Justen Charters founded Unchartered after witnessing how easily bad actors exploit people in the digital world. From financial fraudsters and foreign influence campaigns to disinformation networks and dark web criminals, he's spent over a decade tracking them across platforms, borders, and identities—uncovering how they manipulate, deceive, and infiltrate. Today, Unchartered brings that same investigative firepower to companies needing high-level due diligence, threat detection, and cross-border risk assessments.
Justen’s career began in journalism, covering ISIS and Iran, before shifting to intelligence collection for organizations monitoring domestic extremism. Over time, he expanded into fraud investigations, vetting vendors, foreign interference, and geopolitical risk. He even developed an OSINT methodology to track malign foreign influence.
He is a licensed private investigator and holds multiple OSINT certifications.
Jennifer Counter is an executive with Safe Reach Solutions, an international logistics and security firm where she focuses on strategy, communications, and humanitarian operations. She is an also nonresident senior fellow in the Forward Defense practice ofthe Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Jennifer was previously a vice president at Orbis Operations, where she advised friendly foreign governments on national-security matters. Prior to Orbis Operations, Counter was avice president at Ipsos, where she oversaw a team that melded technology, big data, and new research means.
Prior to that, she was a foreign service officer in US State Department’s Regional Affairs Office and a US Air Force intelligence officer. While with the State Department, she focused much of her efforts on strategic communications at grassroots-level civil society organizations and with media outlets to advocate for US policy positions on counterterrorism, counternarcotics, and other transnational issues in South Asia, East Africa, and Western Europe.
Jennifer received her BA in Political Science from Boston University in 2001, an MA in Global Diplomacy from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies in 2017, an MS in Strategic Communication from Columbia University in 2019, and an MA in Political Psychology from Arizona State University in 2022.
Frank Montoya Jr. is a retired FBI senior executive, having joined the Bureau in 1991. Montoya Jr. has experience in many areas of investigation, including but not limited to violent crime, drugs, terrorism, and counterintelligence. Montoya Jr. temporarily worked on the Oklahoma City Bombing case and assisted in the Robert Hannsen investigation. Montoya Jr. has participated in and led domestic and foreign investigations and operations.
Additionally, Montoya has served as Special Agent in Charge in Seattle, Washington, and Honolulu, Hawaii, and as Counterintelligence Executive for the FBI. In this role, equivalent to Assistant Director, he was in charge of national counterintelligence for the U.S government. Montoya received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Brigham Young University and served in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer.
Kevin Parker is the Principal at Blacksuit Consulting and a retired FBI Special Agent. As the lead agent for computer intrusion and counterintelligence investigations, he investigated nation state sponsored and criminal threat actors.
As a founding member of the FBI Cyber Action Team, he was part of a group of FBI cyber experts deployed to provide incident response on major computer intrusions. He also served over ten years as a photographer and Team Leader on the FBI Evidence Response Team.
Kevin frequently uses OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) techniques to track activities and connections of various threat actors. He collected physical and digital evidence, arrested numerous subjects, and provided actionable intelligence to enhance FBI investigations.
Kevin also served for several years as a liaison to the private sector and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) in roles such as FBI Infragard and Strategic Partnership Coordinator. In these positions, he promoted cybersecurity awareness, counterintelligence awareness and best practices to safeguard America's data from advanced threats.
Dedicated to continuous education, Kevin holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification, the ISACA Certified Information Security Manager certification and the Cloud Security Alliance Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK).
Shane Wright is a Global War on Terror veteran, who served in the Marine Corps and DOD agencies in various global human intelligence functions.
Shane is a graduate of Texas A&M University School of Law and is a licensed attorney in both Texas and Kentucky. Shane has worked high level legal and financial risk analysis for JP Morgan Chase Commercial Investment Bank, the Small Business Administration, and Humana Inc.
Shane is currently operating his own practice with a focus on healthcare finance and global technology/FinTech solutions.
