We
believe that we have assembled the finest, most experienced instructors
in the world. Our staff consists of many current, former and retired law
enforcement officers who are Certified Forensic Computer Examiners
(CFCE) or
Certified Computer Examiners (CCE)®
or
who hold both certifications.
They are all currently involved in computer forensic examinations and will
provide one-on-one instruction to you.
United States Staff
John
Mellon
Our lead instructor, John Mellon, was awarded 2005 "Instructor of the Year" Kennesaw State University - Cyber Crime Institute.
Mr.
Mellon is the author of the computer forensic examination
course. He is a retired US Customs Senior Special Agent with 28 years
investigative experience and over 17 years experience in computers. He
is an IACIS certified forensic computer examiner.
Mr.
Mellon had Initial experience with the CP-M operating system in 1986.
He had initial computer forensic training in 1991 by the International
Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS).
He has been an active member of IACIS and is a member of the Board of Directors.
He
is the past chairman of the IACIS DOS Seizure Certification Committee.
He is the past chairman of the IACIS DOS/Windows Processing Certification
Committee. He is
the
past chairman of the Certification Committee and the past Chairman of the IACIS Board
of Directors.
Mr.
Mellon has been a lead instructor at IACIS training conferences. He has been
involved in the training of hundreds of law enforcement officers world-wide
in computer forensics since 1994.
He
has taught numerous highly technical subjects including DOS and Windows
95/98 file systems, architecture and the boot process, DOS and Windows
95/98 examination techniques and procedures, recovery of deleted
files, recovery of Windows long file names, date and time stamp alterations,
recovering formatted disks, the process and problems in making forensic
copies of media, file type identification and the use of file viewing applications
during examinations, the theory of archived files and compressed disks,
examining archived and compressed disks and files, data format conversion,
basic Novell theory and the methods for seizing and examining Novell networks,
examination of Windows swap and related files and the new IACIS Examination
Standards and Forensic Code of Ethics.
He
developed and implemented the IACIS Forensic Examination Standards,
the IACIS Code of Ethics, the advanced Windows Processing Certification,
the past IACIS Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) problems containing
numerous technical issues. These problems must be completed to attain the
CFCE certification from IACIS. He continues to instruct civillians
and law enforcement officers world-wide in computer forensic examinations.
Mr.
Mellon was the first computer forensic examiner for US Customs in Miami,
Florida. In that connection he set up the forensic examination program
in Miami in 1991 and forensically examined many computers between 1991
and 1993.
He
started Key Computer Service in 1993 and has continued to forensically
examine computers for US Customs, DEA, local police agencies, attorneys,
private companies and individuals.
He
has been cited as a computer forensic expert witness in courts and in affidavits
in US District Court, Miami, Florida and in Atlanta, GA.
William J. Long
Bill Long has been
in law enforcement since 1980 and is working for a major state agency.
In addition to his duties as Chief Agent, he is also a Certified Forensic
Computer Examiner (IACIS) and works investigations involving all aspects
of computers and computer crime. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor
of Computer Forensics within the Criminal Justice Department of Redlands
College in El Reno, Oklahoma and instructs Computer Forensics on line with
the Forensics Training Program of the Key Computer Company, Key Largo,
Florida.
Mr. Long holds an
Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate from the Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement
Education and Training (CLEET) as well as a DOS Seizure Certificate (DSC),
DOS Processing Certificate (DPC) and Certified Computer Forensic Examiner
(CFCE) Certification from the International Association Of Computer Investigative
Specialists (IACIS) and a BSEE from Fairleigh Dickenson University in New
Jersey.
Wayne Marney
Wayne Marney, CCE is
nationally recognized as an expert in
computer forensics with more than 9
years experience and is a past board
of director of IACIS. In May, 2005 he
was the defense forensic expert for
US Army soldier, Sabrina Harman’s Abu
Ghraib prison abuse courts-martial.Since
1996 he has completed hundreds of forensic
exams involving standalone and networked
computer systems using the Microsoft
family of operating systems and Apple
Macintosh. He has been recognized as
an expert witness in state and federal
courts, e.g., state courts: New York,
Oregon, and Washington; US District
Court, Southern District of Florida
and deposition in the Oregon District.
