Brian Slinger has been a sworn law enforcement officer for the Brown County (WI) Sheriff’s Office for the past 23 years and has experience in numerous different roles in the agency. Brian spent 11 years as a patrol officer, 4 years as a narcotics investigator in the Brown County Drug Task Force, 5 years as Detective Sergeant, and was promoted to Lieutenant of the Investigative Division in the summer of 2020. Brian also has experience as a former member of the Brown County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Response Unit, Dive Team, and Marine Unit. Brian was recognized as the Brown County Sheriff’s Office Officer of the year for 2018 and received the 2019 Respect for Law Officer of the year award through the Green Bay Optimist Club.

Courtney is a 19 and 1/2-year veteran of the New York City Police Department where she currently serves as Executive Officer of the Intelligence Division. In this role she serves to supervise both the Criminal Intelligence Section as well as the Intelligence Operations and Analysis Section. She prior served as Commanding Officer of the NYPD’s Field Intelligence Program. There,she oversees 375 men and women who are assigned to Field Intelligence Teams City- Wide. These teams are responsible for the cultivation and dissemination of criminal intelligence to all Units within the NYPD. Major components of the program include cultivating information in regard to illegal firearms possession and acting on all actionable intelligence with the goal of recovering illegal firearms within New York City.

David has been the District Attorney in Brown County since his appointment in March of 2012. He currently oversees a team of 18 prosecutors and a support staff of about 25. David is a board member of the Wisconsin District Attorney’s Association, a member of Brown County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), a member of the Executive Committee of the Dual CCR for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, and the advisory committee for the Willow Tree Child Advocacy Center. He is also a former member of the board of directors for Golden House, a domestic violence shelter in Brown County.

Dr. Cynthia Gonnella has over 20 years of professional experience in the Information Technology and Cybersecurity industries and over 30 years overall in Incident Response, Digital Forensics and Ransomware Investigations experience across various forensic products, tool validation, testing platforms, and network analysis. Cynthia also has more than 20 years of experience teaching foundational and advanced concepts in digital forensics and network traffic analysis to law enforcement, federal investigators, and graduate level Cybersecurity students.

Dr. Umit Karabiyik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University. Prior to his appointment at Purdue, Dr. Karabiyik was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Sam Houston State University from 2015 to 2018. 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 and Cyber Forensics, User and Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Network Security. He is a recipient of federal grant from National Institute of Justice on Targeted Forensic Data Extraction from Mobile Devices. He is an Associate Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, and technical program committee (TPC) member of high-quality international conferences in Digital Forensics and Security.

Ed O’Carroll began his public service career as an Emergency Medical Technician and Assistant Chief with an ambulance squad in Suffolk County, New York. Relocating to Virginia as a young adult, Ed joined the Fairfax County Police Department on September 11, 1989. He retired as a major/bureau chief in 2023, concluding a distinguished career of nearly 34 years. Throughout his tenure, Major (ret.) O’Carroll held every rank from cadet to major. His final role was as the Bureau Chief of Major Crimes, Cyber, and Forensics, where he led investigations into criminal and violent crimes, managed victim services, search and rescue operations, the crime analyst team, human trafficking cases, missing persons, and the Language Services Support Unit. In retirement, Ed has had the honor of leading numerous training sessions for the National Criminal Justice Training Center. He remains dedicated to advancing the use of technology in law enforcement to tackle unresolved cases.

Erik Cowick has been a police officer for 8 years, with the last 3 years being within the investigative unit. He currently is a Detective in the criminal investigative unit in Quincy IL. Erik graduated from Southern Illinois University with a B.S. in Criminal justice. Erik is currently serving in the U.S. Army Reserves as a First Sergeant for a Drill Sergeant unit. During Erik’s law enforcement career, he developed an interest in Digital forensics. Erik’s has used digital evidence to help identify suspects and solve complex cases.

Sergeant Brown has been with the Quincy Police Department for 26 years. During that time, he worked in the Patrol Division, the Street Crimes Unit, the West Central IL Drug Task Force, as well as spending 18 years on the department's Emergency Response Team. Sergeant Brown was promoted 11 years ago, supervising the patrol division for the first 5 years. For the last 6 years, he has been the Detective Sergeant over Juvenile Investigations heading up juvenile physical and sexual abuse investigations, as well as being in charge of the Sex Offender/Murderer Registration Program and the School Resource Officer Program. Lastly, Sergeant Brown has been instrumental in investigating ICAC/Child Pornography and Online Exploitation cases and for a time was one of the only officers working those case within multiple counties on the West side of the state. Sgt Brown has been an affiliate of the IL Attorney General's Office working on ICAC cases for about 5.5 years now.

