
Daniel Brennan
Intelligence Analyst
Turning scattered information into clear, actionable judgement
Intelligence analyst with ten years turning scattered information into clear, decision-ready assessments for a government agency and now a private risk firm in Ottawa. Pulls together fragmented data from many sources, separates signal from noise, and produces honest, well-reasoned analysis that decision-makers can actually act on under uncertainty. Produced assessments that informed major security and risk decisions and built an analytic process that improved the team's rigour. Collects and evaluates information from multiple sources, analyses patterns and threats, writes clear assessments, briefs decision-makers, and applies structured analytic techniques. Rigorous, objective and a clear writer under pressure. Looking for a senior intelligence-analyst or risk-analysis role with an organisation that values disciplined, honest analysis.
Northern Risk Intelligence - Ottawa, Canada
Intelligence Analyst January 2018 to Present 8 years & 7 months
Produced assessments that informed major security and risk decisions and built an analytic process that improved rigour.
Collect and evaluate information from many sources, weighing reliability and separating real signal from noise.
Analyse patterns, actors and threats, building honest judgements that hold up rather than telling clients what they want.
Write clear, well-reasoned assessments under deadline, making complex situations understandable for busy decision-makers.
Brief decision-makers directly and answer hard questions, standing behind the analysis and its level of confidence.
Government Security Agency - Ottawa, Canada
Analyst July 2013 to December 2017 4 years & 6 months
Collected and analysed information and applied structured analytic techniques, learning the discipline rigorously.
Learned source evaluation, analysis and assessment writing on the job across more than four years.
Gained the experience and tradecraft that led into a senior analyst role in private risk intelligence.
Carleton University
MA in International Affairs & Security (September 2011 to June 2013)
University of Ottawa
BA in Political Science (September 2007 to June 2011)
Assessments that drove decisions
Raised the analytic bar
Analytic Process Improvement
Intelligence Analyst (January 2021 to September 2021)
Structured Analytic Techniques Certification
Intelligence Studies Institute (January 2016 to Present)
- Intelligence Analysis
- Source Evaluation
- Structured Analytic Techniques
- Threat Assessment
- Open-Source Intelligence
- Assessment Writing
- Briefing
- Geopolitical Analysis
- Pattern Analysis
- Risk Analysis