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Costanzi, Amanda Page 1 of 3 Amanda Suite Costanzi San Antonio, TX 78238 (210) 273-7986 [email protected] CAREER SUMMARY Versatile professional and U.S. Navy Veteran with 18 years’ experience in the intelligence field in conventional and special operations, with expertise in data collection and analysis; reporting; training and developing personnel; program management; and curriculum development. Experienced Spanish and Portuguese Linguist. Over 12 years of training experience, serving as an instructor in Cryptologic Spanish and as an Adjunct Faculty Member for NSA. Over 10 years of supervisory experience, managing up to 30 direct personnel. Strengths include goal oriented; adaptable; ability to develop relationships at all levels of an organization; and serving as “the Fixer” for programmatic, personnel, and skill gap issues. Active Top Secret / SCI with CI poly (expires May 2019). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE United States Navy Feb 1997 – Current Battle Watch Leading Chief Petty Officer Jul 2015 – Current Supervised a tactical 24/7 watch floor in support of national customers. As a Subject Matter Expert, trained and mentored Sailors in watch floor operations. Qualified over 20 personnel ensuring proper manning and operational requirements were met. Managed over 30 Sailors. Site Director / Lead Instructor JUN 2011 – JUL 2015 Responsible for all instructors and students attached to the Cryptologic school site. Developed course curriculum and testing materials, oversaw classroom instruction, maintained systems, and responsible for all administrative functions. Decreased on the job training time by 50% with 100% certification rate after graduation. Increased mission readiness by over 400%.

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Page 1: Amanda Costanzi Civilian Resume

Costanzi, Amanda Page 1 of 2

Amanda Suite CostanziSan Antonio, TX 78238

(210) 273-7986 [email protected]

CAREER SUMMARY

Versatile professional and U.S. Navy Veteran with 18 years’ experience in the intelligence field in conventional and special operations, with expertise in data collection and analysis; reporting; training and developing personnel; program management; and curriculum development. Experienced Spanish and Portuguese Linguist. Over 12 years of training experience, serving as an instructor in Cryptologic Spanish and as an Adjunct Faculty Member for NSA. Over 10 years of supervisory experience, managing up to 30 direct personnel. Strengths include goal oriented; adaptable; ability to develop relationships at all levels of an organization; and serving as “the Fixer” for programmatic, personnel, and skill gap issues. Active Top Secret / SCI with CI poly (expires May 2019).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE United States Navy Feb 1997 – Current

Battle Watch Leading Chief Petty Officer Jul 2015 – CurrentSupervised a tactical 24/7 watch floor in support of national customers. As a Subject Matter Expert, trained and mentored Sailors in watch floor operations. Qualified over 20 personnel ensuring proper manning and operational requirements were met. Managed over 30 Sailors.

Site Director / Lead Instructor JUN 2011 – JUL 2015Responsible for all instructors and students attached to the Cryptologic school site. Developed course curriculum and testing materials, oversaw classroom instruction, maintained systems, and responsible for all administrative functions. Decreased on the job training time by 50% with 100% certification rate after graduation. Increased mission readiness by over 400%.

Senior SIGINT Geospatial Analyst AUG 2010 – MAR 2011Provided Special Forces team commanders and operators with actionable intelligence through the development and training of numerous insurgent targets throughout OUTCONUS AOR. Directly supported multiple separate SIGINT Terminal Guidance operations by providing SIGINT activity during all phases of missions in support of successful operations against High Value Targets. Conducted Target Development; analyzed and disseminated strategic, technical reports to fleet and national consumers. Facilitated intergroup communications to reducing turnaround time to customer by 30%. Created a standard format for all future intelligence reports.

Command Language Program Manager NOV 2008 – JUL 2010Responsible for language requirements, training and testing for over 1500 Sailors. Scheduled and secured funding for over 90,000 hours of language training. Created individual language training development plans for over 250 Sailors. Increased command readiness by 15% and raised the number of linguists who met or exceeded

standards by over 20%. Responsible for a 1.5 Million Dollar budget, with zero issues.

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Digital Network Intelligence Analyst/Supervisor/Instructor NOV 2005 – NOV 2008Conducted open source analysis, target development, isolated and refined network mapping and data mining. Created training plans for new missions and developed training aids for all aspects of mission. Processed analyzed and analyzed vast quantities of intelligence data files. Trained over 200 personnel ensuring mission readiness. Responsible for creating two new missions from the ground up. Missions were stood up on time and

with full mission capabilities in place.

Operator/Supervisor/Trainer/Senior Spanish Linguist NOV 2000 – NOV 2007Deployed on numerous platforms in support of national level missions. Performed transcription, processing, analysis, and reporting of intelligence in support of maritime and national requirements. Responsible for all quality control, maintenance, exams, and qualification boards. Improved Job Qualification Requirement completion rates by 500% in one quarter. Increased mission readiness by 57%.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelors of Science, Liberal Arts, Excelsior College (May 2017)

Associates of Art, Spanish, Defense Language Institute

COMP TIA A+ Certification, 2016

Instructor Qualified, Lackland AFB, 2010

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2011-Present: Volunteer, Operation Comfort

2013-Present: Alumni, Wounded Warrior Project

2016-2017: Member, American Legion

HONORS AND AWARDS

Navy and Marine Commendation Medal Navy and Marine Achievement Medal (4) Joint Service Achievement Medal Expedition Warfare Specialist Enlisted Information Warfare Specialist Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist