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 (Dr. K) is an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity in the Department of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University. Dr. K 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. Dr. K has developed and delivered several mobile and IoT forensics training courses and technical assistance for law enforcement and justice system professionals.

Ed O’Carroll began his public service as an Emergency Medical Technician and Assistant Chief of an Ambulance Squad in New York. After relocating to the National Capital Region, Ed started his law enforcement career on September 11, 1989, with the Fairfax County (Virginia) Police Department and retired in early 2023. During more than 33-year career in law enforcement, he has served in every position from cadet to major. His recent executive assignments have included Director of the Media Relations and Internal Affairs. He is the immediate past Bureau Chief of the Major Crimes, Cyber and Forensics Bureau. Ed is a graduate of the prestigious FBI National Academy. Currently, Ed also serves as a national certified trainer for the Refuse to Be A Victim program. Ed just completed a decade of service as a trustee on the Fairfax Police Officers Retirement System Board that provided oversight to a nearly 2-billion-dollar investment fund.

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 has developed an interest in Digital forensics. Erik’s has used digital evidence to help identify suspects and solve complex cases.

James Brown has been a police officer for almost 25 years and was promoted to Sergeant about 9 years ago, with the first half of that supervising the Patrol Division. The last 5 years, he has been the Detective Sergeant over Juvenile investigations and have also been working online child exploitation as an ICAC affiliate thru the Illinois Attorney General's Office.

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 since 2015. He has been in law enforcement since 1998 where during his employment earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Computer Forensics from Strayer University. His primary responsibility is investigating Internet Crimes Against Children cases and has a dual role as an investigator and a digital forensics examiner. During the course of his career he has developed various skill sets in various disciplines that deal with mobile devices, computer, and vehicle forensics.

Detective Kilpatrick boasts an exemplary service record of over 18 years as a dedicated police officer within the Baltimore County Police Department. With a commendable 16-year tenure as a detective, he has consistently demonstrated his commitment to upholding the law and seeking justice. Early in his illustrious career, Detective Kilpatrick was an integral member of the Vice Narcotics Unit, a division devoted to dismantling drug trafficking organizations that plague our communities. Drawing on his innovative approach, he harnessed social media's power to decipher these illicit networks' intricate structures. Subsequently, Detective Kilpatrick's expertise led him to the Special Victims Unit, where his unwavering commitment to justice continued to shine. Leveraging the potency of social media and open-source reservoirs, he displayed remarkable proficiency in locating suspects involved in heinous crimes such as sexual assault and rape.

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.

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.