Britton Hopper

Course Instructor at Evangelical Christian Academy
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Colorado Springs Area
Languages
  • German Limited working proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Counterintelligence Special Agent
    US Army
    Aug, 1998
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Course Instructor
      • Aug 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Armed Forces
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Special Assistant to the NORAD & USNORTHCOM Intelligence Director (J2); Army Senior Service Rep
      • Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

      Special assistant to the NORAD & USNORTHCOM Intelligence and Information Director (J2) responsible for advising the Director on all Army-related matters to include talent management (Active and Reserves), equipping, training, and personnel services. Advises on Headquarters, Department of the Army (DA) programs, policies, and initiatives impacting the Commands, and assists the Director in engagements with DA G2 and Army Service Component Commands G2s. Serves as the N&NC Commanding General's senior intelligence officer for command directed information security investigations.

    • Chief, Intelligence Analysis and Production Division (J22)
      • Jul 2019 - Jan 2022

      Led a combined and joint (US/CAN) Intelligence Analysis and Production Division for NORAD & USNORTHCOM consisting of 124 personnel. Responsible for providing strategic to tactical analytical support to CCDR, Staff, Components, & Subordinate elements to meet Indications & Warning, Homeland Defense, & Defense Support of Civil Authorities ITO maximize decision space; establishes & executes federated Program of Analysis ISO requirements; synchs production across Component Commands; oversees execution of $420K budget; and manages all aspects of Division facility, systems, & personnel strength requirements. • Excel within the division to oversee intelligence analysis/production, training, HR and security across two major commands, guiding senior military/civilian leaders and subordinate regional/military service components on indications and warning for tactical threats versus the United States and Canada• Work with the Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA), delivering analytic support in the primary zero-defect operational mission set• Supervise a team of 125 professionals, working together to offer strategic support to multi-command, four-star headquarters to meet defense goals pertinent to global aerospace, cyber, maritime and terrorist threats• Partner with DSCA authorities to positively impact military posture and responses• Create an analysis program an advanced training program, enhancing quality and capacity of analysis production by 30%; have overcome threat obstacles while reducing time requirements by 40%, saving 3.5 full-time equivalents and incurring $274K in annual savings• Team with stakeholders to refine intelligence and interagency processes, allowing for seamless strategic planning and production; work together on validating mission criteria and incorporating new technology and designs• Collaboratively create new procedures to bolster efficacy in evolving settings; revamp teams to address requirements in the most effective manner possible

    • Director, Intelligence Operations Division (J23), CFC C2/USFK J2
      • Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

      Director for the J2 Intelligence Operations Division, US Forces Korea/Combined Forces Command/United Nations Command (USFK/CFC/UNC). Responsible for leading and synchronizing intelligence operations, to include Indications & Warning, across the three commands to include synchronizing operations with component and subordinate intelligence elements/organizations, ROK MND/JCS, INDO-PACOM JIOC, US DOD/JCS J2, and national intelligence agencies during armistice, crisis, and war. USFK lead for combinedintelligence force modernization and Strategic Alliance transformation planning, to include the Yongsan Relocation Program, Conditions-based OPCON Transfer Plan, and Joint Reserve Component augmentation program, and oversight for a $19M DIA-funded annual organizational budget. Leads a joint workforce of 60 military, civilian and contract personnel.• Furnished divisional leadership, guiding HR and fiscal management, including training 80+ team members in handling intelligence operations• Managed facilities for 300+ staff members in total• Directed intelligence during armistice and crisis with the DoD, ROK Minister of Defense/Joint Chiefs of Staff, INDO-Pacific Command, and National intelligence agencies • Modernized the intelligence force and transformed strategic alliances, mentoring the organization through design and contracting for $15M renovations and staff relocations• Noted misaligned intelligence and operations organization and formed action teams to assess viable solutions

    • Director, All-Source Analysis & Warning Division (J22), UNC U2/CFC C2/USFK J2
      • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

