Augenbaum joined the FBI in 1988 in the New York field office. In 1994, he became a Special Agent and was assigned to the FBI’s Syracuse, New York, office handling all federal criminal investigations to include white collar crime, bank robberies, domestic terrorism, and computer crime. In 2003, he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in the Cyber Division, Cybercrime Fraud Unit at the FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Augenbaum transferred to the bureau’s Nashville office in 2006 to manage the computer intrusion/counterintelligence squad. During his career interviewed over 1000 CyberCrime victims (to include law enforcement agencies) and discovered commonalities among most of his victims. He retired in 2018 and began consulting with Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, non-profits, and others. In addition, Augenbaum is the author of the Secret to CyberSecurity, A Simple Plan to Protect Your Family and Business from CyberCrime.

Aaron Anderson started his 20-year law enforcement career in private security for a university campus in Tennessee. He was then hired by private security firm in Virginia and worked in the development of physical security plans for insurance companies and schools in Herdon and Roanoke Virginia. Mr. Anderson completed a master’s in criminal justice for Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama. He assisted in the creation of a bachelor’s in criminal justice for Freed Hardman University, where he still serves as a mentor to the outgoing criminal justice graduates. In 2005, he started working with Chester County TN as a deputy jailor. In 2006, he challenged himself, to work for the Memphis Police Department. Mr. Anderson has worked with the Memphis Police Department for 16 rewarding years in uniform patrol, as an officer analyst at the Memphis Police Real Time Crime Center, as a crime scene investigator, and as a sergeant with the midnight felony response unit.

Over the past three decades, Ms. Schroader has been a driving force for innovation in digital forensics. Amber has developed numerous software programs, courses, and guides in the areas of recovering data from smartphones, computer hard drives, cloud, email, and gaming systems. Ms. Schroader’s established protocols for the seizure and processing of digital evidence that has been used by numerous organizations throughout the world. Amber has coined the concept of the “360-degree approach to digital forensics” and “Forensics of Everything-FoE” with her focus to unique problems in digital evidence and solutions. Ms. Schroader has been a huge industry influence in pushing for a big-picture consideration of the digital evidence. An accomplished design architect, curriculum developer, and instructor; Ms. Schroader has written and taught numerous classes for this specialized field as well as founded multiple certifications.

Andrew Vallee is Special Agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. He is currently a sworn law enforcement officer assigned to the Technical Services Unit and specializes in digital forensics, cellular network analysis, WiFi analysis, and various other technology related disciplines. Prior to joining the TBI, Special Agent Vallee worked as a Detective with the Metro Nashville Police Department. He has worked in law enforcement for 18 years and has been a law enforcement instructor for over 12 years. He is currently appointed to the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) and is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Science - Digital and Multimedia Section.

Carolyn Crawford is a detective with the Princeton Police Department in Rowlett, Texas. She was formerly a criminal investigator with the Allen Police Department in Allen, Texas. She is a licensed Advanced Peace Officer of the State of Texas and has been a Peace Officer for approximately nine years. Cindy began her career as a Detention Officer for the Rowlett Police Department for six years. She is tasked with investigating all types of criminal activity including all types of sexual offenses against children, and child pornography. Cindy has assisted in several search warrant investigations related to P2P sharing of child pornography which included conducting interviews of offenders. She has attended over one hundred hours of training related to investigating Internet crimes against children.

Darren Hayes, PhD, is a leading expert in the field of digital forensics, intelligence, and cyber security. He is the Founder and Director of the Pace University Digital Forensics Research Lab. He is also an Associate Professor at Pace in New York. Hayes is listed as one of the Top 10 Computer Forensics Professors, by Forensics Colleges. He continually conducts research, with his students, in support of law enforcement agencies both domestically and internationally. Hayes was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Homeland Security Investigations New York Private Sector Partnership Award. As a forensics examiner, he has worked on numerous cases involving digital evidence in both civil and criminal investigations. Hayes frequently appears on television and in the media, including Bloomberg, MSNBC, The Street, Fox 5 News the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, CNBC, ABC News, USA Today, and Washington Post to name a few.

