Speckin Forensics, Crime Scene Investigator, 2023–present

• Conduct a thorough analysis of crime scenes, including collecting, preserving, and documenting evidence.
• Look for and collect physical evidence such as impressions, DNA, and chemical evidence that may be barely noticeable or may need to undergo a chemical test to be visible.
• Collaborate with the Speckin Forensics team to provide expert forensic consulting services.
• Prepare detailed reports and documentation of findings for legal proceedings.
• Assist in developing strategies and reports for forensic analysis in legal cases.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of advancements in forensic science and technology.

Sonoran Desert Institute (2015 – Present) Adjunct Professor, 2017–2022

Southwest Florida Institute for Public Service, General Topic/High Liability Instructor, Lead Crime Scene Instructor, Range Officer, 2004 – 2015

• Led classroom instruction to law enforcement/correctional officer candidates within the CJSTC curriculum in crime scene investigation.
• Developed and led advanced/specialized crime scene training courses.
• Facilitate/participate in scenario-based training within investigative and response to resistance.
• Provide feedback and instruction to recruit in the use of various firearms.
• Demonstrate use of firearms to recruits- use, care, and the manual of armspistols, rifles, shotguns.

Florida Gulf Coast University Consultant to the Institute for Weapons & Equipment Research & Institute for Forensic Excellence, 2005 – 2009

ITT Technical Institute (DEFUNCT), Adjunct Faculty, 2011-2012

Southwest Florida College (Now Southern Technical Institute), Adjunct Faculty, 2009-2012
Edison State College (now FSW), Adjunct Faculty, 2005-2007

Office of the Sheriff, Lee County, Florida, (RETIRED) 1992 -2023; Crime Scene Investigator (Specialist) 1995-2015

• Conduct searches of crime scenes physically and with the assistance of tools, i.e., alternative light sources or chemical methods to locate and recover evidence.
• Articulate the scene by way of note-taking, photographs, and diagrams.
• Recognition of potential evidence within the contextual nature of the case under investigation
• Fluent in numerous methods of mechanical and chemical fingerprint development and collection.
• Attend and assist at autopsies.
• Broad case exposure in homicide, robbery, sex crimes, child/infant death/injury, occupationally related death, arson, officer involved shootings/response to resistance, and various other crime-related incidences
• Particular interest in firearms, dangerous weapons, and re-creation of shooting scenes

• Barry University. Miami Shores, Florida. Bachelor of Public Administration (2002)

• Former Florida Criminal Justice Standards Training Commission Certified Instructor
• Former IAI Certified Crime Scene Investigator
• National Rifle Association Certified Firearms Instructor

• A Field Guide to Ghost Guns for Police & Forensic Investigations. 2021. CRC Press. ISBN 9780367490959
• Crime Scene: Basics & Beyond. 2020. Cognella Academic Press. ISBN 9781516523146
• Cartridges and Firearm Identification. 2012. CRC Press. ISBN 9781466502062

Global Firearms Programme (GFP), Implementation Support Section, Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Training Manual on Investigating & Prosecuting the Trafficking of Firearms.

• Federal Middle District of Florida
• Federal Western District of Texas
• 20th Judicial Circuit, State of Florida

Expert testimony offered in over 100 cases

• A&E Biography Channel documentary pilot Cold Feet
• Tru TV In Session, State of Florida v. Mark Schack, aired February 2001

• FDIAI Annual Training Conference (Led Seminars): 2021, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010
• University of Central Florida: Forensic Firearms and Cartridge Identification, 2012, 2011, 2010,2009
• Gold Coast Forensic Association Cartridge Case & Firearms Identification Workshop, 2009
• Florida Gulf Coast University: Cartridges and Firearm Identification, 2009, 2005
• Southwest Florida Criminal Justice Academy, 2006 Basic Crime Scene Investigation (40-hour class)