Expert Witness 0118931

Experience spanning law enforcement and forensic multimedia consulting has provided this expert with extensive expertise in the analysis, authentication, and enhancement of video, audio, and image evidence. Areas of expertise include digital evidence recovery, synchronization, redaction, photogrammetry, speed and distance analysis, facial and license plate recognition, comparative analysis, evidence tampering detection, and demonstrative exhibit preparation.

His forensic experience encompasses over 1,000 audio, video, and image investigations conducted throughout the United States and internationally. This work includes the examination of surveillance footage, body-worn and dash camera recordings, digital video recorder systems, photographs, recorded audio, and other forms of digital media. Analytical assignments have involved timeline reconstruction, timestamp analysis, source and authenticity evaluation, enhancement of recordings, exemplar comparisons, and the synchronization of evidence from multiple sources.

His technical expertise is complemented by a substantial law enforcement background encompassing patrol, investigative, digital evidence, and supervisory responsibilities. Investigative experience involved robberies, homicides, felony assaults, officer-involved shootings, and other major incidents, providing practical knowledge of evidence recovery and preservation, chain of custody, crime scene investigation, and the evidentiary use of multimedia. He later transitioned to full-time forensic consulting and currently serves in a leadership role within a multimedia forensics practice.

Advanced technical training encompasses forensic audio, video, and image enhancement and authentication, photogrammetry, digital media integrity, manipulation and tampering detection, facial comparison, digital evidence recovery, and forensic audio processing. More recent training has addressed artificial intelligence (AI)-generated imagery and audio, deepfake detection, synthetic speech, automatic speaker recognition, and emerging challenges involving AI-generated multimedia evidence.

Beyond forensic casework, he has provided instruction and media consultation involving multimedia evidence, video and audio forensics, image authentication, and digital media analysis. His contributions include a published article addressing manipulated imagery, presentations to legal and investigative organizations, and forensic analysis for national and international news organizations involving photographs, audio recordings, and video evidence. With over 5 years of expert witness experience, he has worked on criminal and civil matters involving personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights, family law, law enforcement, and other disputes in state and federal courts, as well as international proceedings. His work includes consultations, opposing expert analysis, cross-examination planning, expert testimony, technically supported findings, and demonstrative exhibits involving forensic video, audio, and image evidence.