James Gardner is a law enforcement professional with over 22 years’ experience at the Orlando Police Department. He currently works as a Detective in the Crime Center working with products such as automated license plate recognition technology and the Fusus platform which integrates a variety of the department’s technological resources and public safety camera network. James regularly does presentations for the Crime Center educating others on its value to the community. With previous experience in the Special Victims Unit and School Resource Unit, James has developed investigative skills along with presentation capabilities to serve others. James is a Florida Department of Law Enforcement certified instructor; his experience led him to develop training for controlled calls work that he regularly presents both internally and externally. James has a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership and is a proud veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

Jeff Lenzner is a graduate of Fox Valley Technical College, with an associate degree in Criminal Justice. He is employed as a Special Agent (SA) with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), and works out of the Madison Regional Field Office. SA Lenzner is a previous member of the Wisconsin Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and is currently assigned to the Cyber and Financial Crimes Unit. SA Lenzner conducted undercover investigations on the BitTorrent, eMule, E-Phex and Freenet Peer-to-Peer networks. SA Lenzner also specializes in undercover chatting and online video game network investigations. SA Lenzner is also an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operator for DCI. SA Lenzner has been a law enforcement officer since 2007.

The NCPTF provides investigative expertise and resources to law enforcement agencies worldwide on cases involving missing, exploited, and trafficked children. Our goals are to bring children home, bring predators to justice, and train investigators based on lessons learned. Mr. Branzetti is the former Deputy Chief of Intelligence at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office assigned to oversee terrorism and cyber-crime-related investigations. He retired from the NYPD in 2015 after 22 years of service and during the final six years in Intel, he was the commanding officer of the Cyber Intelligence Unit. He has been involved with criminal, financial, and terrorism investigations, cyber intelligence, human intelligence, source development, and intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination.

Kristany Kay is a family advocate for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County. She received her master's degree in social work and has been in her current position since 2018. Prior to this position, Kristany was a registered behavior therapist for three years working with children. She is passionate about working with children victims of abuse and their non-offending caregivers through support, guidance, and coping through crisis.

Lisa Martinez is the Director of Case Management and Forensic Services for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County and has been a bilingual forensic interviewer since 2004. She has been at the Center since 2006 where she assists with translations in adult interviews and interrogations at the request of the MDT, supervises the forensic interviewing program and the MDT enhancement program. Lisa has presented about interviewing children and working with Hispanic immigrants on a local and national level. She also participates in CACTX Region II Peer Review group and CACTX Spanish Peer Review.

Michael Knack is a thirty-year law enforcement veteran. He has served in a supervisory capacity overseeing the administrative services division, detective bureau, community policing unit, patrol platoons and auxiliary police unit. He has actively participated in the Ohio Crime Prevention Association, National Center for Victims of Crime, International Crime Prevention Practitioners Association and ASIS. His professional background allows him to work with both the public and private sector conducting Workplace Violence Prevention Training and Security Assessments. In 2011, he formed his company now known as Security Surveys, LLC. He has worked with large companies, small businesses, schools, religious institutions, municipal governments, and public institutions. His company’s goal is to bring violence prevention and security awareness to his clients by providing common sense and proven policy / strategy initiatives that mitigate risks and increase awareness.

Oren works is currently a Research Scientist at University of Texas at San Antonio and a PhD student in Information Technology. Previously, he has worked at Booz Allen, developing cyber security training for DOD customers. Oren spent 24 years in the US Air Force with experience in leadership, investigations, intelligence, & computers. He also has 15 years of experience as a Special Agent with Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). Oren has special experience in Cyber-crime investigations, counterintelligence (CI), and international liaison. Oren has 6 years as an intelligence analyst, 4 years as a computer operator, and 2 years as a software engineer manager. He has a master’s degree in National Security Affairs (Naval Postgraduate School).

