Richard Wallace

Richard Wallace has extensive work experience in the field of intelligence and security. Richard started their career in the US Army in 1999 as an Imagery Intelligence Technician and later worked as a Geospatial Intelligence Technician in the 1st Infantry Division. Richard then joined the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as a Counter Terrorism Chief. Richard also served as a Geospatial Intelligence Collection Manager in the U.S. Army Europe and Africa, where they managed collection requirements and oversaw intelligence pilot programs.

In their subsequent roles, Richard worked as an Imagery Officer in Charge in the 2nd Infantry Division - Korea, an Imagery Team Lead in the Special Operations Command South and the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Richard managed and supervised teams, produced geospatial intelligence products, and contributed to successful Special Operations.

In their most recent position at Vercara, Richard worked as a Cyber Security Threat Analyst. Richard developed reports on cyber threats, conducted research on attack tools, and delivered threat briefs to customers and internal stakeholders.

Overall, Richard's work experience demonstrates their expertise in intelligence analysis, geospatial intelligence, and cyber security threat analysis.

Richard Wallace's education history is as follows:

Richard attended Western Governors University from 2023 to 2024, where they obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Cybersecurity & Information Assurance.

From 2021 to 2022, Richard attended Kansas State University, where they completed a Cybersecurity Bootcamp.

Richard attended American Military University from 2009 to 2021, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Intelligence Studies with a Concentration in Criminal Intelligence and a Minor in Psychology.

Prior to that, Richard attended Cochise College from 1999 to 2009, where they received an Associate of Arts (AA) degree in Imagery Intelligence.

In addition to their formal education, Richard has obtained several certifications, including:

- Practical Malware Analysis & Triage from TCM Security in December 2022.

- Game Theory Strategy in Cybersecurity from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in September 2022.

- DFIR & Threat Hunting from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in August 2022.

- Offensive Security - Ethical Hacking from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in July 2022.

- Introduction to Python for Security from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in June 2022.

- Cyber Infrastructure & Technology from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in May 2022.

- Cloud Security from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in March 2022.

- Linux Security from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in March 2022.

- Computer Networking from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in February 2022.

- Microsoft Security from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in January 2022.

- ArcGIS Enterprise: Analysis Workflows for Intelligence from Esri in October 2021.

- Get Started with ArcGIS Dashboards from Esri in October 2021.

- Migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro from Esri in October 2021.

- Advanced Operations Course - GEOINT from the US Army in June 2021.

- GEOINT Professional Certification Fundamentals (GPC-F) from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in June 2021.

- GEOINT Professional Certification Imagery Analysis (GPC IA-II) from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in June 2021.

- Joint Targeting Staff Course from The Joint Staff in July 2018.

- Joint Staff Battle Damage Assessment from The Joint Staff in August 2017.

- Joint Staff Collateral Damage Assessment from The Joint Staff in August 2017.

- Geospatial Intelligence Information Management Systems from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in April 2017.