OCCUPATION
Chief Forensic Scientist and President - A Forensic Consultant Company in California
EDUCATION
Associate of Arts Degree - Received
June 1976
Florida Technological University
Orlando, Florida
Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science
Degree - Received August 1979
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
Master of Forensic Sciences Degree
- Received June 1983
Antioch University
Yellow Springs, Ohio
PERTINENT SPECIALIZED COURSES
Forensic Microscopy Course - March
1978
McCrone Research Institute
Chicago, Illinois
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
- April 1979
Perkin-Elmer Corporation
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gas Chromatography Course - December
1979
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Advanced Gas Chromatography - March
1980
Perkin-Elmer Corporation
Advanced High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
Course - January 1981
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Washington, DC (course location)
Ink and Paper Analysis Seminar -
January 1981
U.S. Air Force
Office of Special Investigations
Washington, DC
High Pressure Liquid Chromatography/Mass
Spectrometry - July 1981
U.S. Justice Department, F.B.I.
Quantico, Virginia
High Pressure Liquid Chromatography/Computer
Operation - March 1984
Perkin-Elmer Corporation
Rockville, Maryland
Questioned Document Course - February
1985
U.S. Secret Service
Washington, DC
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Course - June 1986
Nicolet Analytical Instruments
Lanham, Maryland
Scanning Electron Microscopy - September
1994
Philips Electronic Instruments
Mahwah, New Jersey
ASCLD/LAB Inspector Training Course
- January 2000
Portland, Oregon
WORK EXPERIENCE
December 1975 through March 1979
Laboratory Technician
University of Central Florida
March 1979 through September 1979
Internship
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
September 1979 through July 1982
Forensic Chemist
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
July, 1982 through June, 2005
Counterfeit Specialist
Questioned Document Examiner
Lead, Instrumental Analysis Section
Lead, Instrumental and Computer Analysis Section
Senior Document Examiner/National Expert for the United States Secret Service
Chief, Questioned Document Branch
Assistant Laboratory Director
Laboratory Director/Chief Forensic Scientist
United States Secret Service
INSTRUCTOR
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Rockville, Maryland
United States Air Force, Office of
Special Investigations
Special Investigator's Course
Washington, DC
United States Secret Service
Washington, DC
Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center
Glynco, Georgia
Drug Enforcement Agency
Washington, DC
International Law Enforcement Academy
Budapest, Hungary
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Washington, DC
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
GUEST SPEAKER
Available upon request.
SPECIALIZED TOURS/TRAINING
(Dates available upon request.)
Crane-Weston Paper Mill
Dalton, Massachusetts
Philadelphia Mint
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington, DC
Visa International
San Francisco, California
Malco Plastics
Garrison Park, Maryland
BIS CAP International, Ink Jet Printing
Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
ACHIEVEMENTS
(Dates available upon request.)
Participated as a "referee" in the Crime Laboratory Proficiency Training Program Forensic Sciences Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Testified before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, U. S. House of Representatives. These matters concerned the investigation of fraud in science.
Recipient of the Health and Human Services Inspector General's Integrity Award
Appointed Chairman of A.S.T.M. task groups concerned with developing standards for performing "Writing Ink Comparisons" and "Writing Ink Identifications".
United States Delegate at a European Meeting on Currency Counterfeiting, The Hague, The Netherlands, and at an International Conference on Fraudulent Documents, Ottawa, Canada
United States Delegate at a European Conference for Police and Government Experts, London, United Kingdom. Presented a paper on Ink Dating, Relative and Absolute - Title available upon request.
Testified before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, U.S. House of Representatives. This matter concerned detection and prevention of counterfeit documents.
Classified as an "Inspector" for the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
Elected to the Board of Directors for the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors.
Elected to the Board of Directors for the Document Security Alliance.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Available upon request.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic
Scientists
American Academy of Forensic Sciences - Fellow
Canadian Society of Forensic Scientists (past member)
American Society of Crime Laboratory
Directors
Document Security Alliance
OFFICES HELD
(Dates available
upon request.)
Mid Atlantic Association of Forensic
Scientists
Secretary/Treasurer
American Society of Crime Laboratory
Directors
Board of Directors
Document Security Alliance
Board of Directors
BIOGRAPHY
Available upon request.
KEYWORDS
Forensic Analysis Expert Witness; Questioned Document Expert Witness; Authenticity Expert Witness; Alterations Expert Witness; Ink Expert Witness; Age Determination Expert Witness; Fraud Expert Witness; Worker's Compensation Expert Witness; Piracy Expert Witness; Handwriting Expert Witness; Fingerprints Expert Witness; Counterfeits Expert Witness; Cold Case Investigation Expert Witness; Trace Evidence Expert Witness; Arson Expert Witness; Explosives Expert Witness; Computer Forensics Expert Witness; Daubert and Frye Preparation Expert Witness; Trial Assistance Expert Witness; Medical Malpractice Expert Witness; Email Analysis, History and Origin Expert Witness; Criminal Investigations Expert Witness; Civil Investigations Expert Witness; Civil Disputes Expert Witness; Wills Disputes Expert Witness; Probate Disputes Expert Witness