ltongbua@naxo.com

‍Laura is an open-source intelligence (“OSINT”) expert and former Senior Intelligence Research Specialist and International Instructor for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. She specializes in cyber investigations, social media exploitation, and the analysis of large and complex datasets. Laura spent 13 years with the DEA supporting high-impact matters involving pharmaceutical diversion, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces investigations, and transnational criminal organizations.

During her tenure with DEA, Laura provided end-to-end analytical support for investigations involving diverted pharmaceuticals, overdose deaths, complex conspiracies, and transnational drug trafficking networks. She analyzed and exploited millions of call and text detail records, digital forensic data, financial records, social media records, Title III intercepts, and geospatial information to identify targets, devices, organizational hierarchies, criminal methods, and evidentiary linkages.

She developed deep expertise in internet protocol (IP) exploitation, telecommunications analysis, entity relationship graphing, and geospatial mapping. She regularly testified in state and federal court and prepared courtroom exhibits, maps, charts, and investigative presentations synthesizing and visualizing complex data.

Laura also served as a national and international intelligence training resource for the DEA. She trained thousands of law enforcement personnel on OSINT research, digital exploitation, and analytical tradecraft. She co-authored a comprehensive guide for IP exploitation which was adopted throughout the DEA New England Field Division and authored hundreds of DEA Reports of Investigation and intelligence reports.

Following her DEA career, Laura transitioned into senior corporate strategy and communications roles in the private sector, applying her intelligence background to business and technology challenges. She analyzed and synthesized technical intelligence, OSINT, market signals, operational risk data, and technology industry analyst research to support executive decision making. She also helped ensure industry analyst research was accurate, well-contextualized, and aligned with company objectives, while identifying technology trends, competitive gaps, and product differentiators to inform strategy, supply chain resilience, and enterprise risk planning.

EDUCATION

M.A. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY - University of London, 2005

B.A. PSYCHOLOGY - University of New Hampshire, 2004