Peter Tyson

Manager Open Source Intelligence Group - NZ Police

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

About

OSINT and leader of open source intelligence practitioners. Experienced in team leadership, policy and SOP development. Fond of OSINT, Lean Startup, new projects, and pushing capabilities.

Experience

  • Founder, Head of Intelligence at Wayfinder Intelligence
    Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • NZ Police (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand)
    • Manager Open Source Intelligence Group
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

      (Title change)

    • OSINT Team Supervisor
      Oct 2019 - May 2023 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Leading specialist OSINT analysts delivering insight in service of the mission of NZ Police.

  • Supervisor at New Zealand Government
    Jun 2005 - Sep 2019 · 14 yrs 4 mos

    Analyst, then supervisor in various roles in NZ Government agencies.

  • Community Liaison Officer at Codemasters
    May 2002 - Nov 2004 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Worked on the unreleased MMO, Dragon Empires

  • Market Research Analyst at DataMonitor
    Mar 2000 - May 2002 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Telecommunications, CRM, and games industry analysis. Worked on consultancies (Microsoft's Xbox team), conferences, papers.