Samta Savla
Redding
Summary
Highly experienced intelligence professional with nearly a decade of continuous experience in all-source analysis and threat investigations, including over six years within the U.S. Intelligence Community. Core expertise includes rapidly translating complex security, illicit finance, and geopolitical developments into actionable risk mitigation strategies for executive-level government stakeholders. Skilled in advanced OSINT investigation techniques, leveraging analytical tools, and producing high-impact analytical writing to map threat networks and protect critical assets. A proven collaborator who consistently builds interagency partnerships and mentors teams to enhance intelligence-sharing and drive security mission success.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Intelligence Analyst
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Washington
08.2019 - 08.2025
- Collaborative Partnership & Interagency Liaison: Served as the Treasury embedded analyst within Special Operations Command-Pacific (SOCPAC). Worked closely with the SOCPAC and USINDOPACOM counter-threat finance teams and interagency taskforces to synchronize efforts on organized crime issues within the Indo-Pacific region.
- Joint Intelligence Production: Routinely collaborated with US interagency counterparts to produce timely intelligence assessments, drive intelligence collection, and disseminate products to US Government stakeholders and partner nations.
- Protective Intelligence & Briefing: Regularly delivered pre-travel briefings to Treasury Secretary, Undersecretaries, and Assistant Secretaries prior to foreign partner engagements. Briefed senior foreign government officials on money laundering methodologies at strategic bilateral dialogues on illicit finance to further joint anti-money laundering efforts.
- Threat Intelligence & Assessment: Authored intelligence assessments for the President's Daily Brief and delivered high-impact briefings to senior US government leadership including various White House offices, National Security Council, Treasury, and SOCPAC.
- Risk Mitigation & Sanctions: Identified and analyzed illicit financial and sanctions evasion networks using all-source data. Closely supported the development of OFAC sanctions targeting packages to enhance sanctions efficacy.
- Mentorship & Leadership: Mentored and trained junior analysts on intelligence tradecraft and analytic methodologies, fostering a culture of excellence and high-quality intelligence production.
Business Analyst
Salient CRGT
Fairfax
08.2018 - 08.2019
- Performed dual roles as business analyst and project manager for a U.S. government contracted IT project.
- Interfaced between system developers and Client SMEs to ensure that IT designs meet end users' needs.
Foreign and Defense Policy Intern
American Enterprise Institute
Washington
01.2018 - 05.2018
- Researched and identified threat convergence between illicit finance, authoritarian governance, and terrorism networks across East and South Asia, directly informing a major project team.
- Prepared written analytical products focusing on geopolitical and economic trends and their impact on sanctions policy and global risk.
- Analyzed, coded, and structured observational data used to build quantitative models and data visualization tools for security research.
Research Intern
Exiger
Silver Spring
05.2017 - 08.2017
- Conducted comprehensive business due diligence research for clients, focusing on identifying potential risks and undisclosed liabilities within corporate structures.
- Drafted detailed analytical reports on financial risk and sanctions compliance, contributing directly to comprehensive risk assessments and mitigation strategies for high-stakes business environments.
Research Fellow
Institute for Science and International Security
Washington
08.2016 - 05.2017
- Advanced OSINT and Geospatial Analysis: Conducted open-source satellite imagery analysis of nuclear facilities using Digital Globe software to track development and inform high-stakes compliance and security assessments globally.
- Quantitative Threat Index Development: Assisted in developing research methodology and conducted in-depth analysis for the Peddling Peril Index, a comprehensive visualization tool assessing nuclear weapons safeguards and national strategic trade controls for over 200 countries.
- Intelligence Reporting: Prepared finished open-source intelligence (OSINT) products and analytical assessments on critical national security issues, including nuclear weapons policy, terrorism, and nonproliferation.
Education
Master of Arts - Security Studies
Georgetown University
Washington DC05-2018
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Georgia
Athens, GA05-2016
Bachelor of Arts - International Affairs
University of Georgia
Athens, GA05-2016
Skills
- Intelligence & Analysis: All-Source Analysis, OSINT Investigation Techniques, Tactical Targeting Skillsets, Threat Assessment, Protective Intelligence, Risk Management, Intelligence Cycle, Structured Analytic Techniques , Analytic Writing Techniques
- Security & Policy: OFAC Sanctions and Compliance Programs, Illicit Finance, Anti-money Laundering Frameworks and Policies, Transnational Organized Crime Networks, FinCEN Bank Secrecy Act obligations , USA PATRIOT Act
- Tools: Proficient with both government and open source intelligence tools and databases, web-based research tools, social media platforms, satellite imagery softwares
Timeline
Intelligence Analyst
U.S. Department of the Treasury
08.2019 - 08.2025
Business Analyst
Salient CRGT
08.2018 - 08.2019
Foreign and Defense Policy Intern
American Enterprise Institute
01.2018 - 05.2018
Research Intern
Exiger
05.2017 - 08.2017
Research Fellow
Institute for Science and International Security
08.2016 - 05.2017
Master of Arts - Security Studies
Georgetown University
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
University of Georgia
Bachelor of Arts - International Affairs
University of Georgia