Anthony Olcott

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

Prior to becoming Officer in Residence at ISD, Anthony Olcott was Director of Analytic Assessment and Academic Outreach at the DNIs Open Source Center, in the office of Analytic Development. He also has served as Senior Analyst in the Emerging Media Group, and as an Expert Analyst covering Russia and Central Asia. From 1984 until 2000, when he joined the government, Olcott taught at Colgate University, where he was an Associate Professor in the Russian Department. An author, editor, and translator, Olcott has published on a wide array of subjects. Two of his novels were nominated for prizes, and his study of Russian crime fiction, Russian Pulp, received a professional prize as Best Book of Literary or Cultural Studies in 2003. He has also received numerous awards and citations from the intelligence community. Olcott was educated, from BA through PhD, at Stanford University. His research explores the challenges which the media explosion presents to anyone message receivers or message senders who must transform data into information, and information into intelligence.