Additionally, he has also provided forensic
civil litigation support in Arkansas,
California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington and Texas.
He
is a retired twenty-two year police
veteran and was a full-time member of
the Oregon State Police Computer Crimes
Unit from 07/1995 through 02/2003. Since
his retirement he is providing pro bono
forensic computer services to the Springfield
Police Department, Oregon.
David Riggs
Dave Riggs is a
Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) from the International Association
of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS). Mr. Riggs is
a retired federal law enforcement officer, who had a long and varied career.
He served in the military police, a large-city police department (Washington,
D.C.) as a homicide detective, he was an ATF agent,
and a Special Agent
in Charge of Criminal Investigations with the Environmental Protection
Agency, which was his position upon retirement.
Mr. Riggs is an
assembly language computer programmer and software developer, as well as
the builder of the forensic computer systems offered for sale on our web
site. In fact, he has written several of the forensic utilities used
by both IACIS and our training program. He served as a technical
editor of our forensic course materials, and is currently working on a
new module dealing with the NTFS file system.
Mr. Riggs is a coach/instructor
with the IACIS CFCE program, and has served as an instructor at the IACIS
training conferences. Dave is very knowledgeable about the DOS/Windows
internals, the FAT and NTFS file systems, and computer hardware.
He has authored articles for the IACIS newsletter dealing with operating
system internals.
William D. Taylor
Bill Taylor is a
Computer Investigative Specialist/ Special Agent with a federal law enforcement
agency in Nashville, Tennessee. He has served as a full time forensic computer
examiner since 1994. Mr. Taylor is a Certified Forensic Computer
Examiner (International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists),
a Certified Fraud Examiner, (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners)
and holds an Associate Degree in Forensic Computer Science. In addition
he holds both Baccalaureate and Masters Degrees in Criminal Justice and
is a graduate of the FBI National Academy. Mr. Taylor has over 24
years investigative law enforcement experience at the state local and federal
level. He served on the IACIS Board of Directors for six years. Serving
as Vice-President for 1 year, and as President, CEO for nearly 3 years.
Phil Harrold
Mr.
Harrold was employed
by the Odessa, Texas Police Department from
1979-1988.
His assignments included
Patrol, Narcotics and Crimes Against Property. Mr Harrold was employed
from 1989-2000
by the Monroe County, Florida Sheriff's Office. His assignments included
Patrol, General Investigations, Homicide and was a member of the Bomb
Squad.
Mr. Harrold has been employed from 2000 to the present by the State Attorney's Office, 16th Judicial Circuit, State of Florida
as an Investigator. In this capacity
he conducts in-depth, long term investigations of Organized Schemes
to Defraud, large scale thefts, and RICO offenses. He also conducts
investigations of computer crimes involving sales tax fraud,
child pornography and trade secret theft. Performs forensic
examinations of all types of electronic media.
Mr.
Harrold's education includes:
1982-AAS in Law
Enforcement from Odessa College
1985-Bachelor of
Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas of the Permian
Basin
1997-Master of
Science Degree in Management from Troy State University
Mr.
Harrold's Specialized
training includes:
US Army/FBI
Hazardous Devices School, Redstone Arsenal Alabama
US Army/FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction
School
IACIS
Basic
SEARCH-Computer
Crime Investigation
NW3C-BDRA
SEARCH-On-line
investigations
Access
Data-Intermediate Forensic Boot Camp
National Center
for Forensic Science-ILOOK
Homicide
Investigation
Hostage
Negotiation
Mr
Harrold holds certifications as a:
Certified Computer
Examiner (CCE)
Electronic Evidence
Collection Specialist (IACIS)
Law Enforcement
Instructor
Professional
Affiliations:
International
Association of Computer Investigative Specialist
Florida Association
of Computer Crime Investigators
High Technology
Crime investigation Association
Steven
Wisenberg
Mr. Wisenburg is a 14-year veteran of the City of
Atlanta Police Department. He has been a
Detective since 1999, where he started investigations in the physical
abuse and sexual abuse of children. These
investigations lead to child porn investigations as well as other
exploited children on the Internet investigation. He
is now assigned to the Cybercrime Unit where he is a full time
computer forensic examiner. Mr. Wisenburg is the current
president of the Atlanta Chapter of the High Technology
Investigation
Association (HTCIA). He holds the Certified
Computer
Examiner (CCE) certification. He also is one of
the
founding directors of the Cybercrime Summit, a training conference held
in
Metro Atlanta each year.
