Eugene Sawyer
Imagery Analyst Team Lead at Figure Eight Federal- Claim this Profile
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Figure Eight Federal
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Imagery Analyst Team Lead
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Oct 2021 - Present
Arlington, Virginia, United States • Promoted from imagery analyst to team lead within five-month timeframe for exceptional work quality, diligence, and expertise. • Leverage understanding of junior analyst talents and stock of company resources to resolve emergency projects and tasks requiring rapid turnaround. • Ensure high quality of company output by vigorously peer-reviewing the deliverables of junior analysts and foreign channel analysts. • Perform daily briefings to management, sales, engineering and company… Show more • Promoted from imagery analyst to team lead within five-month timeframe for exceptional work quality, diligence, and expertise. • Leverage understanding of junior analyst talents and stock of company resources to resolve emergency projects and tasks requiring rapid turnaround. • Ensure high quality of company output by vigorously peer-reviewing the deliverables of junior analysts and foreign channel analysts. • Perform daily briefings to management, sales, engineering and company president on project completion status, issues, and projections. • Resolve technical, analytical, disciplinary and delivery issues efficiently using own skillset or swift communication to appropriate points of contact. • Train Imagery Analysts to be proficient in full motion video, satellite footage, and imagery intelligence captured in unfamiliar sensor modes. • Use analysis, logic, and research to support SOCOM and HADR machine learning and algorithm efforts through understanding of terrain, light physics, sensor types, foreign culture, and logic.
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Imagery Analyst
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Jun 2021 - Present
Arlington, Virginia, United States
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ECS
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Imagery Analyst
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Feb 2020 - Apr 2021
Fairfax, Virginia, United States • Supported Department of Defense, and Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security's (USD(I&S)) Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team (AWCFT) in Apollo Program by analyzing and labeling imagery for computer vision and machine learning initiative. Initiative is to provide situational awareness to multiple ground, overhead, and aerial imagery types. Objects were identified and labeled with high level of precision based upon defined and expansive ontology. Outputs… Show more • Supported Department of Defense, and Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security's (USD(I&S)) Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team (AWCFT) in Apollo Program by analyzing and labeling imagery for computer vision and machine learning initiative. Initiative is to provide situational awareness to multiple ground, overhead, and aerial imagery types. Objects were identified and labeled with high level of precision based upon defined and expansive ontology. Outputs were used to train, test, and evaluate computer vision algorithms. • Selected to team of 42 of approximately 200 analysts to work on special labeling effort that required expertise or to develop expertise in specific imagery types that were not in program's main lines of effort. • After being raised to a leadership position within the special project, produced highly detailed reference documents to assist project accuracy and led three team meetings to educate all members on ontology. • Selected to co-supervise and prepare a group of 9 junior analysts to rapidly process an emergency surge of 20,000+ jobs with the same accuracy and efficiency expected of more senior analysts. • Created tracking spreadsheet to assist in reporting daily small group productivity data to supervisor. • Active Secret Clearance Show less
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SHINE Systems
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Support Specialist
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Jun 2019 - Jan 2020
Charlottesville, Virginia • Provided direct administrative support to recruiting supervisor, recruiting vice president and director of operations. • Directly supported recruitment for company and clients by datamining databases with SilkRoad and Boolean searches to find most suitable candidates out of selections of more than 200 individuals before following up with emails. • Researched position descriptions and contracts to write effective interview scripts, each around a dozen questions, for senior recruitment… Show more • Provided direct administrative support to recruiting supervisor, recruiting vice president and director of operations. • Directly supported recruitment for company and clients by datamining databases with SilkRoad and Boolean searches to find most suitable candidates out of selections of more than 200 individuals before following up with emails. • Researched position descriptions and contracts to write effective interview scripts, each around a dozen questions, for senior recruitment personnel. • Optimized incoming employee experience by writing researched proposals and practices for collaborative software usage. Show less
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America Reads*America Counts
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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200 - 300 Employee
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Volunteer Assistant
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Sep 2019 - Dec 2019
Charlottesville, Virginia Area • Assisted ELL instructor in teaching non-English speakers the English language. Supported the learning of Farsi, Swahili and Spanish speaking students at various proficiency levels with visual and verbal aids. Maintained timesheets for federal auditing.
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Teaching Intern
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Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
Charlottesville, Virginia Area • Assisted in teaching two 12th grade AP Government classes, and one 12th grade Honors Government class. Incorporated professional strategies from methodology and theory courses from the Curry School of Education in order to best serve student success. Grade assessments and assignments submitted by students, as well as create lessons/lectures for the students. Managed behavior while maintaining a positive environment in the classroom. Enhanced the educational experience with technology… Show more • Assisted in teaching two 12th grade AP Government classes, and one 12th grade Honors Government class. Incorporated professional strategies from methodology and theory courses from the Curry School of Education in order to best serve student success. Grade assessments and assignments submitted by students, as well as create lessons/lectures for the students. Managed behavior while maintaining a positive environment in the classroom. Enhanced the educational experience with technology including Kahoot, Socrative and Google Drive. Show less
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St. Anne's-Belfield School
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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Teacher Assistant
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Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Charlottesville, Virginia Area • Observed instruction of personal finance to 5th grade students. Encouraged and supported students in the learning of (simulated) various insurance payments, interest rates, house mortgages, 401K forms and other personal finance fundamentals. Built positive rapport with students and mentor teacher. Helped to check work completion and supervised students during recess.
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Western Albemarle High School
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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AVID Tutor
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Aug 2017 - Apr 2018
Charlottesville, Virginia Area • Helped high school students develop the critical thinking and problem-solving strategies necessary for college. Facilitated and supported student-led discussion and collaborative feedback in the pursuit of solutions to difficult questions. Motivated reluctant students to practice and refine presentation skills. Cooperated with mentor teachers and other AVID tutors in labor division to best serve various students of equally various subject challenges. Evaluated students on participation… Show more • Helped high school students develop the critical thinking and problem-solving strategies necessary for college. Facilitated and supported student-led discussion and collaborative feedback in the pursuit of solutions to difficult questions. Motivated reluctant students to practice and refine presentation skills. Cooperated with mentor teachers and other AVID tutors in labor division to best serve various students of equally various subject challenges. Evaluated students on participation, attentiveness and preparedness for the mentor teacher’s gradebook. Show less
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English Second Language Tutor
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Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
Charlottesville, Virginia Area • Assisted ELL instructor in teaching non-English speakers the English language. Supported the learning of Farsi, Swahili and Spanish speaking students at various proficiency levels with visual and verbal aids.
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Education
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Curry School of Education and Human Development
Master of Education - MEd, Curriculum and Instruction -
University of Virginia
Bachelor's degree, International Relations and Affairs -
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts - BA, International Relations and Affairs