Lukas Kneeland
New Wilmington
Summary
Proven leader with extensive experience in security and intelligence operations, managing diverse disciplines across complex environments. Adept at building and sustaining relationships with tribal, local, state, federal, and foreign government officials to advance mission objectives. Skilled in optimizing operational processes and implementing effective business solutions that enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Brings strong expertise in project management, strategic planning, and process improvement, with a consistent record of delivering measurable results. Recognized for analytical acumen, problem-solving ability, and driving positive outcomes that strengthen organizational performance.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Analyst
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Quantico, VA
06.2025 - Current
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
- Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
- Generated ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.
- Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
- Generated reports detailing customer business structures based on open source information and business analysis tool suites
- Provided unbiased results of research into business vulnerabilities based on the NISPOM
Counterintelligence Cyber Threat Analyst
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Quantico, VA
04.2019 - 06.2025
- Counterintelligence Cyber Threat Analyst in the Cyber Counterintelligence Analysis Branch
- Liaise with stakeholders to include the National Industrial Base, Law Enforcement Counterintelligence agencies, Intelligence Community, and both government and security agencies
- Share actionable cyber threat information used to detect, disrupt, and deter cyber adversarial activity in the cleared industrial base
- Steering development of a tool suite used to identify threats to cleared industry in open internet space
- Coordinating between industry and agency on several major national cyber threats
- Colonial gas pipeline, Solarwinds, Hafnium, and more
- Utilized a wide range of cyber capabilities and CI disciplines to directly support cleared industry immediate and ongoing threats
- Development of multiple briefs regarding threats, capabilities, and trends to give to audiences across multiple government agencies and partners
- Developed SOPs and products used to identify threats to cleared industry and current trends on an ongoing basis
- Helped in establishing the CI Cyber Analysis branch
- Selected for this mission to support the new team lead in establishment of the new branch
- Contributed to efforts leading to the receipt of NCSC's Countering Technical and Cyber Threats Team Award, 2020
- Supported ongoing investigations
- 2 time top rated employee in division in 3 years of employment
- Wrote various reports from NIPR to JWICS covering all intelligence topics
- Shared Indicator Bulletins, Threat Vulnerability Reports, Intelligence Information Reports, White Papers, Trends products, etc.
Counterintelligence Briefer/De-Briefer
Global Resource Solutions, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
08.2016 - 04.2019
- Sole CI Agent providing support for greater than 2,000 employee agency with constant foreign travel and foreign contacts
- Built the entire counterintelligence program within JIDO from nothing, ensuring compliance with government standards and policies
- Completed thousands of foreign travel/contact briefings and de-briefings
- Resulting in IIRs from all ranges of intelligence
- Maintained ongoing awareness of the goings on throughout the world and the present news and climate for official and unofficial foreign travel
- Provided mandatory compliance briefings for all agency personnel while maintaining accountability of requirements and updating briefings and agency policy
- Periodically conducted counterintelligence and force protection assessments of DTRA and DoD facilities and programs globally
- Implemented new procedures for foreign contact and briefings in JIDO space to increase counterintelligence operations
- Regularly used foreign intelligence and security service expertise to facilitate organization and agency missions
Counterintelligence Operations Planner/Agent Supporting Defense Attache Service
BAE Systems, DIA HQ
01.2016 - 08.2016
- Conducted counterintelligence reviews of defense attaché liaison contact files making recommendations for source reliability
- Conducted analysis of global human intelligence operations with recommendations to senior leadership for actions to be taken
- Planning and execution of CI functional services
- Daily compilation of intelligence for inclusion in senior US government briefing packets on the current global intelligence situation
- Member of several panels for intelligence collection efforts targeting priority intelligence requirements
- Conducted review of defense attaché intelligence reports for collection focus and value of gained information
- Team member on several projects for foreign collection activities US collection operations overseas
- Maintained several databases for collection activity and monitoring of foreign collection activity targeting US assets abroad
