FORENSIC TAPE ANALYSIS EXPERT WITNESS

EDUCATION

1967 B.S. USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO - Bachelor of Science Engineering Graduated with honors
1978 M.F.S. - George Washington University, Washington DC, Master of Forensic Science General Criminalistics
1980 QD - M.F.S.Q.D. - Antioch School of Law, Washington DC, Master of Forensic Science Questioned Documents
1984-1985 PhD Candidate - University of Maryland Criminology

SPECIALIZED FORENSIC AUDIO TRAINING AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS

1981-1989 Michigan State Police Crime Laboratory, Lansing, MI

1981-1985 and 1987-1989 O JT Training Program - U.S. Treasury Department and Michigan State Police Crime Laboratory

1984-1989 Attended various orientation courses involving forensic tape analysis and voice identification techniques at FBI Crime Laboratory, Washington, DC National Transportation Safety Board, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, New York City Police Department, Michigan State Police, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Secret Service Technical Security Division

1981-present attended numerous specialized seminars and forensic training and educational programs hosted by the International Association of Identification, Voice Identification, Inc., Michigan State Police, Michigan State University, Audio Engineering Society American College of Forensic Examiners, New York Institute of Forensic Audio and Video

May, 1992 Forensic Audio Analysis Techniques, Accredited Seminar 1 week, Bowling Green, KY

August, 1992 Standards Meeting AES, Bowling Green, KY, AES

1992-present Working Group 12-Standards Committee for developing Audio Tape Authentication Criteria

1993,1995, May 1997, May 1998, June 2000, May 2002, June 2005 New York Institute of Forensic Audio and Video Seminar Accredited, New York, NY

1989-Present Approximately 40 Hours C.E.U. Credits Earned Engineering

CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT AND COMPLETION

CCTV - A Complete Review, Certificate of Completion (accredited) Stam Multimedia Inc. December 2003

June 1993, September 1995, May 1997, May 1998, June 2000, May 2002 and June 2005 New York Institute for Forensic Audio Accredited, Forensic Audio and Video Examinations

Note National certification by New York Institute of Forensic Audio in Audio Tape Authentication Techniques in 1997 and 1998. Separate national certification by American Board of Recorded Evidence, May 1998, and June 2005 in Video and Audio Tape Authentication.

May 1992 Southern Conference Seminar Forensic Audio Western Kentucky University Accredited

June, 1987 Federal Interagency Polygraph Seminar, Washington DC, hosted by CIA and FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

September - October, 1988 Advanced Polygraph Studies Program, University of Virginia

1984 Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC, Audio Enhancement Training, certificate issued

October, 1984 Michigan Department of State Police Michigan State University, Advanced Voice Identification and Acoustic Analysis Seminar

March - April, 1983 Michigan State University, Institute of Voice Identification, Voice Identification Workshop

December, 1982 George Washington University, Washington DC, course entitled, "Magnetic Recording Engineering"

July, 1980 Antioch School of Law, Washington, DC, course entitled, "Physical Significance of Blood Stain Evidence"

1977 U.S. Secret Service Questioned Document School, Washington, DC

1972 and 1974 U.S. Secret Service, Special Agent Training Course and Technical Operations Schools Washington, DC

November - December, 1976 U.S. Army Military Police School, Advanced Polygraph Examiner Course, No. 1

18 August 69 - 9 November 69 U.S. Army Military Police School, Polygraph Training, Honor Graduate

EXPERIENCE

Expert 2054 has over 20 years experience in examining audio and or video tapes for the U.S. Department of Justice including the White House Senate Select Judiciary Committee: Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill, the Senate Investigation Sub-Committee: "China Gate" Investigation, U.S. Attorney's Office, over 100 Public Defenders' offices, F.B.I., S.E.C., D.E.A., Customs, I.R.S., Secret Service, A.T.F., and over 1,000 law firms in both criminal and civil cases in the U.S. and overseas.

Following twenty-two years as both a Special Agent and a forensic specialist with the U.S. Secret Service and IRS National Crime Laboratories, Expert 2054 started a Forensic Tape Analysis Company. A variety of forensic services are offered although the majority of requests concern the identification of questioned voice recordings or issues relating to audio or video tape recording authenticity i.e. tampering or editing evidence. Expert 2054 is also Board Certified as a Questioned Document Examiner.

