Mar 11, 2022
This OODAcast is a special edition focused on profiling Russian
President Vladimir Putin with Dr. Scott Shumate, who has over 30
years of experience evaluating national leaders, terrorists, spies,
and insiders. Scott shares his unique perspective’s on Putin
informed by his extensive experience and insight. During this
session we explore:
- Is Putin suicidal?
- Is Putin a rational actor?
- How would Putin feel about an escalatory use of cyber
attacks? - What is Putin’s primary motivation in attacking the
Ukraine? - How does Putin value propaganda?
- Should we expect more nuclear bravado from him?
- Is he a narcissist?
- Plus lots of additional insights…
OODA Loop members can find our quick summary of this profile
here (Link)
R. Scott Shumate is the president of Valutare, LLC. He has
overseen contracts with the Department of Defense, the Federal
Bureau of Investigations, the Secret Service, and the Department of
Homeland Security.
Scott worked for 19 years as an undercover operations officer,
psychologist for the Central Intelligence Agency, he is seen as an
expert in Counterterrorism, Middle Eastern, South-East Asian,
Euroasian cultures including Russia and Chinese cultures. Scott
left the Agency in 2003 to Join the Department of Defenses,
Counterintelligence Field Activity as a Senior Executive where he
led a multimillion-dollar Behavioral Sciences program that infused
operational guidance to FCI programs as well as investigations.
Currently, Dr. Shumate has developed a new and creative Insider
Threat program that uses big data to analyze metadata on a network
that uses Context and Motivational analysis. The model is based on
an offensive recruitment, crime and changes in the person’s
environment. Through Valutare, he provides Counter-Surveillance,
Elicitation, and Interviewing training as well as TSCM
scanning.
