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Rob Lee is a Director for MANDIANT (http://www.mandiant.com/), a leading provider of information security consulting services and software to Fortune 500 organizations and the U.S. Government. Rob is also the Curriculum Lead for Digital Forensic Training at the SANS Institute (http://forensics.sans.org/). Rob has more than 13 years experience in computer forensics, vulnerability and exploit discovery, intrusion detection/prevention, and incident response. Rob graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and served in the U.S. Air Force as a founding member of the 609th Information Warfare Squadron, the first U.S. military operational unit focused on Information Operations. Later, he was a member of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations where he conducted computer crime investigations, incident response, and computer forensics. Prior to joining MANDIANT, he directly worked with a variety of government agencies in the law enforcement, Dept. of Defense, and intelligence communities where he was the technical lead for a vulnerability discovery and exploit development team, lead for a cyber forensics branch, and led a computer forensic and security software development team. Rob also coauthored the bestselling book, Know Your Enemy, 2nd Edition. Rob earned his MBA from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Finally, Rob was awarded the "Digital Forensic Examiner of the Year" from the Forensic 4Cast 2009 Awards.

Amanda Lamb is a veteran crime reporter for an award-winning CBS television station in the Southeast, WRAL, and writes a regular online column called Dispatches from a Reporter’s Notebook. She makes regular appearances on FOX News, CNN, truTV, and on the Oxygen network. Amanda is the author of the true crime novel Deadly Dose based on the Eric Miller Case.

Stacy Dittrich, Author and Law Enforcement Media Consultant, seen on CNN, Fox, and E! True Hollywood. Stacy is the author of The Devil's Closet her lastest of her many CeeCee Gallagher Thrillers.

Trooper Sarah Krebs is both a road patrol officer and a forensic artist for the Michigan State Police. She obtained her degree in Anthropology before joining the MSP. She is currently assigned to the Detroit Post. Her forensic work has helped to identify criminals and previously unidentified victims of crimes. She is trained in composite drawing, photo manipulation, Age progression and facial reconsturction from the skull. Recently, she assisted Canadian Authorities in identifying a unidentified body that had been found on the US side in Lake Erie. The body was that of a prominent missing person from the Toronto area. Trooper Krebs is currently an instructor at Michigan State University in their forensics program.

Gerald Owens, WRAL News Anchor/Reporter and Host of NC Wanted. Gerald came to Raleigh in December 2002, from Washington, DC where he anchored the morning news for three years, and sports for one year. He currently anchors WRAL’s 10:00 news on Fox 50, and the 11:00 news on WRAL. In addition to his duties on the anchor desk, Gerald is the host of “NC Wanted.” NC Wanted is a weekly feature of wanted fugitives and unsolved crimes throughout the state. Since its inception in April of 2007, NC Wanted shows/episodes have led to the capture of 27 wanted fugitives. Gerald donates a lot of his free time to local non-profit organizations. He sits on the boards of the Wake County SPCA, Leukemia Lymphoma Society of Eastern NC, Wake Teen Medical Services, and NC VAN – North Carolina Victim Assistance Network.

Andrew Hoog, chief investigative officer of viaForensics, is a recognized computer scientist and forensic analyst and former chief information officer of a $750 million multinational corporation. He has led investigations, contributed to policy development and lectured at corporations, attorneys’associations and law enforcement agencies about the computer forensic discipline. He maintains a computer forensics and e-discovery glossary,authors computer/mobile forensic how-to guides and is now writing a book about Android forensics. He is the author of a groundbreaking white paper on iPhone forensics that has gained recognition throughout the industry. viaForensics is an innovative computer/mobile forensic and e-discovery company providing expert consulting services to corporations, law firms, law enforcement and government agencies. Beyond servicing our clients immediate needs, the company focuses on groundbreaking research in areas such as mobile forensics, SQLite forensics, data visualization and general education on forensics by regularly posting HOWTOs, glossary terms and the results of our research, accessible at viaforensics.com.

