Mentor Robert David Steele Vivas
Robert David
STEELE Vivas
E-Mail:
robert.david.steele.vivas@gmail.com
Physical Address:
Virginia
This solid professional has the experience to help guide mentees to a great future.
Robert David Steele Vivas has served
in three of the four Directorates of the Central Intelligence
Agency; served overseas in three consecutive and dangerous tours
as a clandestine service officer under deep cover; helped
program for overhead imagery satellites and support national
signals intelligence programs; managed an offensive
national-level counterintelligence program; and been the senior
civilian responsible for creating the newest U.S. national
intelligence production facility, the U.S. Marine Corps
Intelligence Command. As the founder of Open Source Solutions
Network (OSS.Net), he has inventoried open sources and services
around the globe, trained 7,500 mid-career officers in Open
Source Intelligence (OSINT), and written the original handbooks
for the Defense Intelligence Agency; the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, the Special Operations Forces, and the United
Nations. In 2007 he co-founded Earth Intelligence Network, a
501c3 Public Charity that creates public intelligence in the
public interest, and seeks to create the World Brain and Global
Game.
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EXPERIENCE |
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2006-present CEO (pro
bono) |
Earth
Intelligence Network (501c3
Public Charity)
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Recruited 23
other pioneers to design the
World Brain & Global Game
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Created
strategic analytic model for
global holistic analysis &
integrated gaming
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Trained United
Nations “Class Before One” and
Helped Establish Hybrid Unit
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Published two
foundation books
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COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE:
Creating a Prosperous World at
Peace (2008)
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INTELLIGENCE for EARTH: Clarity,
Diversity, Integrity, &
Sustainability
(2010) |
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1993-2006 CEO |
Open
Source Solutions, Inc. (Virginia
C Corporation)
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Created modern
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
discipline across 90 countries
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Created
first handbooks in the
discipline for DoD, NATO,
Special Forces
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Inspired
creation of new units now
employing roughly 25,000
specialists
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Created
concepts of Smart Nation,
Information Arbitrage,
Information Peacekeeping
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Organized and
managed global conferences
training 7,500 mid-career
officers
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Created
30,000 pages of original content
still online, free, and relevant
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Created
thousands of relationships
across national and
organizational boundaries
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Inspired
sharing across eight “tribes” of
intelligence (academia, civil
society, commercial, government,
law enforcement, media,
military, non-profit)
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Published five
foundation books
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INFORMATION OPERATIONS: All
Information, All Languages, All
the Time (2006)
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THE
SMART NATION ACT: Public
Intelligence in the Public
Interest (2006)
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PEACEKEEPING INTELLIGENCE:
Emerging Concepts for the Future
(2003)
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THE
NEW CRAFT OF INTELLIGENCE:
Personal, Public, & Political
(2002)
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ON
INTELLIGENCE: Spies and Secrecy
in an Open World
(2000)
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Produced OSINT
for the multiple clients with
global needs
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Roughly
$10 million in revenue with one
full-time employee (self)
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From
indigenous local knowledge in 29
languages to global geospatial
and online
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IRS audit
of 2007 found “no change” for an
extremely complex global small
business |
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1975-1996 Special
Assistant Deputy Director Program
Analyst
S-1/Adjutant Company
Executive Officer Platoon
Commander |
United
States Marine Corps
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As
second-ranking civilian (GM-14)
from 1988-1993
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Created
Service General Defense
Intelligence Program (1985-1988)
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Created
Marine Corps Intelligence
Center/Command (1988-1992)
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Managed
Congressional, Departmental, and
Inter-Agency relationships
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As infantry,
intelligence, security/personnel
officer (active 75-79, reserve
79-96)
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On first
tour, chosen from among 25
lieutenants to fill CWO-4
position as S-1/Adjutant,
deploying for six months on six
ships to six countries (1,500
men)
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Selected
to help write Marine Corps
Master Intelligence Plan (MCMIP)
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Promoted
to field grade (Major/O-4) over
