Roy D. Rector
Senior Forensic Examiner
roy@r3forensics.com
Roy D. Rector is a founder and Senior Digital Forensic Examiner of R3 Digital Forensics. His experience includes criminal investigations and digital forensic analysis in matters involving theft of trade secrets, computer and e-mail spying, conversion, murder, crimes against children, and fraud. Roy has over 10 years of experience in digital forensics investigations and the handling and examination of digital evidence.  He is licensed by the State of Texas as a Master Peace Officer and serves as a full-time Police Detective in the Computer Forensics Unit for a major metropolitan police department.

Roy was licensed as a Texas Peace Officer in May 1987. He was first commissioned in June 1987 with the Hereford, Texas Police Department, where he was employed as a police officer until August 1990.

In August of 1990, Roy was accepted into the police academy of a major Central Texas police department. Roy received his commission as a police officer with this department in February 1991 and was assigned to patrol. Upon promotion to Detective in December 1997, Roy was assigned to the Child Abuse Investigation Unit.

Upon creation of a Child Exploitation section within this unit in April 2000, Roy was chosen as one of two detectives to staff the unit and was assigned to the Computer Forensics. As a police detective Computer Forensics examiner, Roy has conducted hundreds of digital forensics examinations involving a myriad of criminal offenses, including fraud, murder and other criminal offenses. For the last several years, Roy has also provided digital forensics services to the private sector in his off-duty hours. Roy has conducted numerous digital forensics examinations in civil cases involving claims of trade secret misappropriation, copyright infringement, computer and e-mail spying, fraud, and cival conspiracy.

Roy continues to work in the Computer Forensic Unit of the police department. Roy is also a member of the Guidance Software, Inc. part-time training staff. Guidance Software is the maker of EnCase, the world’s leading computer forensic software. Roy is a lead trainer for the Introductory and Intermediate EnCase computer forensic courses and has trained dozens of computer forensics examiners.

Professional Qualifications

Roy 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

• National White Collar Crime Center
• Cybercop 203 – Windows Client Email Data Structures      
• AccessData Windows Forensics (Forensic Tool Kit)            
• Encase Advanced Internet Examinations      
• AccessData BootCamp (Forensic Tool Kit)  
• EnCase Advanced Internet Examinations     
• EnCase Advanced Computer Forensics Course        
• EnCase Field Intelligence Model/Live Network Investigation         
• EnCase NTFS Phase I - Windows Networking Investigation          
• EnCase NTFS Phase II - Artifacts & File System     
• NW3C Instructor Development Program      
• EnCase Expert Series - Internet & Email Examinations        
• Forensic Network Essentials Training (IACIS Advanced Course)   
• Seized Computer Evidence Recovery Specialist       
• EnCase Advanced Computer Forensics Course        
• Encase Intermediate Computer Forensics Course     
• SEARCH Investigation of On-Line Child Exploitation       
• IACIS Advanced Seizure and Processing (Of DOS and WIN 95/98/2000 Personal Computers)  
• NWC3 Advanced Data Recovery and Analysis       
• NWC3 Basic Data Recover and Analysis     
• OJJDP Protecting Children Online    

Computer Forensic Instructor

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

Professional Affiliations

• International Association of Computer Investigation Specialists
• High Technology Crime Investigation Association