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Daniel Brennan

Intelligence Analyst

Turning scattered information into clear, actionable judgement

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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.

Work Experience

Northern Risk Intelligence - Ottawa, Canada

Intelligence Analyst January 2018 to Present 8 years & 7 months

Turn scattered information into clear, decision-ready assessments for clients facing security and risk decisions.
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

Produced intelligence assessments and reporting within a government agency, building tradecraft over several years.
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.
Education

Carleton University

MA in International Affairs & Security (September 2011 to June 2013)

Master's in international affairs and security covering geopolitics, security studies and analysis. The programme built the subject expertise and analytic grounding intelligence work requires. It led directly into analysis roles.

University of Ottawa

BA in Political Science (September 2007 to June 2011)

Degree in political science covering government, international relations and research methods. The study built strong analytical and research foundations. It set the path into intelligence and security analysis.
Highlights

Assessments that drove decisions

Produced assessments that informed major security and risk decisions for senior decision-makers. When leaders act on your analysis in high-stakes situations, it is the clearest proof the work was both trusted and sound.

Raised the analytic bar

Built an analytic process that improved the team's rigour and reduced bias in its judgements. Strengthening how a team reasons, not just one report, lifts the quality and credibility of everything it produces.
Analytic Process Improvement

Analytic Process Improvement

Intelligence Analyst (January 2021 to September 2021)

Designed and embedded a structured analytic process for the team covering source weighting, competing hypotheses and confidence levels, which improved the rigour and consistency of the assessments the team produced.
Certifications

Structured Analytic Techniques Certification

Intelligence Studies Institute (January 2016 to Present)

Professional certification in intelligence tradecraft and structured analytic techniques covering source evaluation, bias mitigation and assessment to a recognised standard, underpinning disciplined, objective analysis under uncertainty.
Technical Skills
  • Intelligence Analysis
  • Source Evaluation
  • Structured Analytic Techniques
  • Threat Assessment
  • Open-Source Intelligence
  • Assessment Writing
  • Briefing
  • Geopolitical Analysis
  • Pattern Analysis
  • Risk Analysis
Langauges

English (US)

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

French

Full Professional Proficiency

Arabic

Limited Working Proficiency
Personal Info

Location

Ottawa, Canada

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Male

Notice Period

1 month

Date of Birth

1989-09-12
Personal Skills

Objectivity

Rigour

Clear Writing

Judgement

Composure

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