Veteran biotechnology professionals and authors V. Michael Santoro and James Doulgeris believe DNA-based tracking devices may provide a biological equivalent to GPS systems, which can be hidden in simple viruses like the common cold. Their new fiction thriller, The Dyodyne Experiment (Synergy Books, June 2009, ISBN 978-0-9821601-2-1, $15.95), examines the consequences of technological advances on humankind. “The consequences of deploying a biotechnology that dynamically modifies the genetic code, like DNA-computers, are completely beyond our present understanding,” says Doulgeris, a healthcare industry professional with 35 years experience. “We wanted to explore what happens when the holy grail of biotechnology, a DNA-based biocomputer, enters the real world in response to a crisis.” In their new book, a government supported research team from Dyodyne Labs is forced to use their untested DNA-computer to identify and apprehend terrorists who launch a massive attack on New York City. But when the government’s intervention forces them to expand the technology’s capabilities, Dyodyne’s DNA tracker mutates, resulting in unexpected consequences. “The Dyodyne Experiment considers the implications of trading freedoms for safety, which is central to the cultural civil war our nation is experiencing today,” Santoro says. “Americans are divided between those who wish to guard our civil liberties at all costs, and those who will gladly give up some of their rights in exchange for safety from unknown terrorists.” The recent recipient of a 2009 Independent Publisher’s Book Award, The Dyodyne Experiment was awarded a gold medal in the popular fiction category.

Cina Wong is a Board Certified forensic document examiner. Cina is Board Certified through and former Vice President of the National Association of Document Examiners. Her client list includes law firms, Fortune 500 Companies and Authors. Cina was one of the handwriting experts involved in the JonBenet Ramsey civil case. Cina Wong is not a graphologist, a person that alleges they can tell you a person's personality from looking at their handwriting. Cina strictly approaches handwriting from a forensic aspect.

Encore Presentation featuring David Sullivan, Digital Forensics Recruiter.

Lee Whitfield is a Computer Forensic Investigator and the author of the very popular Blog Forensic4Cast and host of the podcast Forensic4Cast.

Joseph Finder’s plan was to become a spy. Or maybe a professor of Russian history. Instead he became a bestselling thriller writer. Finder, internationally bestselling author of eight novels, launches a new series in August 2009 with the publication of VANISHED. VANISHED introduces high-level corporate security consultant Nick Heller, and will be the first in a series of at least four books to be published by St. Martin’s Press. Finder’s most recent book, POWER PLAY (2007), debuted at #7 on the New York Times list; before that, the international bestseller KILLER INSTINCT won ITW’s Thriller Award for Best Novel of 2006. Other bestselling titles include COMPANY MAN, PARANOIA, and HIGH CRIMES, which became a hit movie starring Ashley Judd & Morgan Freeman. A summa cum laude graduate of Yale, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Finder did graduate work at the Harvard Russian Research Center. He lives in Boston with his wife, their teenage daughter, and a neurotic golden retriever, Mia, a dropout from seeing-eye-dog school.

Len Deutchman, General Counsel and Administrative Partner (Philadelphia) - Mr. Deutchman came to LDiscovery after twenty years as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, the last seven as Chief of the Economic Crime Unit, which he expanded to become the Economic & Cyber Crime Unit; that expansion entailed construction of a computer forensics laboratory and the training of over a dozen detectives and prosecutors. He has investigated and prosecuted virtually every kind of economic and computer crime as both an Assistant District Attorney and a specially appointed Assistant United States Attorney. He is one of the country’s most sought-after teachers of investigators of computer crime and fraud. Brian T. Wolfinger, VP, Electronic Discovery & Forensic Services - Brian and his team of discovery & forensic experts work to blend the attention to detail and chain-of-custody requirements from the forensic realm with the need for efficient and consistent reviewable client discovery deliverables. Mr. Wolfinger joined LDiscovery from industry-leading security vendor Internet Security Systems (ISS). At ISS he was the Regional Manager of their renowned X-Force Emergency Response Service, a global computer security incident response provider. He was responsible for investigation of computer security incidents at Fortune 500 companies and Government installations in all parts of the world. . He has both received and provided hundreds of hours of training in digital forensics and information security practice and policy, He has lectured for Carnegie-Mellon University, the American Prosecutor's Research Institute, and dozens of other institutions. He has designed digital forensic and information security curriculum for, and currently serves as adjunct faculty at, both Community College of Philadelphia and Chestnut Hill College.

David Lohr has been writing about crime and criminals for over 15 years. Readers and critics alike regard Mr. Lohr as one of the most prominent crime writers of the 21st century.

Rey Anzaldua, Co-Author of "Computer Forensics for Dummies"