Poni Bernard Lima

Highly accomplished Security Intelligence Executive with over 25 years of combined experience directing high-stakes intelligence gathering, risk mitigation, and threat analysis across corporate industrial security, Department of Defense (DoD) military, and law enforcement environments. Proven track record bridging technical operations with executive decision-making to build proactive, data-driven security risk strategies. Expert in leading analyst teams, optimizing operational workflows, and protecting critical infrastructure, high-value physical assets, and highly sensitive data.

Counterintelligence (CI) Analyst Support - CHEROKEE INSIGHTS, LLC. - Pasadena, CA

(2024-05)

• Risk Operations: Manage executive analytical alerts using Foreign Visitor Name Checks and Suspicious Contact Report (SCR) Analytic Triage workflows to isolate threat vectors.
• Infrastructure Protection: Analyze global supply chain risks and foreign intelligence threats targeting critical domestic infrastructure, utilities, and emerging technology sectors.
• System Integration: Utilize NISS, CHROME, and PALANTIR to identify technical capabilities gaps and neutralize adversary operations targeting cleared operational assets.
• Executive Presentation: Synthesize raw all-source data into concise Intelligence Information Reports (IIRs) and strategic briefings for senior defense leadership and board-level risk committees.

Senior Counterintelligence (CI) Trainer (35L) - TRIDEUM CORPORATION - Fort Huachuca, AZ

(2022-10 - 2023-11)

• Workforce Development: Authored, audited, and delivered comprehensive training programs covering strict compliance protocols, intelligence operational workflows, and corporate security postures.
• Policy Management: Revised complex institutional Lesson Plans and Training Support Packages to eliminate operational compliance deficiencies and standardize training delivery.

Counterintelligence (CI) Vetting Specialist - MID-ATLANTIC PROFESSIONALS INC, SSI - Baghdad, Iraq

(2021-05 - 2022-10)

• Personnel Security: Directed high-stakes personnel vetting programs to clear or deny facility access, successfully mitigating insider threats to high-value, high-risk infrastructure.
• Information Sharing: Coordinated real-time threat-actor watchlists and intel updates with Regional Security Officers to ensure unified situational awareness and threat mitigation.

Senior Armed Counterintelligence (CI) Support Specialist - CACI INTERNATIONAL - Laghman Province, Afghanistan

(2019-05 - 2020-05)

• Program Oversight: Managed strict quality assurance and quality control programs, overseeing the distribution of high-priority work assignments for field intelligence collection portfolios.
• Asset Protection: Deployed specialized electronic detection, technical controls, and biometric systems to counter physical and technical intrusions against highly sensitive field assets.

Senior Counterintelligence Agent / Team Sergeant - UNITED STATES ARMY - Global Deployments

(1999-10 - 2019-01)

• Team Leadership: Managed multi-agent tactical teams (up to 6 direct reports) and synchronized joint intelligence operations across 30 distinct external military and government intelligence entities.
• Program Architecture: Authored new administrative frameworks for data intake and archive security, boosting data processing accuracy and underlying database reliability.
• External Partnerships: Built lasting collaborations with NATO forces, local host-nation government authorities, and federal entities to maximize regional situational awareness and workforce protection.
• Investigations & Compliance: Formulated investigative strategies and successfully executed over 150 complex internal investigations and site vulnerability compliance inspections.

Graduate Degree - Criminal Justice - Southwest Louisiana

Bachelor's Degree - Administrative Justice - Southwest Louisiana