ATWJE - Dallas Knight - VP of Chaos

Episode: 00163 Released on June 12, 2023
Description: Curious on how to transfer your analytical skills to Corporate America? Then this is the episode for you! In this week’s episode, Dallas Knight shares how she went from an officer and analyst in the US Army to Intel Analyst for the Las Vegas Metro PD to Sales Specialist at IBM to VP of Channel Sales & Client Success at Blue Light LLC where she is today. Dallas has a wealth of knowledge that she’s happy to share, including her work in addressing the drug epidemic in the Las Vegas Metro area, and how analytical skills work in the private sector. Dallas is a subject matter expert in high-level narcotic, financial, human trafficking, and other organized crimes investigations, and a master communicator. Dallas discusses how being vulnerable is not the same as being weak. As mentioned earlier, Dallas is currently the VP of Channel Sales & Client Success for Blue Light LLC, a tech company that has staff with a combined 100+ years of law enforcement and military knowledge and experience; she is also a soon-to-be author.   

CHALLENGE: There are Easter eggs in one of the tables of the Excel chapter that Jason wrote for the IACA textbook. First-person to email us at [email protected] about what the Easter eggs are will receive a $50 gift card from us. Happy hunting!

Name Drops: 

Public Service Announcements:
Dawn Reeby (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-dawn-reeby-the-ceo-analyst/)
Jennifer Loper (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-jennifer-loper-the-junk-drawer/)

Related Links:
https://bluelightllc.com/i-am-not-superwoman-im-an-intelligence-analyst-and-this-is-my-story/
Netflix Painkiller https://www.netflix.com/title/81095069 
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crackdown-on-illegal-sales-of-painkillers-results-in-12-arrests/ 
https://post.nv.gov/Training/Opportunities/Nevada_High_Intensity_Drug_Trafficking_Area_(HIDTA)/ 

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Vendor(s) Mentioned: Blue Light LLC, I2, RFFlow

Contact: [email protected], https://www.linkedin.com/in/dallasrknight/ 

Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8k2692/DallasKnight_transcript.pdf 

Podcast Writer: Mindy Duong

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00:00:17 – Introducing Dallas
00:08:34 – ABS:  Oxy Case
00:21:13 – Boston Connection
00:32:37 – Break: Dawn Reeby, Jennifer Loper, & Those That Help
00:34:56 – Transitioning to IBM  
00:42:38 – I2 Complaint
00:49:06 – Givin' the Blue Light  
00:55:22 – Personal Interests: Horses & Barrel Racing
01:01:12 – Combat Journal to be Published
01:11:12 – Words to the World