He has earned an Associate of Arts degree from Florida Technological University in Orlando, a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science degree from the University of Central Florida, also in Orlando and a Master of Forensic Sciences degree from Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He has worked for the U.S. Government as a forensic scientist for over 25 years. During that time he has worked on many notable cases to include; the Unabomber, numerous accused Nazi war criminals, e.g. John Demanjuk, a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, the reinvestigation of the Dr. Martin Luther King murder, the reinvestigation of the Kennedy assassination/CIA conspiracy theory, the Jon Benet Ramsey murder investigation, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the DC Sniper investigation. He has testified as an expert witness in state, federal and military courts of law, as well as in foreign court systems to include; Austria, Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Canada. He has also testified at The Hague in the Netherlands and three times before the U.S. Congress. He most recently held the position of Laboratory Director and Chief Forensic Scientist for the United States Secret Service, and has now begun an independent forensic consultant service.

RESUME

Occupation:
Chief Forensic Scientist and President
San Luis Obispo, California

Education:
Associate of Arts Degree - Received June 1976
Florida Technological University

Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science Degree - Received August 1979
Minors in Chemistry and Biology
University of Central Florida

Master of Forensic Sciences Degree - Received June 1983
Antioch University

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
United States Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
Special Investigator's Course
United States Secret Service
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Drug Enforcement Agency
International Law Enforcement Academy
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Rochester Institute of Technology

Guest Speaker:
Montgomery College
Antioch School of Law
DocSec'85
George Washington University
Inspector Generals Office - Health and Human Service
Bolling Air Force Base
Virginia Military Institute
UCLA
Catholic University
GATF Conference
U.S. Department of State
International Association for Identification

Achievements:
Participated as a "referee" in the 1980 Crime Laboratory Proficiency Training Program Forensic Sciences Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Testified in May of 1989 and 1990 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, 1991.

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 the 14th European Meeting on Currency Counterfeiting, The Hague, The Netherlands, October 9-11, 1991 and the First International Conference on Fraudulent Documents, Ottawa, Canada, April 27- May 1, 1992.

United States Delegate at the 6th European Conference for Police and Government Experts, London, United Kingdom, October 2-4, 1996. Presented a paper on Ink Dating, Relative and Absolute: New Approaches to Old Problems.

Testified on July 22, 1999 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, September 14, 2000.

Elected to the Board of Directors for the Document Security Alliance, December, 2003

Original Research Publications/Presentations:


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