Jean Costello is a seasoned professional with expertise in cybersecurity, digital forensics, information technology, project management and process improvement with experience as both an individual contributor and a leader - who has done domestic and international business travel. As a takeoff of her master’s thesis, she developed a free digital forensics training class related to the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to expand that new area of digital forensics. Jean has experience in several industries: including financial, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and security. Jean likes to use her skills and abilities to help make our world a better place.

Ryan Condon started his career as a Police Officer for the city of Appleton. He eventually became a School Resource Officer, Sensitive Crimes Investigator and Crisis Negotiator for the SWAT Team. Ryan was awarded the officer of the year for the Appleton Police Department in 2014. Ryan joined the WI DOJ-DCI as a Special Agent in the ICAC unit in 2016 in the Milwaukee regional office. In 2017 he transferred to the Madison regional office. Ryan has investigated hundreds of complex peer to peer, cyber tip, and undercover traveler investigations.

Steve was a federal prosecutor for 30 years, most recently the Deputy Chief of a Major Fraud, Public Integrity, and Child Exploitation Unit, having been the Project Safe Childhood Coordinator. He prosecuted crimes against children, human trafficking, economic crimes, complex fraud, violence crime, and many other offenses. He won 30+ federal jury trials and had a 100% conviction rate in 500+ sex crime cases. He is an expert in the investigation and prosecution of crimes using digital forensic evidence and high technology, having trained 30,000+ persons, nationally and internationally. He has received the DOJ Director's Award, the AAG's Award for Distinguished Service, and the Prosecutor of the Year Award from the Indiana Anti-Sexual Violence Movement.

Thomas Nash is a High-Tech Crime Specialist with the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Additionally, Thomas Nash is an adjunct instructor at Champlain College, in Burlington VT, instructing and developing curriculum for digital investigation courses. Prior to his current position, Thomas served as a full-time certified police officer with the Burlington VT Police Department holding the rank of Detective Sergeant and assigned to the Special Victims Unit as Director. Additionally, he served as an investigator with the Internet Crimes against Children Task Force (ICAC) and as a computer forensic examiner with the US Secret Service Cyber Fraud Task Force (CFTFs). Thomas Nash received a master's degree in Education from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University.

Trey Amick is a forensics investigator with a background in both law enforcement and corporate investigations. As a detective with the Rock Hill Police Department in South Carolina, Trey was sworn as a Special Deputy United States Marshal and supported the US Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force. Previously, he served in roles in both Patrol and Professional Standards. Most recently, as a corporate investigator, Trey managed the Enterprise Cyber Education and Awareness Team at Capital One, where he also served as part of the Cyber Technical Investigations Team. Trey is currently the Director, Forensic Consultants Team at Magnet Forensics, where he assists in the development of Magnet AXIOM and provides skilled support to customers with his combined knowledge of AXIOM and digital forensics. Trey is also the President of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), New York Metro Chapter.

Dr. Karabiyik received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Florida State University in 2010 and 2015, respectively. His research interests broadly lie in Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity, Forensic Intelligence, User and Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence in Security, Privacy and Forensic Applications. He has secured federal and industrial funding from the U.S. National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, The National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), and Lockheed Martin Corporation. He is an Associate Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, Topic Editor for MDPI’s Electronics journal, Junior Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Surveillance, Security and Safety, conference chair and/or technical program committee member of high-quality international conferences in Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity, and Networking.

Warren Kruse is a vice president with UnitedLex, a data and professional services company. He has spent the last thirty years between law enforcement and as a consultant supporting various agencies with incident response, computer forensics, and eDiscovery. Mr. Kruse, coauthor of “Computer Forensics: Incident Response Essentials”, is the past International President of the High Crime Investigative Association (HTCIA) and Past President of the Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB). In addition, he led a team of computer forensic experts in a three-year engagement in support of a fraud investigation task force at the world’s largest international cooperative organization. Recipient of the HTCIA “High Tech Case of the Year” award, Kruse was recognized for his forensic analysis conducted on a case surrounding theft of intellectual property and trade secrets on the billion dollar “Comtraid” matter; was a court appointed expert and testified as a computer forensic expert.