Cyber Crime Expert Witnesses in Louisiana

This highly qualified expert has testified in federal and state courts as an expert in digital forensics and electronic discovery. He has extensive experience serving as a retained expert, forensic neutral, eNeutral and eDiscovery liaison. Before working in the digital forensics and eDiscovery industry for over 13 years, he served as a partner with an international law firm focusing on litigation and technology law. He earned his JD degree from the University of Illinois, where he was his class valedictorian and Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Current certifications include EnCase Certified Examiner, Certified Computer Forensics Examiner, Certified Electronic Discovery Specialist and Systems Security Certified Practitioner. Currently he serves as CEO of a major computer forensics and eDiscovery company that has received numerous recent industry awards. He formerly served as a member of the board of directors at the International Information Systems Forensics Association. He also has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law and has been an invited lecturer on topics in digital forensics and eDiscovery at various universities and industry seminars. He is licensed as a professional investigator in Michigan and as a private investigator in Florida, Nevada and Texas.

This expert is an accomplished financial professional with over 30 years experience in the design and implementation of risk management programs, business plans, and budgets. His regulatory background includes senior positions at several US regulatory agencies, including the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the Comptroller of the Currency. He is a certified fraud examiner and holds a BBA with a major in finance and economics and an MBA with a concentration in finance and banking from Stephen F. Austin State University. He began his career with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency where he was involved in all aspects of supervising commercial banks including investigations of criminal and illegal activities. He also served as Special Deputy Receiver for the State of Texas Department of Insurance where he was responsible and accountable to the courts for the sale and management of a wide variety of assets, including stocks, bonds, mortgages, and other real estate holdings and closing financial statements. As Senior Vice President at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and the Office of Thrift Supervision, he was responsible for the supervision of problem financial institutions with assets in excess of $1 billion. He supervised a staff of 85+ professional and received several special recognition awards for outstanding service. Currently, he is the President and CEO of an independent financial services consulting firm that specializes in regulatory banking supervision, risk management, and internal control.

This highly qualified expert is a EnCase certified examiner with years of experience in digital forensics. He was the director of the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory, a multi-agency task force. He was also an FBI certified Computer Forensics Examiner and a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner with the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists. He has conducted hundreds of computer forensic exams involving a variety of investigations including directing the search, capture, analysis, and litigation support of electronic evidence in the largest financial corporation collapse in Houston history. He successfully completed training as an Assessor for Digital Evidence for the American Society of Crime Lab Directors – Laboratory Accreditation Board and is a former officer for the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association. He is the former president of Computer Investigations, Inc., and a current partner at a major digital forensics company in Texas.

This expert is highly experienced in the area of IT and offshore outsourcing, with expertise in all aspects of outsourcing such as strategy, provider capabilities, provider selection, outsourcing contracts, BPO, and cybersecurity. He earned his BA in liberal arts from Northwestern State University of Louisiana and began his career with Electronic Data Systems, serving as a sales executive, industry vice president, and a strategic business unit sales and marketing leaders. He also worked with Ernst & Young, as the managing partner for IT outsourcing & BPO services and as the global leader of cybersecurity as a service. This expert was also the CEO and founder of both United Messaging and Alsbridge. Currently, this expert is the managing partner for a cybersecurity technology and managed services firm based in Texas.

This expert has over 35 years of advisory and energy industry experience for both domestic and international projects. As Director of Forensics and Dispute Services for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, he consulted with a Moroccan oil and gas company in an international fraud dispute involving an oil service technology company, while he provided expert testimony and analysis for a separate multimillion dollar lawsuit involving oil and gas fraud. He also provided debtor assistance and testimony in bankruptcy proceedings involving a $200 million offshore oil and gas company. As a Managing Director with Econ One Research, he prepared a rebuttal report and testified in an international arbitration involving a dispute between a government and a developer of a major heavy oil project A member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, he has been published in the "Journal of the American Chemical Society" and has testified in The Hague concerning the value of oil and gas reserves in an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes proceeding. Currently, this expert is a Managing Director at an international consulting firm, where he continues to advise on oil, natural gas, and related energy issues.

This expert has been working in the petroleum industry for over 40 years. He has worked for numerous petroleum and energy firms in a variety of capacities, from production and drilling accountant and oil and gas accountant to senior internal auditor, control analyst, audit manager, and senior staff auditor. Awarded the honor of Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners, he holds a number of certifications for auditing, fraud examination, and consulting, while he has held membership in the Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies for over 40 years. Currently, this expert runs his own petroleum consulting firm, where he provides services in the areas of auditing, negotiation, reviews, due diligence, fraud, litigation support, and joint interest and contract compliance. His clients have included Amoco, Chevron, Exxon, and Texaco, among many others, and his audits have returned exceptions of up to $60 million. This expert is an author and widely published.