Ashley Crawford
Aurora
Summary
Dynamic PMO Functional Specialist at NGA with a proven track record in project management and policy creation. Expert in risk assessment and stakeholder engagement, driving significant security improvements. Recognized for developing innovative training programs and delivering strategic briefings that enhance operational effectiveness and counterintelligence capabilities.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PMO Functional Specialist, Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Springfield
04.2024 - Current
- Lead agency-wide SCRM Program Management Office within NGA's Security & Installations Directorate.
- Oversee policy creation and implementation of supplier risk assessments, insider threat data integration, and enterprise security improvement efforts.
- Guide stakeholder alignment for insider threat correlation across security, legal, and compliance.
MSG / Senior CI Operations NCO
U.S. Army Reserve
01.2009 - Current
- Lead CI Agent / Detachment NCOIC – 752nd MI Battalion (Reserve)
- Creator and lead for Vigilant Defender 23, the largest Army CI exercise held in Puerto Rico with 200+ participants.
- Selected as Soldier of the Year for planning and executing the CI battalion-level culminating training event.
- Supported CI operations at DODIIS Conference, Space Symposium, and other high-profile security venues.
- Directed threat briefings, scenario scripting, HUMINT collaboration, and insider threat education.
Counterintelligence Officer (SIC)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Springfield
10.2020 - 04.2024
- Sole CI officer supporting NGA’s western U.S. presence, establishing the entire CI footprint in Colorado and beyond.
- Represented NGA on FBI’s CI Task Force and Critical Infrastructure Working Group.
- Delivered regional insider threat mitigation, foreign travel assessments, CI inquiries, and strategic briefings.
Counterintelligence Officer
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Springfield
02.2016 - 10.2020
- Counterintelligence Officer assigned to the Africa/ Middle East and Russia/ Europe portfolio; engaged in Counterintelligence analysis, liaison, debriefings, inquiries, foreign travel briefings, supply chain risk management, collection management, operations and awareness training at the DoD Agency level.
- Manages Counterintelligence inquiries and 811 referrals for federal investigations.
- Developed and independently implemented the Africa/ Middle East-foreign visit program.
- Recognized by National Intelligence Manager-Counterintelligence (NIM Near East CI), and the Office of National Intelligence (ONI) as the most forward leaning within, and the desired standard across the intelligence community.
- Independently developed and educated, an initiative-based, analysis name search training to all NGA Counterintelligence professionals of both tools and tradecraft increasing both efficiency and standardization across all Counterintelligence activities program wide.
- Facilitated the development of an initiative-based Counterintelligence education training program improving the overall relationship of the Counterintelligence program and NGA employees, ultimately increasing both reporting and Counterintelligence production of the Africa/ Middle East portfolio.
- Developed and managed the NGA deployment Counterintelligence seminar, receiving accolades from NGA deployers, and deployment management facilitators.
- Provides continued assistance in the development and education of the Counterintelligence new-comers briefing program.
- Assisted in the coordination of an initiative-based interagency working group focused on communication and collaboration of an intelligence community wide problem set.
Counterintelligence Agent Subject Matter Expert Instructor
US Army, 99th Regional Support Command
Fort Devens
04.2015 - 12.2017
- Served as Counterintelligence Agent Subject Matter Expert Instructor: planned, executed, supervised and participated in training and examination in all key career-field functions.
- Assisted in the production and implantation of Counterintelligence Special Agents Course material for all Reserve Counterintelligence Agents in training for the 35L Counterintelligence Agent Career field.
- Trained Counterintelligence Agents and aligned all course material with demanding real-world requirements in imminent areas of operations across a wide spectrum of geographic regions and mission categories.
- Qualified and trained in advanced interrogation and interviewing techniques, tactical and strategic level report writing, and report management and quality control.
Senior Counterintelligence Analyst
US Army Office of the Provost Marshall General
Washington
04.2015 - 02.2016
- Produced classified and unclassified terrorist threat briefing slides, memos, annual threat messages, assessments, and fused products from correspondence with law enforcement professionals, intelligence reports, and trend analysis.
- Produced a wide range of classified and unclassified police intelligence products for global customers.
- Conducted classified and unclassified research and provided police intelligence related analysis of trends as directed.
- Supported military-specific intelligence on terrorism indications and warning combined with fusion of law enforcement information into finished products in support of force protection activities.
- Prepared and presented time sensitive police intelligence updates, written and verbal, to senior Army leadership (both civilian and uniformed military) and acted as an advisor on terrorism matters.
- Prepared and conducted formal briefings to senior Army leaders.
- Coordinated Army related police intelligence and analysis as required with the Office of the Provost Marshall General and other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies as necessary.
- Coordinated with DoD and national intelligence agencies as necessary (i.e., CIA, DIA, NCTC, FBI, etc.).
Counterintelligence Agent
US Army, 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion
Bagram Airfield
04.2014 - 04.2015
- Counterintelligence Agent, detecting, identifying, mitigating, and neutralizing foreign intelligence and terrorism efforts directed against US Army personnel, information, equipment and mission.
- Counterintelligence Agent in charge of the daily publication and corrections to include all IIRs for the six Counterintelligence teams across northeastern Afghanistan for Counterintelligence collections.
- Authored the Regional East Reports Standard Operating Procedure which was passed across all Counterintelligence platforms in Regional Command-East and IJC’s Counterintelligence platform to use as the standard.
- Counterintelligence Agent assigned to the Operational Management Team Insider Threat and analysis Cell for Bagram Airfield; provided integrated, proactive threat collection, analysis and reporting concerning terrorism, intelligence and espionage that impacted Regional Command-East Afghanistan.
