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Instructors

Michael Finnie
Associate Director and Senior Computer Forensic Specialist, Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI)

Finnie is a former investigator for the Custer County (Colorado) Sheriff's Department, where he was the director of the high tech crime unit. He has received training in forensics and undercover online investigation and narcotics interdiction through the HTCC, SEARCH organization, and National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), Guidance Software, and X-Ways Forensics. He participated in several multi-jurisdictional efforts, including activity with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Finnie has lectured to law enforcement, civic, industry and educational groups on computer crime. He is a member of or serves on advisory boards of several international organizations dedicated to the furtherance of computer forensic knowledge.

Justin McAnn
Manager of Electronic Evidence and Discovery Services, Lighthouse Document Technologies

McAnn is a certified security professional with over 12 years of IT professional work experience and extensive experience in computer forensics, investigations, incident response and security engineering. McAnn has performed thousands of computer forensic examinations in over 450 investigations and cases. Prior to his current position at Lighthouse, McAnn served as Director of Forensic Operations with NTI Associates performing management duties as well as forensic services. He served as an expert witness, special master and has participated in numerous depositions. He developed procedures and security controls for maintaining evidence and chain of custody. His computer examiner expertise includes the use of Guidance Software's EnCase and Access Data's Forensic Tool Kit (FTK).

William Nelson
Lead, Computing Investigations, Fortune 50 company; and Computing Forensic Examiner and Curriculum Developer, Law Offices of Christopher K. Steuart, Seattle

For the past eight years, Nelson has been responsible for computing investigation within a Fortune 50 company. In this capacity, Nelson created an internal company training program on computer forensics for security investigators. He also conducts training workshops for corporate IT professionals and provides consultation to IT professionals and law enforcement investigators on computing investigation technical issues. Nelson is the lead author of Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations.

Christopher K. Steuart
Attorney

In addition to his practice as an attorney, Steuart has eight years of investigative experience in information systems security for a Fortune 50 company, and his law office today includes a computer forensics component. He has presented many classes and continuing legal education on topics such as the physical security of information systems, investigation of criminal misuse of information systems, and workplace privacy issues in regional and national forums, including the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), Agora, National Institute for Government Innovation at George Washington University (NIGI), and Computer Technology Investigators Network (CTIN). He has been interviewed on the subject of computer forensics for National Public Radio's Morning Edition and is a co-author of Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations.

Instructors are subject to change.