Cody Vigil has served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department since 2009. As a Detective and Digital Forensic Examiner, he has been tasked with processing and examining a multitude of digital devices ranging from mobile phones and computers to video and IoT devices. He has over 2164 hours of police specific training, 636 of which are in areas relevant to conducting examinations on electronic storage devices and associated techniques. Complementing his practical experience, Cody holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Detective Kroshus is a license Police Officer in the State of Minnesota and has served with the Woodbury Police Department since 2001. Detective Kroshus also served as a licensed Police Officer in the State of Wisconsin from 1999-2001. Detective Kroshus has served as an Investigator since 2009 with various investigative responsibilities and experiences. Detective Kroshus has over 15 years of experience in reactive and proactive investigations for various types of crimes to include homicide, robbery, burglary, theft, narcotics, prostitution, problem property, retail interdiction, hotel interdiction, digital forensics, human trafficking, and organized crime. Detective Kroshus served as a Narcotics and VICE detective as a member of the Washington County Narcotics Task Force for between 2009-2014. Detective Kroshus served on the Woodbury Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit between 2014-2020 with a focus on proactive and covert investigations. In 2016 Detective Kroshus focused his investigative efforts into Human Trafficking and was a founding member of the East Metro Human Trafficking Task Force between 2018-2023. Detective Kroshus is currently assigned to the Woodbury Police Investigations Bureau and a member of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehensions Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force. Detective Kroshus has provided local law enforcement training as a firearms instructor and investigative training officer. Detective Kroshus has also provided training on a state and national level for covert investigations and human trafficking investigations.

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.

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.

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.

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.