Hunter Wimberly

Hunter Wimberly

Principal SIGINT Analyst - Contract Technical Director - AI Strategist

Qualification Highlights

Professional Summary

Senior Technical Director and Subject Matter Expert combining 12+ years of hands-on Technical Electronic Intelligence (TechELINT) analysis with practical AI engineering and proven defense contract leadership. Expert at translating deep domain knowledge into mission-driven AI solutions; designing custom agents, orchestration loops, RAG pipelines, and automated workflows that deliver production-ready capability. Highly adaptive technical problem solver with a language-agnostic approach to software engineering, rapidly researching unfamiliar architectures and frameworks to deliver robust, full-stack solutions. Proven record managing subcontractor teams within multi-million-dollar DoD programs, bridging executive leadership, Prime contractors, and technical analysts to scale mission impact.

Core Competencies

Intelligence Analysis & Radar Domain Expertise

Pulse-level TechELINT, Pulsed Doppler Radar Analysis, Multi-Domain Threat Platforms (Airborne, Ground, Maritime, Jamming), Developmental & Operational Reporting, Full-Spectrum ELINT Tool Suites & Parametric Databases, SIGINT Tradecraft.

Practical AI Engineering & Workflow Automation

Custom Agent Loops & Orchestration, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Vector Database Indexing & Querying, Custom Embedding Pipelines, Prompt & Instruction Engineering, AI-Assisted Software Development & Prototyping, Workflow Automation, Human-in-the-Loop Evaluation.

Programming & Environments

Python, Rust, TypeScript, Containerization & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), Linux/Unix, Git, CI/CD Pipelines, REST APIs, Rapid Framework Research & Implementation.

Leadership & Contract Oversight

Technical Direction & Business Development, Subcontractor Team Management (10+ personnel within a 60-person, $47M DoD program), Prime & Corporate Liaison, Technical Hiring & Staffing Lifecycle (100% placement success), Training & Mentorship, Stakeholder & Executive Briefings.

Education & Certifications

Extensive practical coursework and technical development across Linux System Administration, Applied AI/ML Systems, and Modern Software Development.

Experience

ACES Inc.

Principal SIGINT Analyst / Senior Contract Lead / AI Strategist December 2021 - Present
  • Contract Leadership & Program Execution: Serve as Senior Contract Lead managing a team of ~10 subcontractor analysts within a 60-person, $47M multi-year DoD prime contract; primary liaison between subcontractor personnel, corporate leadership, and the Program Manager (PM).
  • Technical Direction & Expansion: Perform as Technical Director for the company, identifying technical capability gaps, advising on technical strategy, and supporting business development to capture new and adjacent defense intelligence contracts.
  • Custom AI Systems & Agentic Workflows: Design and build custom AI-driven solutions for complex ELINT workflows, architecting end-to-end custom agent loops, RAG pipelines with vector databases, and automated data processing harnesses that reduce cycle times and eliminate bottlenecks.
  • Rapid Technical Delivery & Tooling: Conduct in-depth architectural and framework research to quickly build, test, and deploy production-ready tools across diverse software stacks.
  • AI Training & Community Enablement: Develop and deliver specialized training across the Intelligence Community (IC) on practical AI integration, prompt engineering, and agentic workflows, empowering 50+ analysts and engineers to enhance mission workflows.
  • Talent Acquisition & Team Growth: Overhauled candidate technical screening and onboarding workflows, achieving a 100% improvement in contract hiring success and team retention.
  • Advanced Radar Analysis: Provide authoritative, pulse-level TechELINT analysis across multi-domain radar systems, establishing baseline parametrics and updating national threat databases.

United States Navy

Signals Analysis Lab Mission Lead July 2018 - December 2021
  • Laboratory Operations & Quality Assurance: Directed a team of 18 TechELINT analysts within the Signals Analysis Lab (SAL), instituting rigorous peer-review and QA procedures that increased analytical throughput by 35% while maintaining flawless reporting accuracy.
  • Multi-Agency Strategic Partnerships: Initiated and cultivated strategic operational partnerships across key intelligence and combatant commands, expanding organizational collection scope and multi-sensor analytical reach throughout the Intelligence Community.
  • Pulse-Level Signal Parametrics: Executed and oversaw advanced pulse-level analysis across airborne, surface, ground, and electronic attack/jamming domains, producing high-priority developmental and operational intelligence reports.
  • Curriculum & Mentorship Development: Authored a technical mentorship curriculum that accelerated junior analyst qualification timelines by 40%, generating the highest qualification pass rate in command history.
  • Executive Briefings: Developed and presented high-level classified briefings and technical evaluations directly to defense stakeholders and operational commanders.

United States Navy

Operational ELINT Signals Analyst Supervisor March 2014 - July 2018
  • 24/7 Watch Team Supervision: Supervised 20 operational ELINT and SIGINT analysts during high-tempo deployed operations, ensuring continuous readiness and compliance with national tasking.
  • Indications & Warnings (I&W): Delivered critical real-time pulse-level radar intercepts and threat correlation for Anti-Ship Missile Defense (ASMD), advising Tactical Action Officers and Commanding Officers during combat mission simulations and operational deployments.
  • Combat Systems & Sensor Availability: Supervised the operation, calibration, and troubleshooting of multi-million-dollar shipboard electronic warfare sensor suites and decoy countermeasure systems (AN/SLQ-32, MK 53 DLS / Nulka), maintaining a 99.8% operational availability rate.
  • Tactical Training Lead: Served as Combat Systems Training Team (CSTT) EW Lead, running high-stress simulated multi-threat combat scenarios to certify watchstander proficiency.