Timothy Brown
16049 Arbela Drive
Whittier, California 90603
(703) 307-7579
Email: tim@globalsecurity.org
Objective:
A paralyzed veteran seeking a full-time position utilizing my skills, abilities, and talents. I am a resultsdriven individual and take great pride in a job well done. I have superior skills in a variety of areas and
would be an asset to an Employer in many areas.
I have an interest in: Imagery Analysis, GIS, or a defense or intelligence career and private-sector clients
in the Washington, DC.
Experience
Senior Analyst with over ten years experience pioneering techniques that merge the disciplines of
imagery analysis, intelligence analysis, open-source research, GIS and web publishing to bring valueadded imagery intelligence to private-sector clients, the news media, and the public.
Director / CEO WWW.Talent-Keyhole.com
Aug 2004 - Present
A consultancy that provides private-sector clients with finished analytical products using open-sources,
declassified aerial and satellite imagery, commercial satellite imagery of military and WMD-related
facilities.
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Directed a staff of three junior imagery analysts in the production of Regional Military Analysis Study
of Air, Naval, Ground Force, and WMD-related facilities of a Country of Interest for a private-sector
think tank.
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Provided analytical and other technical support to assist private-sector clients in developing a generic
WMD facility imagery collection plan, with an emphasis on the hard targets such as Russia, China,
Iran, North Korea, and Syria.
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Developed and wrote a 1,000 page open-source Imagery Analysis Training Manual for use as a
reference for mid-level imagery analysts and as course material to train imagery analysis students at
a major think tank.
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Provided metrics to facilitate private-sector clients to dynamic tasking and re-tasking of commercial
imagery new-collect orders of WMD-related facilities.
Supervision
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Recruited and trained new personnel in the art of imagery analysis, using a combination of skill sets,
and techniques, to operate software and equipment.
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Provided direction to junior imagery analysts in work methods, procedures and standards of quality
and quantity.
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Estimated production time requirements and assigned work to junior imagery analysts to ensure
effective use of resources.
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Performed Quality Control functions for each production task.
WMD Grants Manager District of Columbia, Emergency of Management Agency
Aug - Sept 2004
The DC Emergency Management Agency coordinates the city's response to disasters, emergencies,
severe weather conditions, and other catastrophic events. It works closely with other emergency
response agencies, including the Metropolitan Police Department and the District of Columbia
As WMD Administrative Services Manager, worked with representatives from DC response agencies, as
well as DCEMA stakeholders to enhance the District’s WMD preparedness through planning,
coordination, exercise development, and providing emergency operations support.
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Developed and enhance WMD response plans
Executed Budget Plans and Program Status Reports
Provided Emergency operations support
Senior Associate, Pike Consultants, LLC
2001-2004
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Was a paid consultant and provided imagery support to ABC World News, ARD German TV and Fox
News for their on-air military analysts during the UNMOVIC inspection process and current through
major combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom within the constrains of the news cycle.
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Provided support, included order of battle updates, terrain analysis, and near-real time bomb-damage
assessment using commercial satellite imagery.
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Produced finished imagery intelligence reports to private-sector clients on WMD facilities in Russia,
China, and the DPRK, using commercial imagery, declassified Corona, and open sources. Provided
imagery analysis and interpretation support to Newsweek, Time, USA Today, The Washington Post,
The New York Times, and The New York Post.
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Managed in-house commercial imagery database of GeoEye and DigitalGlobe satellite imagery of
Iraq, North Korea, and coalition facilities in the CENTCOM AOR.
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Intimately familiar with all aspects of commercial satellite imagery products, including IKONOS,
GeoEye-1, QUICKBIRD, Worldview-1, ImageSat, SPOT 5, NGA CIB, LANDSAT, as well as
declassified products: CORONA, HEXAGON, GAMBIT, U-2, and SR-71 imagery at the National
Archives.
Senior Fellow, GlobalSecurity.org
2001- Present
Public Eye Project
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Produced finished imagery analysis of Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and missile facilities, located in
China, India, Iraq, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Russia.