Expert 2054 received his B.S. at the USAF Academy in 1967 and later completed two Masters of Forensic Science Degrees at George Washington University and Antioch School of Law. He has completed two years of a PhD in Criminology at the University of Maryland. He has attended numerous specialized courses of instruction in forensics throughout the U.S. and is both nationally board certified and court qualified federal and state in a variety of disciplines. A member of several international forensic organizations has published more than twenty articles in forensics, investigative, and legal journals and has been a guest speaker at numerous national and international conferences regarding forensic examination techniques.

Expert 2054 has testified in over 40 states, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and Canada in both criminal and civil cases. He has examined over twenty thousand 20,000 cases during his almost thirty- five years of forensic experience.

Expert 2054 is also President and CEO of an International Institute for Forensic Training which Provides quality "hands-on" forensic instruction in a variety of different disciplines including audio and videotape examinations, voice identification or elimination, tape enhancement, and audio and videotape tampering identification techniques. Instructors have provided training to foreign law enforcement and attorneys in the Middle East, Argentina, Turkey, South Africa, Dubai and other overseas locations.

FORENSIC MEMBERSHIPS AND PAST CERTIFICATION

August 1980-December 1988 QD - American Board of Forensic Document Examiners

1971-1985 and 1986-1989 QD - United States Treasury Department (U.S. Secret Service and IRS) Polygraph, Voiceprint and Questioned Documents

1972-1977 American Polygraph Association

1982-1989 QD - American Society of Questioned Document Examiners A.S.Q.D.E

1981-1985 Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists M.A.F.S

1985-1986 Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists N.E.A.F.S

1977-1984 American Academy of Forensic Sciences A.A.F.S

1977-1996 International Association for Identification, Voiceprint Examiner

FORENSIC MEMBERSHIPS AND PRESENT CERTIFICATIONS

Note Multiple certifications by New York Institute of Forensic Audio in Tape Authentication Techniques in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005. Additional certification by America Board of Recorded Evidence ABRE

QD - Association of Forensic Document Examiners Board Certified 1991-Present, Member - Board of Directors 1997-2000

American College of Forensic Examiners, M.F.S., M.F.S.Q.D., D.A.B.F.E., D.A.B.R.E., F.A.C.F.E, Diplomat and Fellow Audio and Videotape Analysis

OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1990-Present Audio Engineering Society National and Chicago Chapter Organizations- AES

1991-1994 Chicago Crime Commission, Organized Crime Committee

1992-1997 Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers I.E.E.E

1992-1996 and 2002-Present American Society of Industrial Security ASIS

1990-1993 International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association

1990-2001 Associate Member National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers NACDL

1990-1997 National Forensic Center 1991-1993 Wisconsin Narcotic Officers Association

1995-2000 World Association of Detectives W.A.D 1995-1999 Association of Professional Videographers

1997-2002 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers SMPTE

2001-present International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE

2001-2004 Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association LEVA

PRESENT POSITIONS

President - Forensic Tape Analysis, Inc., - Forensic Audio/Video Tape Examiner and Examiner of Questioned Documents, Lake Geneva, WI and Diplomat and Fellow, American College of Forensic Examiners

PAST POSITIONS

2000-2006 Editorial Advisory Board for the "Forensic Examiner" Chief Liaison Officer for Law Enforcement Domestic and Foreign, American College of Forensic Examiners Internationally accredited forensic organization
1997-2001 Diplomat for the American Board of Law Enforcement Experts

1989 - 2001 President - Applied Forensic Technologies Intl., Inc., Lake Geneva and Williams Bay, Wisconsin

1998-2001 Diplomat - American Board of Law Enforcement Experts ACFE

1986-1989 Special Agent and Branch Supervisor, Senior Document Examiner, Chief Polygraph and Voiceprint Units - IRS National Crime Lab, Chicago, IL

1971-1985 Special Agent and Questioned Document Examiner/Voiceprint Examiner and Polygraph Operator - U.S. Secret Service, San Antonio, TX and Washington DC

1967-1971 Special Agent/Polygraph Examiner - USAF Office of Special Investigations

1967-1971 Captain, USAF, assigned to San Antonio, TX and Republic of Vietnam, Honorable Discharge August, 1971

1981-1992 Major, U.S. Army Reserves Honorable Discharge

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

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AUDIO AND VIDEO TAPE ARTICLES

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LECTURES

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