- Developed and delivered regular briefings on the counterintelligence collection efforts focusing on the Asian theater or operations
Counterintelligence Analyst
SIX3 Systems (CACI), Bagram, Afghanistan
11.2014 - 12.2015
- OMT Counterintelligence Analyst for Task Force Disruptor, Task Force Cyclone, and Task Force Odin
- Worked with TCOP, Palantir, HOTR, M3, Coral Reef, BI2R, and a host of other intelligence information databases
- Created and updated multiple trackers for monitoring source operations, productivity, progression towards recruitment, and metrics monitoring
- Direct analytical support to counterintelligence and human intelligence teams throughout Afghanistan in all facets of operations
- Reviewed and provided analytical insight on hundreds of reports for multiple theater wide operations
- Built target packets for targets of interest in intelligence operations and provided source packet reviews for counterintelligence and human intelligence operations
- Established and maintained cooperative relationships across military branches and intelligence disciplines to foster information sharing across branches, disciplines, and entities
- Part of several Counterintelligence and insider threat investigations across branches and directly supporting multiple task forces
- Re-established interdisciplinary insider threat working groups in support of Bagram Airfield base security and insider threat operations
- Coordinated and lead multi-entity and discipline intelligence efforts in country
- Assessed as the top analytical support by teams, peers, and supervisors in theater of operation
Counterintelligence Special Agent
US Army
Fort Bragg
01.2013 - 11.2014
- Provided counterintelligence support to force protection units stationed at Fort Bragg, NC
- Planned, led, and executed multiple temporary duty assignments in support of training exercised for multiple intelligence discipline units
- Supported local field office investigations
- Trained units for deployment in multiple environments on intelligence operations, security practices, and procedures
- Led multiple surveillance and counter-surveillance support missions in support of various units and candidates assessments
- Briefed units on security and counterintelligence, annual counterintelligence requirements, and foreign intelligence threats in the operating environments
- Planned and conducted Counterintelligence assessments through researching, reviewing, evaluating and organizing CI investigative analysis in the production and presentation of reports and assessments focusing on all threats in a focused area
- Researched, reviewed, edited, planned, prepared, and integrated all-source CI studies, plans and products in order to contribute to all-source CI products for command and local Counterintelligence organizations
- Provided direct support to counterintelligence investigations
- Served as army representative on tasks with functional or multi-disciplinary emphasis involving counterintelligence issues
- Screened, analyzed, and processed correspondence and communications directed to command elements
- Produce products and briefings based on gathered intelligence and communicated through personally created slides shows base on foreign intelligence threats in the area of responsibility
- Identified critical Counterintelligence information for inclusion in appropriate counterintelligence community databases
- Prepared and presented briefings regarding Counterintelligence issues to a large array of audiences, both internal and external to the immediate area of responsibility
Counterintelligence Special Agent
US Army
Republic of Korea
12.2010 - 12.2012
- Created and Implemented 300-page multi-faceted security procedure leading to improved and more effective use and access of classified information and zero loss or compromise of classified and sensitive information
- Led multiple counterintelligence investigations and conducted source and subject interviews coordinating efforts with supporting entities across multiple countries and agencies
- Developed liaison operations between Camp Humphreys, Korea military units leading to 100% increase in the reporting of security violations and possible threats to US interests in the republic of Korea
- Led Liaison team conducting operations and meetings with high level Republic of Korea government increasing the cooperation and effectiveness between the US and the Republic of Korea
- Fulfilling strategic national level intelligence collection requirements
- Directed multiple threat analysis and vulnerabilities tests, writing summations of the finding and presenting them to the commander
- Identified trends within assigned operational area and proposed analytical projects to alert command elements to new developments and to meet Commanders intelligence requirements
- Identified critical counterintelligence information for inclusion in appropriate counterintelligence community databases
- Identified information gaps, and proposed counterintelligence requirements to meet current and anticipated counterintelligence needs for the operational area
- Prepared written CI reviews of planned and current law enforcement or CI investigations and support activities
