Cyber Security Expert Witnesses 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 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 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.