Mark Louthan

Experience

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  Central Intelligence Agency

  Apr 2005 - Jul 2014

  Used qualitative and quantitative methodologies to evaluate the value of the assets CIA was assessing to protect, the threat(s) and vulnerabilities to the asset(s), and recommended mitigation strategies to protect these assets. Led stakeholder discussions and authored numerous high visibility risk assessments for senior CIA management to include an assessment that analyzed the threats and overall risk of technical and terrorist attack associated with the Director, CIA’s use of a charted aircraft and provided recommendations to protect D/CIA. Show less

  • Senior Counterespionage Analyst

    Jul 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Risk Analyst

    May 2010 - Jul 2012

  • Polygraph Examiner

    Apr 2006 - May 2010

  • Investigator

    Apr 2005 - Apr 2006
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  National Reconnaissance Office

  Jun 2014 - Mar 2016

  Counterintelligence Division Unit Chief (detailee)

  Managed the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Counterintelligence Division Collection Unit’s (CID/CU) authorship and dissemination of Information Intelligence Reports (IIR) to ensure information gleaned was responsive to Department of Defense counterintelligence collection requirements.Shaped a culture of accountability and innovation through the creation of a mission statement, the streamlining of old, and creation of new counterintelligence practices, and through the identification and elimination of critical procedural failures.Co-led an enterprise-wide effort to retool and enhance the CID’s network for reporting foreign travel, contacts, and counterintelligence anomalies. Led the CID/CU’s raw intelligence collection efforts resulting in publication of more intelligence reports in two years than in all previous years combined since the collection code was established in 1999.Supervised staff temporary tour of duty schedules and resources, as well as set appropriate performance expectations and provided recurring feedback. Show less

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  National Security Council, The White House

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2017

  Deputy Director of Security and Counterintelligence (detailee)

  Provided daily oversight of the National Security Council (NSC) staff’s security and counterintelligence programs, direct briefings and written support to senior NSC leadership, and orchestrated security and counterintelligence deliberations across the Executive Office of the President (EOP). Managed the NSC Continuity of Operations Program (COOP) including the establishment and review of NSC Directorate Mission Essential Functions, leading multiple COOP event exercises and serving as the NSC’s Chief of Staff during the 2017 Eagle Horizon national level exercise.Co-authored policy for the EOP for the establishment of an Insider Threat Program.Led multiple complex inter-agency counterintelligence investigations.Analyzed and took action on physical threat information to protect EOP personnel and assets. Show less

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  Central Intelligence Agency

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2018

  Senior Policy Officer

  Served as a corporate integrator for CIA’s Office of Security (OS) in the development, coordination, and promulgation of security and counterintelligence policy and guidance in forums across the Intelligence Community (IC) and with other government agencies.Served as a lead member of the Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency (DD/CIA) working group on unauthorized disclosures of classified national security information. Provided co-authorship of recommendations to the DD/CIA on the best practices to minimize, thwart, and mitigate the damage caused by unauthorized disclosures.Established and maintained extensive and productive working relationships across the CIA and IC that resulted in bringing about consensus on language to promulgate agency policies to the CIA’s Deputy Chief Operating Officer and CIA workforce.Directed, reviewed, edited, and delivered advice and guidance on policy related matters to CIA senior management and validated alignment of draft CIA policies with IC Directives and Standards. Show less

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  Capital One

  Jul 2018 - May 2020

  Senior Director, Operational Risk & Oversight, Insider Threat Risk Management Program

  Led several high performing teams responsible for performing second line risk management activities to manage and remediate the risk of internal fraud and anti-bribery & corruption across the enterprise.Developed and implemented policies, standards, and procedures establishing and codifying governance frameworks for the internal fraud, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, and critical assets programs to effectively manage insider risks across the enterprise. Served as the primary interface between Capital One’s Internal Fraud Control Program (IFCP) and the Office of Comptroller and Currency (OCC), ensuring a successful regulatory exam and remediation of OCC’s findings. Managed the IFCP’s development of enterprise level metric reporting; and, managed all operational insider risk reporting to the Board. Show less

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  Business Intelligence Advisors, Inc.

  May 2020 - now

  Manage overall team effectiveness and run day-to-day training and advisory operations.Work across the organization to assist with overall corporate goals. Analyze corporate discloses, including scripted and non-scripted statements, uncovering critical intelligence gaps and concealed risks providing clients with actionable intelligence to make appropriate investment decisions and plan for more robust risk mitigation activities. Provide advisory interview preparation to clients leveraging BIA’s Tactical Behavior Assessment methodology resulting in clients generating qualitative insights into key performance factors.Provide detection of deception and strategic interviewing training for investor, private equity, human resources, and audit clients increasing the quantity and quality of information they collect and resulting in more profitable business decisions. Show less

  • Senior Vice President and Behavioral Expert

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Behavioral Expert

    May 2020 - Aug 2023