Michael R. Anderson
Michael Anderson was the primary founder of New Technologies, Inc. He has trained over 2,500 law enforcement and military computer forensics specialists and hundreds of computer forensics specialists from all of the Big 4 accounting firms, Fortune 500 corporations, U. S. State Department, FBI, U. S. Customs, National Security Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Secret Service, U. S. Department of Defense, DEA, National Security Agency and many other government agencies. He has also trained computer specialists from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Australian Federal Police and the Singapore Police Force.
Mr. Anderson's professional background includes 25 years as a Special Agent/Computer Specialist with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service. During his government career he was heavily involved in intelligence gathering activities and he managed intelligence gathering units in both Las Vegas, Nevada and Portland, Oregon. He was also actively involved in the management of several organized crime fraud investigations under the Los Angeles Federal Strike Force and the San Francisco Strike force. He retired from government service in 1996.
He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. In addition, Mr. Anderson received graduate level computer science training through IRS training courses conducted at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. As a pioneer in the field of Computer Forensics he has also created several training programs in the government and in the private sector. He has also trained several college professors concerning computer evidence processing issues and has indirectly helped establish Computer Forensics programs at several colleges and universities in the United States.
Since 1987, Mr. Anderson was instrumental in the development of computer evidence training courses, evidence processing software and computer forensics software tools for law enforcement in the United States and in numerous countries around the world. His Search Warrant Program was distributed worldwide by the Internal Revenue Service and it is still a mainstay in some areas of law enforcement. Michael Anderson is considered a pioneer in the field of Forensic Computer Science and was heavily involved in the development of computer forensics procedures, certification and training methodologies which have become the standards used by law enforcement computer forensics specialists throughout the world.
Articles written by Mr. Anderson or about his technology and inventions have been published internationally in Police Chief Magazine, Law Enforcement Technology Magazine, Law and Order Magazine, The Washington Post, Associated Press and Blue Line Magazine. He also has written articles dealing with computer security and computer evidence processing issues for Government Technology Magazine. Michael Anderson has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Computer World Magazine, Info Security News Magazine, Info World Magazine, CIO Magazine, IEEE's Computer Magazine, Scientific American, Executive Travel Magazine and CNN about electronic document discovery and computer forensics issues. He is also mentioned in the books and acknowledgements of, The Process of Investigation by Charles A. Sennewald and John K. Tsukayama and Cybersecurity Operations Handbook by Dr. John W. Rittinghouse and Dr. William M. Hancock. Concerning the latter book, a special feature is devoted to Mr. Anderson and articles written by him.
Michael Anderson has also acted as a technical advisor for the National Institute of Justice for the creation of a training film on computer evidence issues. He also acts as a part-time faculty member at the University of New Haven serving as a Distinguished Lecturer on computer forensics issues. Mr. Anderson also acts as an advisor to the National White Collar Crime Center concerning computer forensics training issues and is a frequent speaker for Oregon State University in their MBA program. He has also acted as an advisor to government agencies concerning several high profile national security related investigations and trials since his retirement from federal law enforcement service in 1996. Mr. Anderson as also acted as an advisor to the Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN) and he has appeared in one of their training films which deals with computer crime investigation training for law enforcement officers.
Mr. Anderson has provided computer forensics expertise to government agencies in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Australia. He has been recognized for exemplary performance by the IRS and numerous governmental and law enforcement agencies. Some of the recognition has come from high levels of management at the U. S. Customs Service, various United States Attorneys' offices, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Assistant Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and the Under Secretary of Treasury for his work pertaining to the WACO review by the U. S. Congress and the investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing of a federal building.
Michael R. Anderson is federally certified and internationally recognized as an expert in the field of forensic computer science. He has testified numerous times as an expert witness in federal court. Mr. Anderson has worked extensively with large law firms concerning electronic document discovery legal strategy. He is also internationally recognized as the author of several law enforcement software applications and has substantial expertise in the field of computer artificial intelligence. His work in the field of artificial intelligence was presented to the U. S. Congress by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (September 1994). Mr. Anderson holds 3 patents related to computer forensics technology. He also co-founded the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) and was awarded a lifetime membership in September 1997 for his life long devotion to law enforcement. He is the past International Director of Training and Education for the International Systems Security Association (ISSA). Mr. Anderson frequently donates his time as a guest speaker to support important groups which include ASIS, CFEs IIA, ISACA, FLETC and HTCIA. He has also donated his time to train over 180 judges and 100 government prosecutors in computer evidence issues since his retirement in 1996.