Jared has been with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) for 18 years. Since 2020, he has been an Operator with the LVMPD Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, and is one of the Explosive Breaching Experts. From 2016-2020, Jared was a Detective with the Technical and Surveillance Section where he worked in a covert capacity supporting other investigative units with all things concerning Electronic Surveillance. Prior to 2016, he was assigned to various other investigative assignments, was a Patrol Officer, and was also assigned to the Firearms Training and Tactics Unit (FTTU). Jared was in the United States Air Force from 2000-2006.

Detective John Uske has been a member of the NYPD since 2005, serving as both a Police Officer and Detective. In addition to his current assignment, he has worked in the 120th and 84th Precincts, as well as Brooklyn North. He has been a Field Intelligence Officer for 10 years and has been assigned to the Major Case Field Intelligence Team since its inception in early 2020. Detective Uske spearheads the team’s research of emerging trends in Ghost Gun manufacturing, generating new investigative models designed to target those trends, and the team's training program.

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.

Backed by 30 years of experience, Michael Knack has extensive knowledge in Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention. Upon retiring from the public sector in 2022, Mike has entered into the private sector as a trainer and consultant. Prior to beginning his current role in 2023, Mike has had a decorated career in law enforcement, with experience as an Administrative Captain, Detective Lieutenant, patrol supervisor, community policing supervisor, auxiliary police supervisor, defensive tactics instructor, field training officer and tactical officer. Mike has been an active member of several professional organizations throughout the years and has presented at numerous conferences. After hours, Mike can be found reading, gardening, or exercising and enjoys “anything outdoors” in his spare time.

Nickolas Eddy has been a police officer for 15 years, with the last 10 years coming with the Quincy Police Department in Quincy, Illinois. He was a Detective Criminal Specialist from 2017-2023, specializing in investigations involving cell phones and other digital evidence. He now serves the department as a Sergeant supervising in the Patrol Division.

Lieutenant Glogoza is a veteran of the Indiana State Police with an impressive career in various key units such as the Methamphetamine Suppression Unit, Technical Support Unit, and Electronic Surveillance Unit. He currently leads the Intelligence and Technical Services Section of the Special Investigations Division. Peter's work has played a significant role in numerous State and Federal investigations. He was even handpicked for the esteemed Technical Fellowship Program by the National Domestic Communications Assistance Center (NDCAC) at the FBI’s Operational Technology Division. His leadership has led the Indiana State Police Electronic Surveillance Units to work on over 700 cases in 2022, resulting in the location of 294 wanted individuals.

Scott Bassett is a Criminal Specialist with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation/Computer Crimes Unit. He has been in law enforcement since 1998 while during his employment has earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Computer Forensics from Strayer University. His primary responsibility is assisting with the NC Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce and plays a dual role as an investigator and a digital forensics examiner. During his career he has developed various skill sets in the disciplines that deal with computers, mobile devices and vehicle forensics.

Detective Kilpatrick, with over 19 years of dedicated service at the Baltimore County Police Department, has a commendable 16-year tenure as a detective, showcasing his unwavering commitment to upholding the law and pursuing justice. Early in his career, he played a pivotal role in dismantling drug trafficking organizations as a member of the Vice Narcotics Unit. He innovatively used social media to unravel the intricate structures of these illicit networks, even exposing a rogue unit within the Baltimore Police Department, which was documented in the book and TV series "We Own This City." Later, Detective Kilpatrick joined the Special Victims Unit, where his dedication to justice continued to shine. Currently assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit, he skillfully employs digital data to locate suspects involved in heinous crimes like sexual assault and rape, showcasing his proficiency in solving crimes utilizing digital data.

Steve DeBrota is a Vice President and Chief Counsel at the National White Collar Crime Center. Steve was a federal prosecutor for 30 years, most recently the Deputy Chief of the Major Fraud, Public Integrity, and Child Exploitation Unit, having been the Project Safe Childhood Coordinator and the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Coordinator. He prosecuted violent crimes, complex fraud, high tech crimes, crimes against children, human trafficking, 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 evidence from cell phones, computers, IoT devices, vehicles, and cloud data, having trained 35,000+ persons, nationally and internationally. He 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. He also teaches at Indiana 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.

Prior to retiring from law enforcement in August 2020, Detective Wayne Nichols worked for the Henderson Police Department in Nevada. During his tenure, he worked ICAC related investigations to include proactive enticement cases, P2P investigations, as well as being a forensic examiner. In his last 5 years as a detective, he exclusively investigated robberies and homicides. Since 2013, Wayne Nichols has consulted for Fox Valley Technical College, where he continues to teach other law enforcement investigators how to investigate the online exploitation of children. Wayne Nichols holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in criminal justice.