Abhishek S

GSOC Shift Lead and Crisis Intelligence Analyst with 2+ years of OSINT experience supporting global tech operations across Europe, India, Russia, and the CIS. Lead 24/7 GSOC shift operations for a major technology client, supervising a 9-member intelligence team and managing incident triage, escalation, and shift handovers. Deliver real-time crisis intelligence and executive-level assessments to support business continuity, travel risk, and security decision-making.

Skilled in geopolitical risk analysis, OSINT verification, and translating complex threat data into clear, actionable insights.

Shift Lead (Embedded role) at Salesforce (2025-01 – Present)

• Led GSOC shift operations, overseeing incident prioritization, intelligence validation, escalation workflows, and real-time situational awareness during regional crises.
• Produced executive-level threat intelligence assessments focused on threat severity, business impact, and recommended actions; increased India-region monitoring coverage by 40%.

GSOC Intelligence Analyst (Embedded role) at Salesforce (2024-10 – 2024-12)

• Conducted 24/7 APAC threat intelligence monitoring and crisis response, generating 200+ verified alerts monthly on geopolitical, security, and environmental risks using Dataminr, Factal, AlertMedia, and geolocation analysis.
• Automated intelligence reporting workflows, reducing manual analyst effort and accelerating real-time threat dissemination.
• Produced and distributed international security communications, leveraging analytical insights to support informed decision-making and situational awareness.

Research Analyst I (Defence event) at IHS Markit Jane's (2019-06 – 2020-06)

• Created data set of military activities, such as training exercises, border security, combat attacks, statements, ISR operations, CBRN operations of Europe, Russia and CIS Region
• Successfully delivered Azerbaijan and Armenian defense event report to the client.
• Geotagged precise military base location, Training ground, Naval and Air Force bases and very faster rate

Internship at National Institute of Advanced Studies (2018-04 – 2019-01)

• Published the research paper 'The Safety of Digital Democracy (Report No:NIAS/CSS/ISSSP/U/RR/068/2019)'
• Assisted in research and investigation on Indian air power

Masters of Arts in International Studies – Christ University, Bengaluru (2017-06 – 2019-06)

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Maths, Electronics – Christ University, Bengaluru (2014-06 – 2017-06)