Tom Sheperd
Senior Management Analyst
- Role
- Senior Program Analyst at ITC Defense Corp.
- Location
- Carlisle, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tom Sheperd
Foreign affairs and security assistance practitioner and strategic educator with a focus on Africa. Experienced Foreign Area Office (FAO) possessing broad and progressively challenging leadership positions in U.S. foreign and defense policy development and implementation. Skilled in developing and translating strategic vision into tangible action. Over 30 years’ experience in leadership, team building, critical thinking, complex problem solving, strategic planning, military planning and operations, cross-cultural relations, program development, diplomacy, security cooperation and building partner capacity, curriculum development, strategy development and professional military education in the U.S. and overseas.(My opinions are my own and do not reflect the USG or other organizations)
Experience
Senior Program Analyst
Sep 2025 — Present
Provide remote and in-country full spectrum operational support to Security Cooperation Programs and Security Cooperation Offices to enable successful execution of material shipments and deliveries. Provide in-country support to Security Cooperation Officers (SCO) in execution of responsibilities in accordance with Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM) processes and procedures and provide program assessment and feedback to improve security assistance execution.
Education
US Army War College
Master of Strategic Studies
2007 — 2009
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
BA, International Studies, Economics
1982 — 1987
University of Florida (Gainesville)
Master of Arts, Political Science
2001 — 2002
Skills
- Tactics
- Interagency
- International Relations
- Special Operations
- Building Partner Capacity
- Security Clearance
- Education
- Military History
- Diplomacy
- Writing
- Strategy
- Counterintelligence
- Government
- African Studies
- Teaching
- Military Experience
- Africa
- Exercises
- Homeland Security
- Adult Education
- Army
- Interagency Coordination
- Humint
- Africanist
- Afghanistan
- Command
- Dod
- National Security
- International Security
- Fragile States
- Policy Analysis
- Crisis Management
- Security Force Assistance
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Top Secret
- Foreign Policy
- Military
- Higher Education
- Curriculum Development
- Weapons
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