; Investigations Officer; Equal Employment Opportunity Officer (EEO)

 

PAST SECURITY CLEARANCES: TOP SECRET/ SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTALIZED 

INFORMATION (TS/SCI/JWICS)

 

SKILLS

 

MILITARY: Intergovernment agency Liaison Officer; Psychological Warfare-Civil Affairs; Counterterrorism Operations;

 

HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION/CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRAINING: San Jose Police Department

 

EXECUTIVE: Director of Special Projects; International Embassy Relations; Team Management; Marketing; Sales;

 

PUBLIC SPEAKING: military command briefings; business management presentations; academic teaching; political

 

WRITING: scholarly papers; legal briefs; intelligence analysis; creative (advertising, fiction, film, game); politicalRESEARCH: market development; human terrain mapping; legal; public policy; target audience analysis;

 

COMPUTER: Microsoft Office; LULU Publishing; Blogspot; HTML web page design; Linux;

 

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

 

EDUCATION:

A.A./ Associates Degree, (Sacramento State University): Marketing

 

B.S./ Bachelor of Science Degree (San Jose State University): Major--Advertising (with double major: Film Production) Minor—Spanish;

 

M.A./ Master of Arts Degree (George Mason University): International Commerce and Public Policy; Thesis—“Psychological Warfare in Peacekeeping and Economic Development Operations”

 

Intelligence Analyst Certification: United Nations Peacekeeping Institute

 

Ph.D. /(ABD) Degree (The Catholic University of America): Political Theory (ABD); Publications: “Social Science Data Correlating Behavioral and Psychological Character” (The Heritage Foundation, http://www.familyfacts.org/)

 

Dissertation:  "Military-Intelligence Contractors, Swiss Banks, and Terrorist Threat Financing Networks and Operations"

 

LANGUAGES:

Spanish: Fluency in reading, writing, and conversation (Castilian) French: Reading

 

Internships:

20th Century Fox Studios, Hollywood, CA; Dark Horse Entertainment

 

CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS:  JURIS DOCTORATE/ LAW SCHOOL

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON (BAH):

 

January 2008 to May 2010. Duties—Global Psychological Operations Analyst—provide contract services to military combatant commands around the globe in Psychological Warfare, Islamic counterterrorism, threat finance, and sociological analysis of intelligence materials.

 

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND (CENTCOM):

January 2010 to May 2010—Joint Interagency Operations Center. Duties—Counterterrorism Operations, Threat Finance Analyst: provided consulting services in Intelligence data analysis, Psychological Warfare theory, Islamic terrorism, and financial analysis. Researched, analyzed and developed theories, models, personality profiles, combat strategies, and intergovernment coordination for discovering, tracking, and destroying terrorist financial sources, couriers, banks, and networks. Worked closely with all U.S. Military, Government, Intelligence and Law enforcement agencies (CIA, NSA, DIA, DOJ, Treasury, State, and others).

 

U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (SOCOM):

 

January 2008 to September 2008—Joint Military Information Support Center. Duties—Liaison Officer for U.S. Special Operations Command to Combatant Commands, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Dell Dailey, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Developed Psychological Warfare analysis and products for implementation in U.S. State Department areas of operation, EUCOM, and AFRICOM.

 

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICE (State/CT):

 

January 2008 to September 2008. Duties—Liaison Officer for U.S. Special Operations Command to State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Dell Dailey. Coordinated all Combatant Commands’ Psychological Operations products, services, and operations with U.S. and Foreign Embassies around the world. Designed Army Psyop Teams for deployment to assist in U.S. Embassy counterterrorism, CIA substations, and military attachés and information support teams.

 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (FEDERAL GOVT):

December 2003 to January 2008 (President G.W. Bush Administration). GS-12 employee and Chief of Staff for Clarence Carter, Director of Office of Community Services. Duties—advance President’s Domestic Policy Agenda and Initiatives in economic development, family and marriage, health and energy programs. Developed and coordinated counterterrorism fusions into various HHS programs and networked with Pentagon/ Dept. of Defense personnel.

 

HERITAGE FOUNDATION (THINK-TANK): 2002 to 2003. Social Science Research Fellow. Duties—research and write papers, presentations, and Congressional public policy recommendations. Transition into HHS.

 

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: 1999 TO 2001. Director of Special Projects, Mason Enterprise Center. Duties--Manage international economic development and foreign direct investment team of analysts. Contracts with U.S. Agency for International Development/ CIA; Oxford Intelligence in Europe and Asia.