Experience

• 32+ year law enforcement veteran with Command Officer status in both County and Municipal law enforcement agencies. Formerly responsible for all investigations initiated by the State’s Attorney’s Office, specializing in Internet Crime, Fraud, and Financial Crimes.

Professional Organizations/Affiliations

• Adjunct Faculty/Instructor – Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, College of Dupage
• Past Member Illinois Attorney General’s Task Force on Internet Crime
• Consultant for The Office for Victims of Crime, Training and Technical Assistance Center
• Member Northern Illinois Financial Crime Investigators [NIFCI]
• Member National Association of Chiefs of Police
• Member High Technology Crime Investigation Association [HTCIA]
• Member International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association [ILEETA} 
• Member National Association of Investigative Specialists  [NAIS]
• Member Fraternal Order of Police
• Certified Elderly Service Officer [ESO]
• Member Police Training Institute Alumni Association [PTI Alumni]
• Member International Police Association [IPA] US Section Region 4
• Member AFSCME, AFL-CIO
• Certified Instructor Illinois Police Training and Standards Board for:

  Confidence Crimes/Computer Fraud/Investigating Crimes Against Seniors/Understanding Internet Investigations/Cyber-Stalking and Online Identity Theft/Scams, Frauds, and Con Games/Cyber Terrorism

·        Provided training for:  State Police, Local Police, Federal Agents, University Police, Gaming Commission Investigators, Probation Officers, Judges, Financial employees, Victim’s Assistants,  School Investigators, Crime Prevention Officers, and others.

 Achievements/National, International Media

• Provided training and appearing at conferences for law enforcement and the public sector throughout the United States and Europe.
• Appeared on WGN Chicago Superstation “Phishing for Trouble”
• Appeared in a CourtTV Crime Stories Special “Rip-offs & Scams”
• Featured in Law & Order Magazine “Cons Hit the Internet”
• Assisted in the design of a senior crime prevention program which won an Illinois Attorney General's Award in the category of Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice. 
• Received a Governor's Award of Excellence in Law Enforcement Training (2005) 
• Received an Award of Excellence from the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy
• Received the John Edgar Hoover Memorial Gold Medal for Distinguished Public Service Award
• Appeared as an expert on a Cybercrime segment on TechTV “Identity Theft”
• Interviewed on Chicago WGN radio, Extension 720 Program “Dot.con”
• Featured in a Salon.com online magazine article “Somebody’s Watching You”
• Appeared in the Office for Victims of Crime's "Consultant Spotlight"
• Quoted in the following award winning C|Net and ZDnet International news articles:

            Banks: A Veil of Safety  /  Anatomy of a Hacking  /  Dark Side of Cyberlife

• Instructor at the National Sheriff’s Conference  “Cyber Stalking & ID Theft”
• Two International conference appearances [London, England] “Computer Crimes’