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Keith A. Lockhart, Vice President, Training
As Director of Training, Keith is responsible
for the development of forensic and encryption training
solutions for local, state, federal, and international law
enforcement agencies as well as worldwide corporate entities
involved in the prevention, investigation and prosecution
of high-technology crime. Prior to joining AccessData, Keith
served as a computer crime specialist at the National White
Collar Crime Center (NW3C) in Fairmont, WV. Keith served
as program manager of the INET (Internet Trace Evidence
Recovery & Analysis) course providing the framework
of complex research and design for its development and maintenance.
Prior to NW3C, Keith was a police officer with Kent State
University Police Department. Earlier in his career, Keith
worked in the narcotics division of the Western Portage
Drug Task Force in northeast Ohio. In that assignment, he
worked cooperatively with the FBI, DEA, ATF, HUD and US
Postal Inspection Service to successfully investigate and
prosecute over one hundred felony cases. He is a member
of the International Association of Computer Investigative
Specialists (IACIS), the High Technology Crime Investigator's
Association (HTCIA) and the Narcotics Association of Regional
Coordinating Officers (NARCO). Keith has instructed at the
FBI National Academy, the ATF annual Computer Information
Systems conference, the Kennesaw Southeast Cybercrime Institute,
and many IACIS conferences. Keith holds a bachelor's degree
in criminology from Kent State University and an applied
associate degree in computer forensics from Redlands Community
College.
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Dustin Hurlbut, Senior Instructor
As a senior instructor, Dustin provides full time classroom instruction and develops training seminars to assist both novice and expert computer specialists in computer seizure, digital analysis, and password recovery. This includes research and experimentation to provide analysis methods for evolving digital media, operating systems, and applications. Besides general work on maintaining class material, Dustin was the primary developer of the three-day Applied Decryption class, coauthoring the technical manual. Dustin was also the author and primary developer of the one and three day Vista forensics courses and the AccessData three-day Windows Registry course. Dustin brings with him over thirty years of commissioned law enforcement experience having retired from the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office in Bellingham, WA. He began working with seizing and analyzing digital media in 1992. Dustin has worked and consulted with local, state, and federal law enforcement on both criminal and civil cases. Dustin began his law enforcement career in patrol as a patrol deputy moving on to crime scene investigator, search and rescue coordinator, and patrol sergeant. Other assignments included Detective Sergeant, multijurisdictional narcotics task force supervisor, Patrol Lieutenant, Chief Civil Deputy and Chief Criminal Deputy. Dustin is a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner with the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS), and has served as Chairman of the Board and Director of Training for that organization. He has instructed classes for IACIS as well as classes for other state, local, and federal jurisdictions since 1994. Dustin began working for AccessData as a senior instructor in January of 2004 and holds both AccessData Certified Examiner and AccessData Certified Instructor certificates.
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Mark Stringer, Manager, Certification, Senior Instructor
As an instructor for AccessData,
Mark's responsibilities include providing hands-on training
and instruction around the globe in AccessData's suite of
products as well as curriculum development and research.
Mark previously served as a Computer Crime Specialist in
the Computer Crime Section of the National White Collar
Crime Center (NW3C) in Fairmont, WV. In this position Mark
was intricately involved in the instruction and development
of basic and advanced courses including the Basic Data Recovery
and Analysis (BDRA), Internet Trace Evidence Recovery &
Analysis and Basic Online Technical Skills (BOTS) courses.
Mark is a member of the International Association of Computer
Investigative Specialists (IACIS) from which he obtained
certification as a Forensic Computer Examiner. He has instructed
at the FBI National Academy, the American Bar Association,
and the International Association for Identification (IAI)
as well as for various other conferences and organized events.
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Ken Warren, Training Director
As an instructor for AccessData, Ken specializes
in the investigation and examination of computer related
crime. He also assists with the development of innovative
training solutions for law enforcement agencies as well
as worldwide corporate entities. Prior to joining AccessData,
Ken served as a police officer and detective for the Greeley,
CO Police Department. Ken's experiences with the police
department include service in SWAT, homicide, financial
and complex crime and major crime scene investigation. Working
both as an investigator and examiner on hundreds of cases,
Ken was responsible for the creation of department policy
and training regarding the collection of computer related
evidence and the investigation of computer and Internet
related crime. Ken designed and implemented the Computer
Crimes Section at the Greeley Police Department and the
Digital Evidence Section at the Greeley/Weld County Forensic
Laboratory. Ken is a member of the International Association
of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS), The American
Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation
Board (ASCLD/LAB), The High Tech Crime Consortium (HTCC),
and the Colorado Association of Computer Crime Investigators
(CACCI) where he served as Secretary and President.
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Rob Attoe, Director, Public Sector Training
As an instructor for AccessData, Rob develops Digital Forensics and Decryption training solutions for Local, State, Federal and International law enforcement agencies as well as worldwide corporate entities involved in the prevention, investigation and prosecution of high-technology crime. Integral to this role is the coordination of custom curriculum and the management of Federal and Governmental programs worldwide which relies heavily on Rob’s ability to liaise for Federal training initiatives along with his expertise in Training Room and Mobile Lab hardware management. Prior to employment with AccessData, Rob served as a Computer Crime Specialist II in the Computer Crime Section of the National White Collar Crime Center located in Technology Park – Fairmont, WV. While presenting the Basic Data Recovery and Analysis BDRA and Advanced Data Recovery and Analysis (ADRA) courses, he worked extensively on the research and development of the ADRA NT course curriculum, and served as Program Manager for the AFT (Automated Forensic Tools) course, providing the framework of complex research and design for its development, implementation and maintenance. He was with the NW3C from October 2003 to June 2005. Rob is a member of the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) from which he obtained Certification as a Forensic Computer Examiner in 2005 and recertified in 2008. Rob has also co-authored many digital forensics courses throughout the world including the Applied NT Forensics’ class for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit in the United Kingdom. Rob has served as an instructor at the annual IACIS conference and regularly presents at other international conferences and organized events such as the HTCIA, DoD and Cybercrime events.
