Commercial OSINT challenges with Fivecast

Sean Corbett retired from the Royal Air Force in September 2018 after a 30-year career as a professional intelligence officer, where he reached the pinnacle of his profession. He then established a Defence, Security and Intelligence Directorate within a 'new space' geospatial intelligence company, Earth-i, where he advanced innovative Al applications to earth observation data in support of the defence and security sector, and instigated the concept of 'intelligence as a service', leveraging a wide spectrum of publicly available information to answer challenging questions for the community. In October 2019, he set up his own business as a consultant specialising in the provision of strategic advice, commercial intelligence, the space sector, and the optimisation of organisational leadership and change management.

Malcolm is the UK & EMEA Director for Fivecast, a market-leading OSINT Company headquartered in Australia He is an experienced business development executive in the military, intelligence and law enforcement sector with strong reputation for leading teams in matrixed environments. Prior to Fivecast, he spent 10 years with KPMG predominantly focused on sales & business development strategy and transformation. In his last role, he was KPMG’s Director of Federal Sales and the State Head of Market. He began his career as Australian Army Officer for with various postings within training & operational roles.

Abbi is a Senior Tradecraft Advisor with Fivecast, responsible for providing customers with support and advice on Fivecast solutions and general best practices with publicly available information. She has a background as an Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Social Media Exploitation Specialist with experience leading training and consulting programs supporting US and foreign intelligence, law enforcement, nonprofit, and commercial customers. She specializes in the technical exploitation of digital data and how to best integrate open source collection and reporting components into intelligence programs. Abbi is a “double hoo,” holding two degrees from the University of Virginia, a Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Affairs and a Master’s degree in Public Policy.