      Director for the All-source Analysis & Warning Division of the Joint Intelligence Operations Center-Korea (JIOC-K) within the Intelligence (J2) Directorate of United States Forces Korea (USFK), the Combined Joint Intelligence Operations Center-Korea (CJIOC-K) of the Combined Intelligence (C2) Directorate of the Combined Forces Command (CFC), and the nascent Multinational Intelligence Operations Center-Korea (MIOC-K) of the United Nations Command (UNC) forward-stationed in the Republic of Korea (ROK) conducting continual, multinational, joint, strategic and operational analysis to provide indications and warning in order to provide space and time and answer information requirements in support of the Commanding General, the joint, combined, and multinational staffs, and subordinate component commands; supervises approximately 180 service members, Defense Intelligence Agency civilians, and Department of Defense contractors.• Excelled across the division to organize all-source analysis/warning, human resources, finance operations and training for 180 staff members • Offered analysis and production to support I&W and senior leader decision making• Delivered important intelligence reports to senior decision makers, working under pressure due to North Korea testing numerous ballistic missiles and weapons• Worked well under pressure amidst incursions into the UN-controlled Han River Estuary, along with incidences of cyberattacks and North Korean soldier defection• Established conditions for the 2018 Inter-Korean and subsequent US-DPRK summits • Organized the return of domestic soldier remains from the Korean War by offering full-scale intelligence analysis

    • Graduate Student
      • Jul 2016 - Jun 2017

      National Defense University/National War College mission is to educate future leaders of the Armed Forces, Department of State, and other civilian agencies for high-level policy, command and staff responsibilities by conducting a senior-level course of study in national security strategy.The curriculum emphasizes the joint and interagency perspective. Reflecting this emphasis, 59 percent of the student body is composed of equal representation from the land, air, and sea (including Marine and Coast Guard) Services. The remaining 41 percent are drawn from the Department of State and other federal departments and agencies, and international fellows from a number of foreign countries.• Awarded the Master of National Security Strategy and Joint Professional Military Education Level II• Project lead for upgrading the NWC Army Commemorative Hallway, the first time in over ten years• Conducted an Individual Strategic Research Project focused on India which resulted in a comprehensive and coherent US-India strategy• Developed a regional U.S. security strategy by integrating detailed analysis of India's containment strategy towards China and input from in regional officials, private and governmental agencies

    • Senior Intelligence Officer / Observer Coach Trainer
      • Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

      • Directed a team that furnished training support to Army, Corps and Division Commanders and their teams across Unified Land Operations at the Army Forces & Service Component Command, Joint Forces Land Component Command and Combined-Joint Task Force levels• Mentored and trained 500+ intelligence staff, offering expertise on doctrinal intelligence, analysis and synchronizing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance at tactical and operational levels while supporting global contingencies • Motivated and led observer-trainers to the U.K. in support of the British Army’s Command, Staff and Tactical Training Group (MCTP equivalent), developing trust by offering honest performance assessments

    • Battalion Commander
      • Jul 2013 - Jul 2015

      • Acted as a Senior Executive leader to oversee a military and civilian battalion of over 250, operating in 32 geographic areas over 65K square miles in TX and NM• Determined operational, administrative, logistical, financial and quality-of-life conditions to achieve recruiting missions• Offered stewardship of resources, managing a budget of $750K and $1M in property• Maintained an organizational climate rooted in leadership, teamwork, innovation and ownership as building blocks

    • Chief Operations Officer
      • Jul 2010 - Jul 2013

      Chief Operations Officer, 902nd Military Intelligence Group (Counterintelligence) • Oversaw daily and big-picture processes including investigations and analysis for the DoD’s largest counterintelligence (CI) organization featuring representation across 50 locations• Supervised the development and technical writing of the now-mandated Threat Awareness and Reporting Program (TARP), which trains personnel to identify insider threats within their organizations

    • Chief Executive Officer
      • Jun 2009 - Jul 2010

    • Chief Operations Officer
      • Jun 2008 - Jun 2009

    • Chief, All-Source Analysis
      • Jun 2007 - Jun 2008

    • Command, Staff, and Developmental Assignments
      • Dec 1993 - Jun 2007

    • United States
    • Armed Forces
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • US Army Soldier - Military Police
      • Aug 1991 - Dec 1993

Education

  • National War College
    Master's degree, National Security Studies - Asia
    2016 - 2017
  • U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
    Courses, Military Operational Art and Science/Studies
    2006 - 2007
  • University of Oklahoma
    Master's degree, Human Relations
    1997 - 1997
  • Colorado State University
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, History
    1989 - 1993

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