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about Dave Messinger... as an
investigator/forensic specialist
(about Dave as a Videographer)
David Messinger retired
in 1999 as a special agent (criminal investigator) after a twenty-five
year career in federal law enforcement. Mr. Messinger spent over 10 years as a
investigator involved in computer related investigations and was a certified
Computer Investigative Specialist.
During his employment, Mr. Messinger received extensive
training and experience in obtaining, preserving, and presenting computer
related evidence. His responsibilities included seizing, preserving,
analyzing, documenting, and testifying about electronic evidence contained on
computers and other electronic devices. He gained experience using a
variety of forensic software programs used to analyze and document computer
activity. He is trained in DOS, Windows, NT, Unix and Novell systems. Mr.
Messinger has testified in federal, state and county court.
Mr. Messinger has made informational and technical
presentations on computer search and seizure, documentation and analysis, as
well as technical issues and court presentation to the following
organizations: G8 Summit Conference (Washington, DC), National Association of
Attorney Generals (Washington, DC), US Department of State (Washington, DC),
Western States Attorney General Conferences, Federal Tax Administrators
workshops, LEAA (Law Enforcement Assistance Administration) workshops and
several state and local agencies. Mr.
Messinger was a nationally recognized instructor who has taught numerous aspects
of computer investigative techniques to over 200 law enforcement investigators
from the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Customs Service, Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
Service, the Internal Revenue Service and various other federal, state and
local law enforcement agencies. Mr. Messinger was a leader of the federal task force
that developed the basic instructional course for computer investigative
specialist within the US Treasury Department law enforcement agencies and leader
of
the US Treasury task force that developed the national certification for the IRS Criminal
Division’s Computer Investigative Specialists. As a founding director, he is a
chartered member of IACIS, the International Association of Computer
Investigative Specialist, a nationally recognized forensic organization, and is
a past president of CACCI - the Colorado Association of Computer Crime
Investigators.
He can be reached at
Dave@vfwTech.com or
303-518-4787.
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