Team Leader Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence Collection Team
US Army
Afghanistan
05.2011 - 12.2011
- Operated in Parwan Province, Afghanistan for U.S. Forces in Afghanistan for 1st Cavalry Division, and the Republic of Korea Provincial Reconstruction Team as the Human Intelligence Collection Team leader, Counterintelligence Agent, and analyst exerting strategic and tactical influence in all facets of operations
- Liaised with local military commanders, Special Mission Units, multi-nation government officials, host nation military commanders, and local and national law enforcement leaders
- Supported multiple multi-national operations
- Conducted base-wide screening operations and counterintelligence review of indigenous work force
- Planned, coordinated and conducted multiple conferences between multiple nations and agencies
- Managed small team on Republic of Korean base in Afghanistan providing logistical, personnel, and material support
- Identified trends within assigned operational area and proposed analytical projects to alert command elements to new developments and to meet Commanders intelligence requirements
- Conducted source review and assessment review of sources existing prior to assumption of mission with planned and implemented plan for attaining new sources
- Extensive analytical targeting of high profile personnel in the region for missions conducted in conjunction with multi-national forces in the area
- Responsible for intelligence operations and efforts in area of operation and in support of multi-national operations
- Responsible for the production and review of hundreds of intelligence reports and review of reporting prior to publication
- Increased productivity, operations, and responsibilities tied to team operation in Afghanistan
- Conducted tactical and strategic level intelligence operations
- Directly improved relations with the Republic of Korea due to support operations conducted in theater of combat and in direct support to the forces deployed in theater
Non Commissioned Officer
US Army
Fort Dix
10.2007 - 12.2009
Specialist, Nuclear Biological Warfare Specialist
PA Army National Guard
Hermitage
09.2004 - 09.2009
Specialist
US Army
FOB Grizzly
09.2006 - 10.2007
Education
LDP Tier 1 - Leadership Development Program
DCSA
Quantico, VA01.2020
Associate of Applied Science - Intelligence Operations
Cochise Community College
Sierra Vista, AZ01.2015
Counterintelligence Support to Force Protection -
Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Course
Fort Huachuca, AZ01.2014
Counterintelligence Collections -
US Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Course
Fort Huachuca, AZ01.2014
Advanced Counterintelligence Collections Course -
JCITA
Quantico, VA01.2013
Joint Source Validation Course -
US Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Course
Fort Huachuca, AZ01.2012
Counterintelligence Special Agent Course -
US Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Course
Fort Huachuca, AZ01.2010
Skills
- Intelligence
- Leadership
- Security
- Surveillance
- Communications
- Analytics
- Technical Support
- Source Operations
- Written Communication
- Counterintelligence
- Cyber Operations
Accomplishments
- Increased Relations with Foreign Counterparts (multiple countries and settings)
- Counterintelligence Threats Reports for US base on Foreign Soil (x3)
- Counterintelligence Vulnerability Assessments for Events (x7)
- Counterintelligence Threat Assessments for Buildings (x12)
- Unit Level Physical Security Procedure
- Liaison Meetings (thousands)
Clearance
Top Secret SCI w/ CSP
Timeline
Business Analyst
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
06.2025 - Current
Counterintelligence Cyber Threat Analyst
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
04.2019 - 06.2025
Counterintelligence Briefer/De-Briefer
Global Resource Solutions, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
08.2016 - 04.2019
Counterintelligence Operations Planner/Agent Supporting Defense Attache Service
BAE Systems, DIA HQ
01.2016 - 08.2016
Counterintelligence Analyst
SIX3 Systems (CACI), Bagram, Afghanistan
11.2014 - 12.2015
Counterintelligence Special Agent
US Army
01.2013 - 11.2014
Team Leader Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence Collection Team
US Army
05.2011 - 12.2011
Counterintelligence Special Agent
US Army
12.2010 - 12.2012
Non Commissioned Officer
US Army
10.2007 - 12.2009
Specialist
US Army
09.2006 - 10.2007
Specialist, Nuclear Biological Warfare Specialist
PA Army National Guard
09.2004 - 09.2009
LDP Tier 1 - Leadership Development Program
DCSA
Associate of Applied Science - Intelligence Operations
Cochise Community College
Counterintelligence Support to Force Protection -
Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Course
Counterintelligence Collections -
US Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Course
Advanced Counterintelligence Collections Course -
JCITA
Joint Source Validation Course -
US Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Course
Counterintelligence Special Agent Course -
US Army Counterintelligence Special Agent Course
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