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Stephen Mason, Barrister

Stephen, can you tell us something about your background? After leaving school in 1972 and spending six months at a bank in London, I joined the army (1973-1982). I served in what used to be known as the Royal Army

Sam Raincock, Sam Raincock Consultancy

Sam, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in computer forensics? Prior to university, I’d never considered computing as a potential career; in fact, I hadn’t really used computers apart from playing games. I

Russell May, 4N6 Investigation

Russell, can you tell us something about your background and how you became involved in computer forensics? Like many people I first became involved with computers as a hobby in the late 70’s, building my first computer from scratch. I

Jim Gordon, West Mercia Police

Jim, can you tell us something about your background? I left school in Dundee, Scotland when I was 17 years old and joined the Royal Air Force Police. I served in the RAF Police for just over 15 years, the

Greg Smith – Mobile Telephone Expert Witness, Trew & Co.

Greg, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how Trew & Co. came into being? I had just completed an apprenticeship when I went to a consumer electronics show at the beginning of the 1980s… At

Sean McLinden, Outcome Technology Associates, Inc.

Sean, can you tell us something about your background? My first exposure to computers was as an undergraduate when I saw an episode of the PBS series Nova about artificial intelligence (AI). Since I was headed to the University of

Graham Brown-Martin, Digital Safety Conference

Graham, can you tell us a little bit about your background? I’ve been described as a disruptive maverick who tends to apply the principles of activism to much of what I do. I’m the founder and managing director of Learning

Lee Whitfield, Forensic 4cast

Lee, can you tell us something about your background and why you decided to work in the field of computer forensics? I used to work in construction law. My father is an expert witness in construction and I worked with

Robert Botchek, President & Founder, Tableau, LLC

Robert, can you tell us something about yourself and your background before founding Tableau, LLC? I had the good fortune to grow up in the San Francisco Bay Area – the place known as Silicon Valley – and it’s only

Dr Chris Pamplin, Editor – UK Register of Expert Witnesses

Dr Pamplin, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how the the UK Register of Expert Witnesses (www.jspubs.com) came into being? I am a geologist by training, but as I did my PhD back in the

Ben Levitan, US Telecommunications Expert Witness

Ben, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you became involved in mobile phone forensics? I never expected to be here. I was an electrical engineer 25 years ago when my company at the time

Nick Furneaux, MD CSITech & Director, Bright Forensics

Nick, can you tell us something about your background and why you decided to work in this particular field? I’ve worked in IT for almost 20 years and around 10 years ago was involved in writing Intranet and Internet based

Jan Collie, The Digital Detective

Jan, how did you get started in computer forensics? I decided to specialise in forensics after meeting a bunch of lads from the Hi-Tech Crime Unit at a conference in London in about 2002. For a start, they had all

Professor Tony Sammes, Cranfield University

Professor Sammes, can you tell us something about your background and your current role? I have not always been in the academic world. I started out in the military, serving for some 29 years in the British Army. I first

Simon Biles, Thinking Security

Simon Biles, together with his wife, runs an Information Security Consultancy – Thinking Security – from near Oxford in the UK. He is currently consulting with HM Revenue and Customs on Security Architecture. He is also studying for an MSc

Gene Spafford, CERIAS

Gene, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you came to work at CERIAS? My academic PhD was work in reliable operating systems. I then did a post-doc in software testing, which I viewed as