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Hello, I'm Michael D. Burress, a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer with 23 years of service focused on reconnaissance, training, and data processing across IT systems. I specialized as the Navy's top Arabic linguist (Level 3) with dialect capabilities in Egyptian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian, and Modern Standard Arabic. I am Navy Master Trainer certified and have led teams in challenging, sometimes hazardous, environments. After Desert Storm and again after 9/11, I transitioned to contract support for U.S. operations, planning and managing work, logistics, and rotational schedules for military and contractor personnel. I am open to relocation within the continental U.S. and bring strong leadership, planning, and cross-functional collaboration skills grounded in real-world mission execution.…Hello, I'm Michael D. Burress, a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer with 23 years of service focused on reconnaissance, training, and data processing across IT systems. I specialized as the Navy's top Arabic linguist (Level 3) with dialect capabilities in Egyptian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian, and Modern Standard Arabic. I am Navy Master Trainer certified and have led teams in challenging, sometimes hazardous, environments. After Desert Storm and again after 9/11, I transitioned to contract support for U.S. operations, planning and managing work, logistics, and rotational schedules for military and contractor personnel. I am open to relocation within the continental U.S. and bring strong leadership, planning, and cross-functional collaboration skills grounded in real-world mission execution.

Michael D. Burress

Content Producer, Film Producer, Creative Director, +2

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Hello, I'm Michael D. Burress, a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer with 23 years of service focused on reconnaissance, training, and data processing across IT systems. I specialized as the Navy's top Arabic linguist (Level 3) with dialect capabilities in Egyptian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian, and Modern Standard Arabic. I am Navy Master Trainer certified and have led teams in challenging, sometimes hazardous, environments. After Desert Storm and again after 9/11, I transitioned to contract support for U.S. operations, planning and managing work, logistics, and rotational schedules for military and contractor personnel. I am open to relocation within the continental U.S. and bring strong leadership, planning, and cross-functional collaboration skills grounded in real-world mission execution.…Hello, I'm Michael D. Burress, a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer with 23 years of service focused on reconnaissance, training, and data processing across IT systems. I specialized as the Navy's top Arabic linguist (Level 3) with dialect capabilities in Egyptian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian, and Modern Standard Arabic. I am Navy Master Trainer certified and have led teams in challenging, sometimes hazardous, environments. After Desert Storm and again after 9/11, I transitioned to contract support for U.S. operations, planning and managing work, logistics, and rotational schedules for military and contractor personnel. I am open to relocation within the continental U.S. and bring strong leadership, planning, and cross-functional collaboration skills grounded in real-world mission execution.

Available to hire

Hello, I’m Michael D. Burress, a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer with 23 years of service focused on reconnaissance, training, and data processing across IT systems. I specialized as the Navy’s top Arabic linguist (Level 3) with dialect capabilities in Egyptian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian, and Modern Standard Arabic. I am Navy Master Trainer certified and have led teams in challenging, sometimes hazardous, environments.

After Desert Storm and again after 9/11, I transitioned to contract support for U.S. operations, planning and managing work, logistics, and rotational schedules for military and contractor personnel. I am open to relocation within the continental U.S. and bring strong leadership, planning, and cross-functional collaboration skills grounded in real-world mission execution.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Arabic

Fluent

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Manager – Musical & Entertainment Tours at JBG Productions, LLC

January 1, 2011 - August 1, 2015

Managed multiple musical and entertainment groups on Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) tours across Europe, Asia, and the United States. Responsible for planning, coordinating, and tracking teams heading to venues at different times, ensuring no cancellations or missed dates, and executing complex logistics to support military-sponsored performances.

Senior Linguist at Radiance Technologies

October 1, 2010 - December 1, 2011

Senior Linguist for the GUARDRAIL program at Hunter Army Air Field, Savannah, GA. Worked with military intelligence and cryptolinguists to establish rapid processing and submission pipelines for operational data; set up ground positions needed for rapid processing and submission.

Senior Linguist at NSA/CSS Georgia (Fort Gordon)

June 1, 2005 - July 1, 2010

Senior Linguist on NSA/CSS Georgia project. Retained through multiple contractor transitions (L-3/Titan Corp, Mission Essential, i2s) while leading a contractor team in processing intelligence data and supporting mission-critical operations.