- Ambitiously managed full spectrum US Army Counterintelligence activities and responsibilities.
- Expeditiously provided Counterintelligence support to 3-10th Mountain Division and IJC assigned to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Lightning and Camp Clark to identify, neutralize, and exploit potential inside the wire threats to Coalition Forces and Afghan National Security Forces.
- Thoroughly conducted research, formulated elaborate analytical assessments, planned and created operational plans for approval to detect, identify, and neutralize potential insider threats or attacks.
- Deliberately applied advanced interrogation and interviewing techniques, tactical level report writing, and report management and quality control.
- Oversaw/ managed implementation of Threat Awareness and Reporting Program and ensured readiness with regard to Insider Threat.
- Efficiently capitalized mission readiness and response to incidents by ensuring open lines of communication through direct collaboration/ liaison efforts with local Afghan National Army members and US military assets on FOB Lightning.
- Promoted to next higher rank during deployment receiving added responsibility and duties.
Counterintelligence Lead Network Analyst
United States Army / Counterintelligence Analysis Cell – Afghanistan (CIAC-A)
Fort Devens
01.2013 - 04.2015
- Recognized for distinguished participation in the largest Counterintelligence mission in theatre, served as Lead Network Analyst for the combined Network Development team, briefing weekly the Commanding General of Afghanistan.
- Conducted intricate research to monitor, pinpoint and neutralize potential insider threats or attacks.
- Authored analytic summary reports to identify, reduce and neutralize Counterintelligence threats to US installations in Afghanistan.
- Generated comprehensive pattern analysis for strategic use by Counterintelligence Agents in Afghanistan.
- Declassified information, products and documents for all systems-dissemination.
- Refined personalized products for Counterintelligence Units operating in Afghanistan.
- Strategically supported Counterintelligence collection operations.
- Diligently processed SIGINT capabilities and requests for information.
Counterintelligence Agent
US Army, 345th Military Intelligence Battalion, 513 th Military Intelligence Brigade
Fort Gordon
08.2009 - 11.2013
- Served as Sergeant, Counterintelligence Agent: planned, executed, supervised and participated in training and examination in all key career-field functions.
- Training aligned with demanding real-world requirements in imminent areas of operations across a wide spectrum of geographic regions and mission categories.
- Qualified and trained in advanced interrogation and interviewing techniques, tactical and strategic level report writing, and report management and quality control.
- Successfully executed surveillance in urban and rural operational settings.
- Gained international experience: deployed to Camp Virginia, Kuwait in 2012, CI screening support for CAT I, II, III linguists, upon return, award received with an 'above all peers' justification.
- Deployed to Amman, Jordan in 2012 to support EAGER LION, a bi-lateral multination military exercise: provided Force Protection, liaised with Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Marine Corps Counterintelligence and the Force Protection Detachment at the US embassy, Amman.
- Successfully completed temporary duty assignment in Burbank, California in 2012, supporting Army Operational Security Detachment (AOSD) surveillance mission.
- Accomplished full spectrum training of US Army Counterintelligence exercise (QUANTUM SOLACE, Camp Bollis, TX) Superior Performance Rating 'out performed all peers'.
Education
M.S. - Organizational Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Innovation & Change
University of Denver
Denver, COB.S. - Public Service, National Security & Intelligence Analysis
Excelsior College
Albany, NYSkills
- Project management and policy creation
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Security improvement and counterintelligence
- Stakeholder alignment and engagement
- Training program development
- Analytical thinking and solution implementation
- Strategic briefing and innovation management
Certification
- Insider Threat Behavioral Models
- SEI-CERT Insider Threat (In Progress)
- Advanced CI Investigations
- Red Teaming
- CI/CT Analysis
- FBI & DoD Liaison Training
- JCITA
- Foundry
- PCASS
- Analysis of Competing Hypotheses
- TARP
- CIAC-A Certified
Relevant Experience
- Direct experience operationalizing insider threat detection using behavioral models, cross-functional input, and CI methodology.
- Skilled in stakeholder engagement across HR, Legal, Security, and IT for risk reduction.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead high-visibility security programs and influence organizational security culture.
Clearance
Active Top Secret / SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph
Awards
- U.S. Army Soldier of the Year (CI Leadership & Execution)
- NGA Commendation for CI Operations Excellence
- Senior Rater: 'Most Qualified' on NCOER (Top 20%)
- Commended for leadership of Vigilant Defender 23, CI innovation, and interagency collaboration
Technical Skills And Tools
Splunk, Sentinel, Palantir, SailPoint, M3, TAC, Analyst Notebook, SIPR, JWICS, IC Reach, Firetruck, Harmony, eGuardian
Timeline
PMO Functional Specialist, Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
04.2024 - Current
Counterintelligence Officer (SIC)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
10.2020 - 04.2024
Counterintelligence Officer
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
02.2016 - 10.2020
Counterintelligence Agent Subject Matter Expert Instructor
US Army, 99th Regional Support Command
04.2015 - 12.2017
Senior Counterintelligence Analyst
US Army Office of the Provost Marshall General
04.2015 - 02.2016
Counterintelligence Agent
US Army, 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion
04.2014 - 04.2015
Counterintelligence Lead Network Analyst
United States Army / Counterintelligence Analysis Cell – Afghanistan (CIAC-A)
01.2013 - 04.2015
Counterintelligence Agent
US Army, 345th Military Intelligence Battalion, 513 th Military Intelligence Brigade
08.2009 - 11.2013
MSG / Senior CI Operations NCO
U.S. Army Reserve
01.2009 - Current
M.S. - Organizational Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Innovation & Change
University of Denver
B.S. - Public Service, National Security & Intelligence Analysis
Excelsior College
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