Conflict in Ukraine: The Geospatial-Intelligence Perspective

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Join host Michael J. Ard and guest Jack O'Connor, director of the Master of Science in Geospatial Intelligence program, for a discussion on "Conflict in Ukraine: The Geospatial-Intelligence Perspective."

Michael J. Ard is the program director and senior lecturer for the Master of Science in Intelligence Analysis program. A former CIA analyst and manager, Ard specialized in Latin American and Middle Eastern issues. Part of his career included three years at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where he served as deputy national intelligence officer for the Western hemisphere. In addition to his career in government, Ard worked in corporate security at Marathon Oil and as a consultant for a professional service firm focused on international risk.

Jack O'Connor is the director of the Master of Science in Geospatial Intelligence program. He has practiced, led, taught, and written about geospatial intelligence. A former CIA officer, he managed and led analytic and support organizations focused on combat support, national intelligence, diplomatic initiatives, and disaster support missions, as well as regional, functional, environmental, economic and social analysis in CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center, and, in the Defense Department, in the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.