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John B. Minor
■Digital Forensic Investigator ■Communications Expert
■International Casework Specialist ■Expert Technical Witness
■Cell Phone Signals Analyst
EXPERTISE
Military, Federal, & State Court Certified Expert Technical Witness – Computer and Communications Technologies Communications Technologies – Voice, Video, Data Latent Digital Evidence Recovery & Analysis Internet and Network Forensics — Email Source Tracking Cell Phone Forensics—Cell Phone & GPS Signals Analysis/Tracking Embedded Chip Devices, Digital Audio and Video Player Forensics Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Forensics Computer & Network Intrusion Live Response Forensics Risk Assessment Methodology (RAM) used by Special Forces/Government/Private Sector Computer Forensics
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
Director of National Intelligence Open Source Intelligence Conference Attendee/Participant 2008—Washinton, DC Certified Cellular/GPS Signals Analysis Examiner—Washington, DC—CSA Certified Steganography Examiner—SARC—Atlanta—CSE Certified Computer Examiner—CCE—Kennesaw University—CCE European Cell Phone Forensic Examination Techniques—French Ministry of Defense— Gendarmerie National Forensic Research Institute (IRCGN) Cell Phone Memory Chip Removal & Examination Techniques— German National Police Bundeskriminalamt Mobilfunkforensik International Cell Phone Forensics & Evidence Recovery Techniques— Forensic Telecommunications Services, Ltd., London—Chicago Police Academy Cyber Crime Summit 2006-2007 Participant – Kennesaw University Digital Forensics Training—Access Data – Dallas Police Headquarters Licensed Private Investigator— Texas DPS-PSB License 960977 Risk Assessment Methodology Training and Certification - Sandia Labs - Denver Computer & Information Technology Law Institute—University of Texas School of Law—Austin Satellite Communications Certification – Hughes, Dallas Lucent Technologies Fiber Optics Training/Certification Microwave Communications Certification – Microwave Networks, Houston Cisco IOS, Internetworking Design and Implementation – Cisco, San Jose, California Checkpoint Firewall One Certification – UUNET, Falls Church, Virginia Internet Communications Certification – UUNET NOC, Mae East (Falls Church/Vienna), Virginia Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Design and Deployment Certification – Synoptics/Cisco – San Jose, California Siecor Corning Fiber Optics Design/Implementation Certification – Dallas/Ft. Worth Networking Technologies & Computer Hardware Manufacturers Certifications– San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley, California Advanced 3D Animation for Scene Reenactment/Advanced AutoCAD – Autodesk, San Rafael, California Networking Technologies Certification – Certified Network Engineer (CNE) Novell Emergency Management Administration Certification – DPS Headquarters, Austin, Texas Case flow Management, Case Preparation, Adjudication and Enforcement Training -National Association for Court Administration Law Enforcement Academy Training – Odessa, Texas Police Department Computer Science – Odessa College, Odessa, Texas
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Atwater Enterprises – Texas DPS-PSB License C06522 - Director of Digital Forensics Investigative Casework, 2004-Present
Owner / Operator—Airlinq Wireless Internet Service– 2004-Present Owner / Operator - The Technology Education Center & Prometric Certification Testing Center, 1996-2001 – El Paso, Texas
Established CTA, 1986 to Present – Digital Investigators, Security Consulting, Communications Consulting Mayor of Odessa, Texas, 1984-1986
Established Micro Research, 1982 to 1988 – Microcomputer Consultancy specializing in IBM PC software development and microcomputer communications—became CTA in 1986-1990
Courts / Law Enforcement Administration - Odessa, Texas and 2nd & 22nd Judicial Districts of Central Texas, - Texas’ first rural courts automation project—1974-1983
PUBLICATIONS
A Guide to Handling Misdemeanors in Justice and Municipal Courts – Keen/ Minor, 1979 Courtroom Evidentiary Animation Video, PowerPoint and Poster Board Presentations 1990-2006 Digital Evidence—A New Frontier in Latent Evidence 2007 Investigation of Collusion, Conspiracy, Terrorist Networks, & Criminal Networks
LECTURES
Technology and Communications Presentations to Government and Business 1990-Present Impact of the Internet Presentation to El Paso Paralegals Association 1997 Homeland Security Threat Potential to Utilities Infrastructure to NMRWA 2003 Terrorist Threat Realities in Our Communities to 7 New Mexico Community Regions 2003 Digital Forensics 18 U.S.C. § 2511/2701 Presentation to Texas Association of Licensed Investigators 2005 Digital Evidence - A New Frontier in Latent Evidence to Texas Association of Licensed Investigators 2007 Managing Discovery of Electronic Information—Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas 2008
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
INTELLENET International Intelligence Network International High Tech Crime Investigators Association International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners CyberCop Secure Information Exchange Network National Rifle Association—Life Member International Hoplology Society Texas Association of Licensed Investigators
RECENT PROJECTS OF INTEREST
Provided Sensitive Site Exploitation Support to U.S. Special Forces Teams Regarding Digital Tracking Techniques for OCONUS Special Assignments.
Investigator and Expert Technical Witness in 18 U.S.C. § 2701(a) Unlawful Access to Stored Communications, 18 U.S.C. § 2511(1)(a) & 18 U.S.C. § 2511(1)(d) Federal Wiretap Act cases.
Investigator in International University Bomb/Kidnapping Threat Case—Tracked Emails to Source Locations.
Expert Communications Technical Witness by Court Ordered Appointment in Capital Murder Case.
Investigator and Expert Technical Witness in Court Ordered Cell Phone Examination and Tracking Investigation.
National Petroleum Reserves Gas Pipeline Storage Instrumentation/Communications Design & Implementation – Kansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming.
Accounting Fraud Case Involving Internet Remote Host Access Tracking.
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center ATM Backbone Project for over 6,000 hosts– Lubbock, El Paso, Amarillo, Odessa.
Investigator and Expert Technical Witness in Tracing Clearwire Wireless Internet Service Subscriber Computer Activity.
Major Petrochemical Corporation - Denial of Service Attack, Security Response & Forensic Analysis - 2,500 hosts.
Security Vulnerability Assessment / Disaster Recovery Planning / Emergency Operations Planning – Various Undisclosed Sites to meet Department of Homeland Security/EPA requirements.
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What others have to say about John B. Minor:
“The last time an Intellenet Investigator gave me a recommendation...was a Computer Expert….Investigators later got back to me telling me that John was a real winner.” |
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What the Media has to say about John B. Minor:
“...the defense called experts to rebut testimony by prosecution witnesses about efforts to track the defendant's whereabouts on the night of the slayings through cell phone records….Signals Analyst John Minor used charts and lists to show that the defendant's cell phone was in use….” Dallas Morning News |
