Experience

US Embassy, Tel Aviv

• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• OSINT TEAM CHIEF

  • Aug 1995 - Present

• OSINT Team Chief (Palestinian/Egyptian/Israeli Arab media)

  • Aug 1995 - Present

  • Setting up the Palestinian Team (2002) and the Egyptian one (2014), managing and training a group of translators and analysts• Collecting information from various sources (press, television, social media), and writing reports on security, political, and economic issues• Briefing senior Embassy and USG officials on various issues, including the media scene and political developments• Developing unique tools for automated data collection (television and internet) and automatic language translation (ALT)• Leading strategic cooperation with members of the US Consulate General in Jerusalem, US Embassy in Cairo, the IDF, and BBC Monitoring• Setting overall strategy for the entire office in collaboration with senior USG officials• Training and supervising dozens of freelances in Israel and abroad Received over 10 awards for leading projects and extraordinary performance during crises 1995– 2002 Translator and Editor (Arabic and Hebrew into English)• Translating and editing reports from the Palestinian media and the Israeli press in Arabic and Hebrew• Writing guides for the Palestinian media and glossaries (Arabic-English) on security and political issues • Working closely with local US representatives and the office manager Show less