Arizona



Expert No. 3668

30+ Years Experience as a Computer, Technology & Digital Forensics Professional. Specialty:
Acquisition, Preservation, Recovery and Analysis of Data as Evidence.

Skills
 
Computer Systems
Cell Phones Digital Media Digital Cameras Email
Fax Machines GPS Systems Databases
Software Applications
Custom & Commercial
Hacking Events Intrusions Accounting Systems
Photo Copiers
Black Boxes
Printers & Fax Machines
Websites Documents Medical Systems Photos and Images
Other Electronic Devices Internet Browsing History Software Design & Development Password Cracking
Source Code Analysis and More…

Testifying Experience

Insurance, Corporate, Family Law
Civil & Criminal Cases
Special Master
Plaintiff & Defense
Justice, Superior & District Courts as well as Arbitration Hearings
 
Selected Computer & Technology Forensics Experience

•Work with defense team on criminal case to determine the date’s information was stored on the defendant’s computer system. Testify against government prosecution to disprove a portion of its case. Assist defense team in testimonial cross examination.
•Private civil case where computer data was analyzed to determine the fate of expensive missing equipment. Track serial numbers and documents down to assist in the building of the case against the defendant.

•Analyze data and computer system to prove duplicity by executives of a local company that was purchased by a national company. Produce documents for plaintiff’s legal team to use in court. Provide expert witness testimony in court.

•Work with executor of estate to locate missing and hidden assets that the deceased deliberately concealed.

•Work with Plaintiff in a civil case to review hundreds of Gigabytes of Microsoft
Exchange e-mail data to locate correspondence that related to the case.

•Review data on multiple computers and cross reference to associate the user with pornographic data loaded on the computers.

•Review payroll data for embezzlement case to determine if data had been altered prior to printing of employee demographic pages.

•Assist a state regulatory agency in extracting data from servers and workstations in
Insurance Fraud Cases.

•Track down and locate a person who was slandering another person using the Internet and attempting to hide as anonymous.

•Review the contents of a murder Victim’s Cell phone for evidence.

•Extract Medical Billing information from a unique database to show backdating of system data
proving fraudulent billing claims. Perform live demonstration in court.

•Assist defense in proving that contraband was planted in a Child Pornography case.

•Examine GPS Trucking Data to determine driver time on the road statistics

Computer & Technology Forensics Teaching Experience
 
1990 to Present   
Computer Forensics, University of Arizona, Guest Lecturer / Industry Expert

2000 to Present   
Computer Forensics, Pima Community College, Guest Lecturer

2006 to Present   
Computer Forensics Mobile Device Forensics   
Society of Financial Examiners National Conference, Trainer in Continuing Education

2000 to Present   
Computer Forensics Computer Forensics for Defense Attorneys Computer Forensics for Plaintiff Attorneys, Maricopa County Bar Association, Continuing Legal, Education Presenter

2000 to Present   
Computer Forensics Technology Forensics Personal Privacy in the Information Age   
Pima County Bar Association, Continuing Legal, Education Presenter

2000 to Present   
Computer Forensics   
Coconino County Bar Association, Continuing Legal, Education Presenter

2000 to Present   
Computer Forensics   
Minority Bar of Arizona, Continuing Legal Education Presenter
2000 to Present   
Computer Forensics   
Arizona Society of Women Accountants, Continuing, Education Presenter

2005 to Present   
Computer Forensics for Corporations   
Various Corporations & Government Agencies, Trainer

2009 to Present   
Computer Forensics
E-Discovery   
Center for Digital, Government   
Course Developer and Instructor

Computer & Technology Forensics Published Works

Available Upon Request
 
Forensic Hardware Experience

Hands on experience with various Computer and Technology Forensics Hardware. Write
Blockers, Data Extractors and data reading devices.
 
Forensic Application Experience

Access Data
•FTK several versions
•Imager and More

Paraben
•E-mail Examiner
•P2 Commander
•Network E-mail Examiner
•Device Siezure
•Forensic Replicator and More

Guidance Software
•Familiar Various Versions

RunTime
•Various Applications

Tableau

Compelson
•Mobile Edit

Oxygen Software Company
•Oxygen Forensic Suite

Various SIM Card Software

Custom Applications
•Creation of custom applications as required.
 
Computer Consulting / Data Systems Experience

•Creation and maintenance of a sophisticated acid plant product distribution system. This system managed production and sales of acid produced as a by product to the production of Copper.

•Design, Create and Maintain copper plate sales and distribution system.

•Designed, Created and Implemented a multi location, multi platform ( Windows, Macintosh, and DOS ) help desk Knowledge Base system for the Personal Tax support crew in Tucson and Rio Rancho. Exchange live data between Foxpro and Filemaker Pro.