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Rob Maddox, Manager, Live Online Training
As an instructor for AccessData, Rob teaches
the AccessData BootCamp and Internet Forensics courses.
Prior to becoming a member of the AccessData team, Rob served
as a Computer Crime Specialist at the National White Collar
Crime Center (NW3C) in Fairmont, WV. Rob served as the Program
Manager for the Cybercop 302 (Internet Trace Evidence Recovery
& Analysis) and Cyber Investigations 201 (Proactive
and Reactive Online Investigations) courses. Rob also represented
NW3C as a member of the West Virginia Computer Crime Consortium
(WV3C), a partnership between West Virginia University,
the WV State Police, and NW3C. Prior to joining NW3C, Rob
served for 10 years within the Central Oregon law enforcement
community, for both the Deschutes County Sheriff’s
Office and City of Bend Police Department. Rob's law enforcement
experience includes service as a Corrections Deputy, Community
Policing Program Coordinator, Field Training Officer, Firearms
and Use of Force Instructor, Patrolman and Detective. As
a Detective, Rob served as a Deputy Medical Examiner, and
specialized in the investigation of white collar crime,
and offenses involving digital evidence. Rob served on the
FBI’s Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force for the Central
Oregon region, and regularly provided training to Central
Oregon law enforcement agencies in the investigation of
computer-related offenses, and the recovery of digital evidence.
Rob also volunteered as an instructor for the Central Oregon
Community College (COCC) adult education program, where
he taught classes in online safety and identity theft prevention.
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Nick Drehel, Manager, Curriculum Development
As the manager of curriculum development, Nick develops course curriculum for
AccessData's computer forensics training. Nick has over 32
years of law enforcement experience prior to joining AccessData.
Nick served as a police officer and investigator with the
Houston Police Department. Nick’s experiences with
the police department include property crimes investigations
and homicide investigations. Nick assisted in the establishment
of the Computer Crime/Forensic Unit in 1996 and the department’s
policies and procedures for investigating computer crimes
and conducting computer forensic examinations. Nick was
assigned to the United States Secret Service Electronic
Crimes Task Force in Houston. Nick holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Organizational Leadership with Mountain State
University and was the founder and principal owner of Digital
Forensics of Texas, Inc. In 2004, Nick was on the board
of directors of the International Center for Computer Forensic
Accreditation, Standards and Testing. Nick has prepared
and presented classes, lectures, and seminars on topics
of computer crime investigations and computer forensics
to the University of Houston, The Houston Area Women in
Policing Conference, and the Texas Gulf Coast Crime Prevention
Association. Nick is on the Advisory Committee for Lee College
in Baytown, Texas for their Computer Forensics program.
Nick holds a large number of forensic and computer certifications;
AccessData Certified Examiner, AccessData Certified Instructor,
EnCase Certified Examiner, Certified in Homeland Security
– Level 3, Certified ProDiscover Examiner, Paraben
Certified Cell Phone Examiner, Microsoft Certified System
Engineer, Comptia A+, Comptia Network+, Texas Commission
on Law Enforcement Standards and Education Certified Instructor.
Nick is a member of the High Technology Crime Investigation
Association (HTCIA), the American College of Forensic Examiners
International where he is certified in Homeland Security,
Level 3.
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Buddy Tidwell, Manager Contract Trainers Program, Senior Instructor
As an instructor Buddy specializes in the investigation of computer related crimes and recovery and preparation of digital evidence related to matters subject to litigation. He also oversees the recruitment and professional development of independently contracted computer forensic trainers at AccessData. Prior to becoming a member of the AccessData team, Buddy served as a Lab Manager and Senior Computer Forensic Examiner at the Joint Computer Forensics Lab for Law Enforcement in Middle Tennessee. Buddy served as a criminal investigator for the District Attorney Generals Office and Dickson County Tennessee Sheriffs Department where he was the lead investigator in hundreds of Cyber Crime incidents and complex felony investigations. Buddy's twenty-four years of law enforcement experience includes service as an undercover narcotics agent, Agent in Charge of Vice Division, assignments to Crime Suppression Units and experience as a Sergeant at the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. He has extensive experience in supervising and performing complex state and federal level criminal investigations as well as experience testifying as a recognized expert in the field of computer forensics in both Federal and State courts as a detective and as a private sector consultant. Buddy regularly provides hands on training to law enforcement agencies and private sector examiners around the globe in the investigation of computer-related offenses, and the recovery of digital evidence. He also served as an instructor for the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists and an instructor and developer of curriculum at the University of Tennessee’s Law Enforcement Innovations Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Joe Duke, AccessData Senior Instructor
As a senior instructor for AccessData, Joe specializes in the investigation and examination of computer related crime. Prior to joining AccessData, he served for 28 years in the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office in Pontiac, Michigan, most recently holding the rank of Detective Sergeant and was the commanding officer of the Computer Crimes Unit, which he formed in 1998. Joe has been conducting high tech crime investigations and digital evidence analysis since 1998 as both a sworn law enforcement officer and a private sector consultant. Joe has also been active in the education of law enforcement officers, government agents and military investigators as a member of the IACIS Training Committee, Certification Committee, Proficiency Committee, as well as having been a member of staff and an instructor at the past six training conferences. Joe also helped to develop and instruct the curriculum for the Computer Crimes Investigations School and the Computer Forensic Investigators School at the Center for Regional and National Security, which is located at Eastern Michigan University.
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