Tradecraft Committee

Evaluates, documents, and promulgates OSINT tradecraft best practices, and recognizes performance excellence.

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Committee Members

Unless specifically stated, U.S. Government employees serving on OSINT Foundation committees and subcommittees are doing so in a personal capacity and do not represent their agency, or the U.S. Government.

		Colin Collins - Chair Mr. Collins is a government civilian advisor on OSINT matters within the Department of Defense, an Adjunct Instructor of OSINT for the University of South Florida, and a volunteer member of the Practitioners Committee for the OSINT Foundation. He has 13 years' experience as an OSINT collector, trainer, and policy advisor at the tactical through strategic levels.
		Mark Kjorness Mr. Kjorness is a 30 year Army intelligence officer veteran and currently serves as the task lead for OSINT collection and exploitation at a major defense contractor for a contract supporting OSINT elements in the Department of Defense worldwide. While in the Army, he served as an intelligence officer at all echelons including assignments as Army Cyber G2, US AFRICOM J2 Molesworth Director, and Deputy Director of NGA Analytic Operations.
		Kirby Plessas Ms. Plessas is founder and CEO of a disabled veteran, woman owned company specializing in OSINT exploitation and training. She began her career in intelligence as an Arabic linguist in the U.S. Military and supported the Defense Intelligence Agency and other IC OSINT elements. She currently supports a number of clients at the Federal, state and local level with OSINT training and was declared an OSINT technical expert by the Department of Homeland Security.
		Sandra Quincoses-Campos, PhD Dr. Quincoses-Campos (Dr. Q) is a senior Threat Intelligence specialist supporting both the public and private sectors. With over 11 years of experience conducing OSINT for U.S. military elements and private companies, she has dedicated more than 9 years to teaching OSINT methodologies to undergraduate and graduate students. She currently serves as an adjunct professor at Florida International University and mentors students at Virginia Tech.
		Chris Rasmussen Mr. Rasmussen is the Tearline Project Manager at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and has been designated as an official DoD Liaison to the OSINT Foundation by the NGA Director. He has served in various OSINT roles in the Department of Defense and the IC for 15-plus years.

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