Mr. Wisenburg has attended several training
classes including the following:
Computer forensics Boot Camp, Practical
Data Forensics using Linux, Access Data Forensic Boot Camp, EnCase
Intermediate analysis and reporting, Basic Data Recovery and Analysis,
Advanced Data recovery and analysis ILook, Maresware Software Training,
etc.
Wayne
K.
Jahn
Wayne
K.
Jahn
is
a
senior
partner
in
Forensic
Technology
Group
(FTG),
and
he
had
initial
computer
forensic
training
in
1991
by
the
International
Association
of
Computer
Investigative
Specialists
(IACIS).and
actively
consults.
Mr.
Jahn
is
a
retired
lieutenant
from
Union
City,
N.J
and
a
retired
Deputy
Chief
as
the
head
of
the
computer
crime
unit
with
the
Hudson
County
Prosecutor's
Office
in
New
Jersey.
He
has
had
a
diversified
career
with
over
25
years
of
investigative
law
enforcement
and
detective
and
computer
forensic
experience.
Mr.
Jahn
also
has
over
twenty
five
years
of
progressive
Management
Information
Systems
experience
in
the
creation
of
systems
and
analysis
for
law
enforcement
and
governmental
agencies
and
private
corporations.
He
is
an
experienced
manager
with
strengths
in
systems
implementation
for
both
large
and
small
organizations
encompassing
local
and
wide
area
networks.
Mr.
Jahn
works
investigations
involving
all
aspects
of
computer
and
computer
crime
and
assists
attorneys,
private
investigators
and
police
departments
dissect
complex
technical
and
financial
information
to
solve
crimes.
When
he
moved
to
Florida
in
1996,
he
started
his
own
firm,
Integrated
Computer
Solutions
Consultants
(ICSC)
and
Forensic
Technology
Group
(FTG).
Mr.
Jahn
has
developed,
implemented
and
conducted
formal
training
programs
and
presentations
for
all
levels
of
management,
organized
and
presented
professional
seminars
and
was
a
police
academy
instructor
at
the
Bergen
County
Police
Academy
in
New
Jersey.
Mr.
Jahn
has
had
exposure
in
broadcast,
cited
in
print
media
and
has
authored
articles
relating
to
computer
forensics.
He
has
received
many
recognition
awards
over
his
law
enforcement
career
for
his
heroic
duties.
Mr.
Jahn
completed:
- Advanced
Filepro
Programming
Course
1992
The
Small
Computer
Company
Hawthorne,
New
York
- Certification
Course
Seizure
and
Processing
Computers
in
Criminal
Investigations
1991
International
Association
of
Computer
Investigative
Specialists
Portland,
Oregon
- Certification
Zenix/Unix
Administration
Course
1990
Pratt
University
Basic
Filepro
Programming
Course
1990
The
Small
Computer
Company
Hawthorne,
New
York
- Continuing
Education
Certification
Courses
Rutgers
University
-
Princeton
Division
1988
-
1989
Computer
Software
and
Operating
Systems
- Total
Network
Security
Course
Network
Associates
October
1999
Dallas,
Texas
CyberCop
System
Engineer
Certification
October
1999
Professional
Affiliations:
- Member
of
International
Association
of
Computer
Investigative
Specialists
(I.A.C.I.S
)
- Member
of
Fraternal
Order
of
Police
- Member
of
the
Police
Honor
Legion
- Member
of
the
American
Legion
- Past
Member
of
the
NJ
State
Prosecutors
Association
Committee
for
Computerization
Dr.
Edward
A.
Schmalz
Dr.
Edward
A.
