FORENSIC ANALYSIS EXPERT WITNESS

OCCUPATION

Chief Forensic Scientist and President - A Forensic Consultant Company in California

EDUCATION

Associate of Arts Degree - Received June 1976
Florida Technological University
Orlando, Florida

Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science Degree - Received August 1979
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida

Master of Forensic Sciences Degree - Received June 1983
Antioch University
Yellow Springs, Ohio

PERTINENT SPECIALIZED COURSES

Forensic Microscopy Course - March 1978
McCrone Research Institute
Chicago, Illinois

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry - April 1979
Perkin-Elmer Corporation
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Gas Chromatography Course - December 1979
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Advanced Gas Chromatography - March 1980
Perkin-Elmer Corporation

Advanced High Pressure Liquid Chromatography Course - January 1981
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Washington, DC (course location)

Ink and Paper Analysis Seminar - January 1981
U.S. Air Force
Office of Special Investigations
Washington, DC

High Pressure Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry - July 1981
U.S. Justice Department, F.B.I.
Quantico, Virginia

High Pressure Liquid Chromatography/Computer Operation - March 1984
Perkin-Elmer Corporation
Rockville, Maryland

Questioned Document Course - February 1985
U.S. Secret Service
Washington, DC

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Course - June 1986
Nicolet Analytical Instruments
Lanham, Maryland

Scanning Electron Microscopy - September 1994
Philips Electronic Instruments
Mahwah, New Jersey

ASCLD/LAB Inspector Training Course - January 2000
Portland, Oregon

WORK EXPERIENCE

December 1975 through March 1979
Laboratory Technician
University of Central Florida

March 1979 through September 1979
Internship
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

September 1979 through July 1982
Forensic Chemist
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

July, 1982 through June, 2005
Counterfeit Specialist
Questioned Document Examiner
Lead, Instrumental Analysis Section
Lead, Instrumental and Computer Analysis Section
Senior Document Examiner/National Expert for the United States Secret Service
Chief, Questioned Document Branch
Assistant Laboratory Director
Laboratory Director/Chief Forensic Scientist
United States Secret Service

INSTRUCTOR

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Rockville, Maryland

United States Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
Special Investigator's Course
Washington, DC

United States Secret Service
Washington, DC

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Glynco, Georgia

Drug Enforcement Agency
Washington, DC

International Law Enforcement Academy
Budapest, Hungary

Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Washington, DC

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York

GUEST SPEAKER

Available upon request.

SPECIALIZED TOURS/TRAINING

(Dates available upon request.)

Crane-Weston Paper Mill
Dalton, Massachusetts

Philadelphia Mint
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington, DC

Visa International
San Francisco, California

Malco Plastics
Garrison Park, Maryland

BIS CAP International, Ink Jet Printing Conference
Boston, Massachusetts

ACHIEVEMENTS

(Dates available upon request.)

Participated as a "referee" in the Crime Laboratory Proficiency Training Program Forensic Sciences Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Testified before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, U. S. House of Representatives. These matters concerned the investigation of fraud in science.

Recipient of the Health and Human Services Inspector General's Integrity Award

Appointed Chairman of A.S.T.M. task groups concerned with developing standards for performing "Writing Ink Comparisons" and "Writing Ink Identifications".

United States Delegate at a European Meeting on Currency Counterfeiting, The Hague, The Netherlands, and at an International Conference on Fraudulent Documents, Ottawa, Canada

United States Delegate at a European Conference for Police and Government Experts, London, United Kingdom. Presented a paper on Ink Dating, Relative and Absolute - Title available upon request.

Testified before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, U.S. House of Representatives. This matter concerned detection and prevention of counterfeit documents.

Classified as an "Inspector" for the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors

Elected to the Board of Directors for the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors.

Elected to the Board of Directors for the Document Security Alliance.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Available upon request.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists
American Academy of Forensic Sciences - Fellow
Canadian Society of Forensic Scientists (past member)
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
Document Security Alliance

OFFICES HELD
(Dates available upon request.)

Mid Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists
Secretary/Treasurer

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
Board of Directors

Document Security Alliance
Board of Directors

BIOGRAPHY

Available upon request.

KEYWORDS

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