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Provided imagery analysis and interpretation support to Newsweek, Time Magazine, US News and
World Report, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The New York Post.
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Contributed to the high internet traffic rate of the Globalsecurity.org Website using Picture of the
Week analysis of key newsworthy facilities. Currently, Globalsecurity.org ranks about 1,236 on the
web according to QuantCast.com, with 1.4 million uniques, and 3.9 million page views per month.
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Provided imagery analysis of the 2006 North Korean nuclear test near Chik-tong, 40 kilometers north
of the town of Kilchu.
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First to locate and characterize the CIA black-site northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan near the
abandoned brick factory known as the “Salt Pit” first reported by Dana Priest of The Washington Post.
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Monitored the 2006 and 2009 North Korean missile launches at Musudan-ri and co-authored a 2008
report for Jane's Defense Weekly on North Korea's new missile launch site at Tong Chang-dong.
Media Visibility - Regular commentator on defense and intelligence matters. Has conducted interviews
on ABC World News, Nightline, CNN, FOX News, The BBC, National Public Radio, The History Channel,
The Learning Channel, and The Discovery Channel and has been recently quoted in The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Associated Press. Has been frequently quoted in national and
international newspapers and magazines. Was recently interviewed by National Geographic Explorer TV
for an upcoming program on the threat of nuclear proliferation. Provided imagery analysis of nuclear
facilities in Iran and North Korea.
Imagery Analyst - Federation of American Scientists
1997-2000
Public Eye Project - Produced finished open-source imagery analysis of Nuclear, Biological, Chemical,
and missile facilities, in China, India, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, North Korea and the former Soviet Union.
Pioneered the use of declassified KH-4 Corona, U-2 and the then newly available high-resolution
commercial satellite imagery in open-source intelligence analysis.
First to use of commercial high-resolution satellite imagery to characterize--
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The Musadan-ri Missile Test facility, DPRK
The Yongbyon Nuclear Facility, DPRK
The Khushab Reactor, Pakistan
The BARC Nuclear Reactor Complex, Trombay, India
The IRBM Missile Garrison, Sargodha, Pakistan
The Groom Lake Flight Test Center (Area 51), Nevada
Assistant Editor, Eagle Research Group
1990-1991
Edited the monthly Terrorist Threat Assessment Newsletter for Department of Energy security managers.
Aircraft Crew Chief, USAF, Spangdalhem AB, Germany
Performed launch and recovery and overall maintenance for F-4E/G tactical aircraft.
1982-1986
Education
B.A. International Studies
May 1990
The American University, School of International Service, Washington, D.C.
Concentrations: The US Intelligence Community, US National Security and Foreign Policy
Skill Sets
Cartography, imagery interpretation, intelligence collection management, terrain analysis, Order of Battle
analysis, open-source research, digital photography, web design, HTML. Has provided taped and live onair interviews, and is a subject-matter expert on satellite imagery analysis, general military topics, US
Special Forces, continuity of government, and presidential security in the post-911 environment.
Software
ERDAS Imagine, Powerscene, ESRI ARC GIS 9.1, Adobe Photoshop, USGS EarthExplorer, Earthview
Pro, NGA online imagery archive.
Relationships
ABC NEWS, Fox News, CNN, Associated Press, The New Yorker, National Geographic, The History
Channel, The Discovery Channel, NHK TV, Jane’s Defense Weekly, GeoEye, DigitalGlobe, SPOT Image,
Eastview Cartographic, and ESRI.
Work Ethos
A highly motivated advocate and practitioner of the use of commercial satellite imagery as a means to
inform public opinion. Can work collaboratively or autonomously with little need for direction or
supervision. Can generate a Power Point presentation rapidly. A workaholics, workaholic. Weekend: two
days to work uninterrupted by phone calls and meetings. Time required taking raw imagery of the U’nha2 missile launch on 5 April 2009, from Musadan-ri to upload to the web: 90 minutes.