•Customization of an off the shelf accounting system ( ACCPAC's SBT ) to meet very specific purchasing and accounting department requirements.  Conversion from separate purchasing and accounting systems to SBT, including data extraction, conversion, and implementation.

•Assist in company growth by using technology to move from data entered QuickBooks7 to integrated data system that used Mainframe data to generate and process invoices.

•Install maintain Groupware products including Novell products and Microsoft products.

•Domain name registration, management and modification. DNS setup.

•Website setup & implementation. Ongoing Search Engine Optimization and Statistics.
 
Computer Consulting Teaching Experience

1990 to Present   
Biometrics Database Design & Normalization Modern Computer Languages   
University, Guest Lecturer / Industry Expert

2000 to Present   
TimeSlips Time
Accounting   
Pima Community College, Guest Lecturer

1990 to Present   
SBT, AccPac, Sage
Software Training Various Corporations, Course Instructor

1990 to Present   
FoxPro Basics FoxPro Intermediate FoxPro Advanced BASIC
Modern Database Basics   
IBM and Various other Corporations, Course Instructor

2000 to Present   
Personal Privacy in the Information Age   
Pima County Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Presenter

Other Application Skills

•Databases:
•Microsoft SQL
•Oracle
•Pervasive
•dBase / FoxPro
•and Others.
•Programming Languages
•BASIC, Visual BASIC, Visual BASIC Script, Business BASIC
•C, C++
•Pascal / Delphi
•Xbase languages including:
•Microsoft Foxpro all versions
•Dbase all versions
•Operating Systems
•Microsoft
•Apple
•Novell
•Linux
•Database Management and Implementation
•E-mail and Group Ware
•GroupWise
•Citrix
•Exchange
•Many other e-mail clients
•Accounting Systems
•Medical Practice Management and
•Billing

Formal Education

1982 - 1984   
Systems Engineering   
University of Arizona

Honors and Distinctions

Sage ACCPAC, Dealer & Certified Consultant   
Novell, Partner

Timeslips, Certified Consultant   
HP / Compaq, Partner

The Medical Manager, Independent Sales Office   
Symantec, Partner

Computer Associates, Partner   
Microsoft, Partner

OnTrack, Partner   
Seagate Disk & Tape, Partner

Cisco, Partner   
Sfile, Partner

Linksys, Partner   
Websense, Partner

Professional Societies Past and Present

•Southern Arizona Network Users Group
•Center for Software Excellence ( CSE ) / Information Technology Association of Southern Arizona
(ITASA) / Aerospace Manufacturing Information Technology Association (AMIT) - Board Member
•Arizona Technology Council
•Information Systems Security
Association (ISSA)
•Arizona Internet Professionals
Association (AzIPA)
•Tucson Chamber of Commerce
•Business Information Club
•Sonoran Desert Security Users Group
 
Other Public Service Past and Present

•Pantano Exchange Club
•Former President
•Tucson Exchange Club's Child Abuse Prevention Center
•Century College - Computer Forensics Advisory Board
•ITT Technical Institute - Computer Curriculum Advisory Board
•Integrative Touch for Kids
•Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson

Business Experience

1982 to Present
Full Service Computer Consulting and Computer Forensics
Principal and Chief Executive Officer. Programmer, Computer Consultant and Technical Services Manager. Responsible for overall management of staff, business development, sales and product development.

2008* to Present
Full Service Computer, Technology & Digital Forensics
Principal and Chief Executive Officer. Responsible for overall management of staff, business development, sales and product development. Senior Computer and Technology Evidence Examiner. Software Engineer for custom applications required to examine forensics data.

1991 to Present
Medical Software installation, training and maintenance.
Principal and Chief Executive Officer. Computer and Software Consultant.

1994 to Present
Product development / Patent Submission
Principal. Partner.

1999 to Present
Real Estate holdings
Creator, Principal, Partner, Manager.
Develop foreign property for investment profit. Manage & supervise foreign employees.

Properties, LLC and Caravans II through Caravans X, LLCs.
Various dates 2001 to Present
Real Estate holdings
Creator, Principal, Partner, Manager
Manage Real Estate holdings of multi-unit housing complexes. Administer and manage employees responsible for maintaining property.

Major Research Interests

•Computer Forensics
•Cell Phone & Mobile Device Forensics
•Computer Security
•Internet Security
•Personal Privacy in the Information Age
•Biometrics

Inventions / Patents

Undisclosed patents applied for.

Languages

Actively studying and developing Spanish language skills.

Licenses

Licensed Private Investigator-Arizona.

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