Schmalz
is
a
partner
in
Forensic
Technology
Group
(FTG),
is
a
certified
computer
examiner
(CCE)
and
actively
consults.
Dr.
Schmalz
is
a
retired
captain
from
a
large
county
police
department
in
northern
New
Jersey
with
over
29
years
of
investigative
law
enforcement
experience
and
over
10
years
experience
with
computers.
He
has
had
a
diversified
career
with
progressive
management
and
computer
experience
(police
academy
lead
instructor,
Office
of
Emergency
Management-OEM,
detective,
scuba,
SWAT,)
and
in
administration
as
Executive
Officer
and
management
roles,
which
was
his
position
upon
retirement.
Dr.
Schmalz
was
the
Director
for
the
New
Jersey
State
Police
Graduate
Studies
Program,
Seton
Hall
University,
South
Orange,
NJ
and
continues
to
teach
in
the
graduate
program.
Dr.
Schmalz
is
a
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
National
Academy
graduate
and
served
as
President
for
the
FBI
National
Academy
Associates
(FBINAA)
New
Jersey
Chapter
in
2000-2001.
He
serves
as
a
consultant
to
business,
government,
non-profit
and
private
sectors
and
is
a
corporate
trainer
for
a
pharmaceutical
corporation
since
2000.
He
continues
to
be
a
guest
speaker
at
numerous
professional
and
community
events.
He
has
received
many
recognition
awards
over
his
law
enforcement
and
military
career.
He
also
served
in
the
United
States
Army
as
a
Sergeant
with
the
5th
Special
Forces
Group
Airborne.
Dr.
Schmalz’s
education
includes:
- Doctorate
of
Education,
Administration
and
Supervision,
Seton
Hall
University,
2000
- Master
of
Science,
Criminal
Justice
Administration,
Jersey
City
State
College,
1992
- Bachelor
of
Science,
Criminal
Justice
Administration,
William
Paterson
College,
1980
Professional
Affiliations:
- Member,
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
National
Academy
Associates
(FBINAA)
- Member,
International
Society
of
Forensic
Computer
Examiners
(ISFCE)
Doug
White
Doug
White
has
worked
in
the
technology
industry
since
the
late
70’s
and
has
been
involved
in
virtually
every
aspect
of
computing
including
as
a
programmer,
networking
administrator,
security
analyst,
auditor,
and
other
roles
as
a
consultant
on
a
wide
variety
of
hardware
platforms.
Doug
White
holds
a
PhD
from
the
University
of
Arkansas
–
Fayetteville
in
Computer
Information
Systems
and
Quantitative
Analysis.
Doug
White
has
worked
for
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Atlanta,
Oak
Ridge
National
Laboratories
(Department
of
Energy,
Department
of
Defense,
and
Martin
Marietta
Energy
Systems),
Southern
Union
Company,
and
others
in
a
variety
of
roles
as
either
a
consultant
or
full
time
employee.
Currently,
Dr.
White
manages
White
Hat
Research
(www.whitehatresearch.com)
in
New
York,
Secure
Technology,
LLC.
In
Rhode
Island,
and
works
for
Roger
Williams
University
teaching
Forensics
to
both
undergraduate
and
graduate
students
in
the
CIS
and
Criminal
Justice
programs.
Dr.
White
has
held
the
CCE
since
2003
and
has
worked
doing
analysis
of
systems
for
corporate
clients
since
the
late
1980’s.
Dr.
White
also
holds
the
CISSP
certification.
Doug
White
has
taught
or
worked
with,
C,
C++,
C#,
Java,
PHP,
FORTRAN
II
–
77,
COBOL,
Visual
Basic,
Algol,
Watbol,
LISP,
Prologue,
SIMAN
IV
and
Arena,
and
RPG
III.
Dr.
White
acts
as
an
auditor
on
systems
from
PC
based
servers
to
MVS
mainframe
systems
as
well
as
Cisco,
Mandriva
Firewalls,
and
a
variety
of
other
platforms.
Dr.
White
also
teaches
security
techniques,
penetration
testing,
and
other
security
coursework
for
various
companies.