course of 20 years in the
Reserve |
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1979-1988
Clandestine Operations Officer
under Diplomatic
Cover—permission received in
1992 to be overtly known to
public |
Central
Intelligence Agency
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Top performer
(top 10% in class, selected for
Mid-Career Course (War College))
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Recruited 25
traitors, managed over 100
clandestine assets, spent
$100K/month
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One of two
officers assigned to penetrate
terrorist target in Latin
America
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Created first
Standard Operating Procedures
for a (Clandestine) Field
Station
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Hand-picked to
pioneer advanced information
technology for entire agency
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Hand-picked to
work for Director of Central
Intelligence in Advanced Program
& Evaluation Group (APEG)
overseeing rest of the
intelligence community |
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EDUCATION |
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1987-1990 3.3 out of
4.0 Distinction |
Naval
War College
Professional Certificate
in Defense Studies
Strategy, Defense
Acquisition & Economics,
Maritime/Joint Operations |
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1985-1987 4.0 out of
4.0 Honor
Society |
University of Oklahoma
MPA in Public
Administration
Thesis on strategic and
tactical national security
information (mis)management |
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1974-1976 3.6 out of
4.0 Research
Fellow |
Lehigh
University
MA in International
Relations
Thesis on predicting
revolution across multiple
dimensions |
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1970-1974 2.6 out of
4.0 Research
Assistant |
Muhlenberg College
AB in Political
Science
Thesis on
multinational corporations and
home-host country issues |
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TRAINING |
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1993-2007 |
Commercial Intelligence &
Security, Futures Issues |
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12/08/1991 |
Intelligence Policy Issues |
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06/05/1989 |
Command & Staff Operations |
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05/02/1989 |
Military Intelligence Analysis |
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06/15/1988 |
Leadership at Sea (Provisional
Offshore D Skipper) |
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06/01/1987 |
Mid-Career Management |
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12/10/1986 |
Information Technology (various
courses) |
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10/06/1986 |
Imagery for Managers |
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07/07/1986 |
Management & Supervision (three
courses) |
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06/09/1986 |
Contract Management |
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04/14/1986 |
Field Station Management |
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03/03/1986 |
Cryptology for Managers |
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02/10/1986 |
Analytic Tradecraft (various
courses) |
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10/17/1979 |
Clandestine Operations (Ops I,
Ops II, PM Basic) |
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09/03/1979 |
Career Trainee Course |
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08/20/1979 |
Security & Classified Materials
Control |
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04/03/1978 |
Administration (Personnel
Management) |
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06/13/1977 |
Amphibious Warfare Operations |
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06/07/1976 |
Security & Classified Materials
Control |
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03/15/1976 |
Leadership in Infantry
Operations |
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GLOBAL |
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1997-1999 |
Luxembourg, South Africa,
Sweden, Denmark, Spain, France,
Belgium, UK (CEO) |
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1994-1995 |
Australia, Singapore, Belgium,
France, Italy, Germany, United
Kingdom (CEO) |
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1980-1985 |
El
Salvador, Venezuela, Panama,
Costa Rica, Colombia (US
Government) |
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1976-1977 |
Okinawa, Japan, Korea,
Philippines (USMC) |
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1954-1970 |
Dutch West Indies, Colombia,
Viet-Nam, Thailand, Singapore,
Global (Exxon Child) |
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LANGUAGES |
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Spanish |
Native fluency originally, speak
and hear 5 level, read 4 level |
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French |
Non-native understand and read
2+, speak 2- |
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ASSOCIATIONS |
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1988-present |
Association for Intelligence
Professionals (AFIO) |
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1989-present |
Founding Member (#010), Marine
Corps Intelligence Association
(MCA) |
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1993-present |
International Association of Law
Enforcement Intelligence
Analysts (IALEIA) |
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1992-present |
Association of Independent
Information Professionals (AIIP) |
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1988-present |
National Military Intelligence
Association (NMIA) |
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