Hennessey Herrera Resume
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Hennessey Herrera Resume

HENNESSEY HERRERA
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EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin, B.A. International Relations, Arabic minor (3.79 GPA) Austin, TX
Self-financed college and graduated in three years, Dean’s Honor List recipient (awarded to top 4% of class)

Tel Aviv University, Middle East and Conflict Studies Summer Program (4.0 GPA) Tel Aviv, Israel
Classes in Islamic Politics & Terrorism, Arab & Israeli Conflict

WORK EXPERIENCE
AEI’s Critical Threats Project,? Intelligence Analyst Intern (Washington D.C.)
CTP is an institute that collects and analyzes OSINT to advise policymakers, the military, and the public on security issues
- Leveraging high-tech data modeling to collect OSINT at 5x CTP’s standard rate across both Arabic and English sources
- Writing and publishing weekly intelligence summaries on terrorist activity in Yemen, read by prominent decisionmakers
- Briefing CTP’s lead analysts weekly on terrorism trends in Yemen, utilizing the BLUF method and fielding questions
- Developing software tools in Python to aid in Arabic analysis, to be used by internal teams and a partner organization

International Studies Abroad, ?Service-Learning Intern (Austin, TX)
The SL program partners with 100+ NGOs in 10 countries and is dedicated to community-based learning and service
- Recognized by VP for identifying and leading engagement strategy to boost user engagement online
- Analyzed business intelligence trends and scouted 25+ organizations to increase clientele and global reach by ~5%
- Conducted comparison study on background check systems to slash prices and processing time by half

Spectrogram, ?Product Manager (Austin, TX)
Silicon Valley software platform for the music industry simplifying booking, promoting, and distribution
- Increased outreach throughput 6x by creating a CRM/marketing funnel to mass manage clients and communications
- Served as company’s recruiting function, designed onboarding process, and scaled the company threefold
- Created a market segmentation and real-time feedback cycle with representation from each segment

Innovations for Peace and Development, ?Research Affiliate (Austin, TX)
Data-driven research program endorsed by the World Bank and IMF that informs policy and academia on global issues
- Analyzed and aggregated 300+ studies on conflict zones, defining ~200 dimensions which were coded as variables
- Performed statistical analysis using R on a team of 10 to identify areas where further research needs to be conducted

Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, ?Board Member (Austin, TX)
One of twelve appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to oversee juvenile justice programs across the state of Texas
- Youngest appointee to have been personally selected by Governor Abbott to provide insight on rising generations
- Responsible for over $2.5 million in program funds during the 2017 through 2019 calendar years
- Increased trust in law enforcement by 40% and decreased recidivism rates by 30% in underprivileged communities

Texas Governor’s Office, Criminal Justice Division, ?Intern (Austin, TX)
Selected as intern program leader, directly worked with law enforcement to confirm ethical treatment of minors
- One of two ensuring compliance for all of Texas’ ~2000 law enforcement agencies, the third most in the nation
- Trained three employees in order to meet impending deadline, identified which agencies required corrective action
- Overhauled the monitorization system to comply with new state requirements, doubling the amount of database info

TCBY, ?Manager Austin, TX
- Promoted twice at a frozen yogurt shop to pay for college while full time student and graduated debt-free in three years

Speech and Debate?, Coach, Guest Lecturer Austin, TX Nationally qualified NCFCA competitor, then coach and guest lecturer on effective communication
- 2x persuasive champion of Texas/Oklahoma, 2x regionally qualified “ironman” in 5 speech + debate events


SELECTED PROJECTS
Arabic Learning Tool -- ?Wrote Python software to scrape/translate/process Arabic articles, optimizing for relevant vocab

Capstone Research Paper -- ?On foreign intelligence services stealing IP from US businesses/universities, totaling 25 pages

Global Terrorism Database Visualization -- ?Including data analysis on terrorism trends, totaling 7 pages

Arab Refugee Student Mentorship Program -- ?Integrated Arabic-speaking elementary school students into Austin ISD


RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Intensive Arabic I, II, & III, Japanese I & II, Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Intelligence and National Security, Arab and Israeli Conflict, Islamic Politics and Terrorism, Modern Egypt, Middle Eastern Studies, Literature/Media of the Arab Spring, International Relations Capstone Research, History of US-Foreign Relations, Ethics of International Relations, International Relations and Global Studies

SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Languages (e.g. Arabic), software engineering (e.g. Python), criminal justice, Microsoft Office, G Suite, classical piano, literature, swing-dancing