Regina created Telescope in 2019. She has conducted and managed numerous investigations on behalf of law firms, multinational corporations, financial institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. She has subject matter expertise in Latin American politics, corruption, and far-right extremism and disinformation.
Regina has ample experience investigating disinformation campaigns waged on social media platforms, forums, and certain messaging apps. These campaigns include online harassment campaigns, corporate disinformation campaigns relating to securities, conspiracy theory-related campaigns, and politically or ideologically driven campaigns. She has helped clients find the source of the disinformation, as well as alerted clients to cybersecurity concerns relating to disinformation spread on social media either from propagandists, sock puppet accounts, bots, or a combination of the three. Regina has also worked extensively with clients' security teams to help assess online threats, especially from anonymous accounts. She has a firm understanding of the theoretical components of disinformation and propaganda and has seen, often in real time, how these tools are used in practice.
Regina speaks English, Spanish, and French, and has specific insight into the geopolitics, economics, and business climate of the Latin America region. Prior to founding Telescope, Regina worked for two top-tier, Chambers and Partners-ranked global investigative firms where she conducted and managed complex, multi-jurisdictional investigations on behalf of white shoe law firms and multinational companies. At these firms, she managed and conducted numerous highly complex, multi-jurisdictional investigations in Latin America. Some of the highlights Regina has worked on include an investigation into an adversarial party in civil litigation with strong business ties in Uruguay and Argentina and an internal investigation into corruption and fraud allegations on behalf of a publicly-listed company in South America. She also has a deep understanding of anti-bribery laws and compliance regulations.
Daniel joined Telescope Research in May 2024. He is a seasoned investigator and intelligence practitioner with over 12 years of experience in open-source and human intelligence, counterintelligence, forensic investigations, crisis management, geopolitical security analysis, and compliance.
Daniel has served as an Investigations Manager and later the National Intelligence Leader for two major professional services firms, where he developed and implemented best practices in intelligence tradecraft and operational security for investigations and crisis response. Previously, he was Director of Intelligence & Investigations for a Canadian financial institution, handling executive security, corporate espionage, insider risks, and external threat monitoring. Earlier in his career, Daniel worked as Senior Intelligence Manager and subsequently Risk Officer at a global think tank dedicated to identifying and analyzing extremist threats. There he managed organizational risk, investigated extremist groups, and published research papers on information warfare, disinformation, and foreign influence operations.
Over the course of his career, Daniel has conducted all-source intelligence collection and analysis, deep and dark web research, geopolitical risk assessments, and rapid-response information gathering during major political events and data breaches for corporate, government, and nonprofit clients. His financial crime experience includes integrity due diligence work, fraud detection, and compliance reviews.
Jacinth joined Telescope Research in August 2024. She most recently worked as an independent analyst for a global rule of law nonprofit, an international organization that conducts disinformation research, and a news technology company.
Previously she worked for multiple financial due diligence and business intelligence firms to research, review, and edit hundreds of due diligence and investigative reports of various scopes and depths, mainly on behalf of US-based investment banks, financial service providers, wealth managers, and private equity firms. She has conducted supply-chain due diligence investigations for clients in the healthcare and aviation sectors as well as in-depth, holistic pre-transaction investigations for mergers and acquisitions and IPOs. Her work has involved vetting executive hires, assessing criminal allegations, professional conduct, class-action lawsuits, bankruptcies, general litigation matters, and negative media mentions of entities and individuals.
Prior to working in due diligence, Jacinth was an editor for the human rights and corruption-focused Enough Project/Sentry and as a research associate for Public International Law & Policy Group. She began her career in journalism at CNN, where she worked for several years in the network's investigative and documentary production unit.
Jacinth holds an M.A. in International Politics from American University's School of International Service and a B.A. in French from Beloit College. After receiving her B.A., she studied Arabic, cross-cultural communication, and journalism as a Fulbright Scholar in Morocco.