Rick Andrews
Senior Forensic Examiner
rick@r3forensics.com
Rick Andrews is a founder and Senior Digital Forensic Examiner of R3 Digital Forensics. His experience includes criminal investigations and forensic analysis in matters involving intellectual property theft, industrial espionage, homicide, missing persons, crimes against children, fraud, theft and identity theft. His experience with civil disputes includes investigation of employment misconduct issues, harassment cases and wrongful termination. Rick has 30 years of experience in investigations and 20 years of experience handling and examining digital evidence.

Rick served with the Texas Department of Public Safety for 26 years, first as a Trooper with the Highway Patrol Service and later as a Sergeant Investigator with the Criminal Intelligence Service. As an investigator, he was one of the original members of the Computer Evidence Analysis Unit trained to conduct technical investigations and process and recover digital evidence. Rick has also served with the Texas State Auditor’s Office as a Special Investigator for digital evidence and technical investigations.

During his tenure with the Criminal Intelligence Service, Rick also served as an instructor for Guidance Software’s Training Division where he conducted training classes for forensic examiners in California, Virginia, Wisconsin, Texas and Nevada. Guidance Software is the maker of EnCase, the world’s leading computer forensic software.

Rick also has served as a Senior Forensic Examiner for the Guidance Software Professional Services Division. In this capacity, he conducted several highly technical investigations for major corporate entities and worked on a large number of electronic discovery projects. Rick is familiar with all versions and modules of EnCase software from the Forensic version through the Enterprise version.

Professional Qualifications

Rick is certified as a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner by the International Association of Computer Investigation Specialists (IACIS). He also holds an EnCase Certified Examiner certification through Guidance Software.

Training
Here is a partial list of Rick’s training experience.

• Investigative Techniques of Computer Related Crimes – FBI Academy
• Criminal Investigations in an Automated Environment – FLETC
• Expert Witness Forensic Computer Investigations
• Computer Evidence Analysis – TXDPS Academy
• EnCase Computer Forensics
• Internet Investigations Training – FTC
• Computer Fraud: Detection and Deterrence – Texas SAO
• Certified Electronic Evidence Collection Specialist – IACIS
• Troubleshooting and Maintaining Macintosh
• Advanced Macintosh Troubleshooting Clinic
• Forensic Computer Examiner Training Program – IACIS
• Forensic Network Essentials Advanced Training – IACIS
• TripWire Technical Training 200 - University of Texas
• Windows NT/2000 Penetration Testing Workshop
• Networks and Networking for Agents – SYTEX
• System Security and Exploitation – SYTEX
• Seized Computer Evidence Recovery Specialists FLETC
• Internet and Email Examinations – Guidance Software
• Linux/Unix Forensics Training – IACIS
• Forensics Tools Training – IACIS
• Forensic Toolkit Intermediate Investigations
• Black Bag Mac Digital Investigations
• Advanced Specialized Computer Forensics – Guidance Software
• CD/DVD Inspector – Digital Examination of Optical Media – Infinadyne
• Advanced Computer Examination – Instructor – Guidance Software
• Incident Response, Forensic Analysis and Discovery – Instructor
• 2005 Computer Forensic Proficiency Exam Process – IACIS

Computer Forensic Instructor

• EnCase Forensic Software/Methodology Instructor        
• EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE) Certification Coach    

Professional Affiliations

• International Association of Computer Investigation Specialists
• High Technology Crime Investigation Association
• Information Security Systems Association
• Infraguard – Central Texas Members Alliance