PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Returned to Private Investigations, 06/2008
• Deputy Coroner / Investigator (training/internship, part-time to full-time)

  Larimer County Medical Examiner's Office, 09/2002 through 08/2008

• Deputy Coroner / Investigator (part-time)

  Weld County Medical Examiner's Office, 01/2003 through 06/2005

• Forensic Autopsy Assistant, 09/2002 through 08/2008

  Larimer and Weld Counties Medical Examiner's Offices

  Colorado Pathology Associates                               
• Owner / Investigator – Forensic Investigators of Colorado, 10/1987 through 10/2005

  (10/2005 to 06/2008 continued on a consulting / teaching basis)

EDUCATION & TRAINING
2009

• Certified Legal Investigator (National Association of Legal Investigators), 06/2009

2008

• Basic Linguistic Statement Analysis (Sgt. Bob Shaffer, Loveland Police), 06/2008

• Kinesic Interview Techniques, 09/2008

2007

• Advanced Interview Techniques (Backup Training Corporation), 02/2007

• Homicidal Drowning Investigations (LifeGuard Systems), 08/2007

• QuikCheck Narcotic Identification (Lynn Peavey Company), 09/2007

• Suicide by Cop (Backup Training Corporation), 12/2007

2006

• Child Abuse Investigations (Fox Valley Technical College), 02/2006

• Mini-Med School (University of Colorado Health Sciences), Sep-Nov 2005

• Law Enforcement Firearms - April 2006 and quarterly qualifications/annual in-services

 
2005
• Weld County Law Enforcement Training Academy (POST)

  Academic and Director Commendations (April to November 2005)

• Basic Colorado Peace Officer Certification - sworn law enforcement officer

2004

• Interview & Interrogation Principles For Law Enforcement (Fort Collins Police), 12/2004
• Medical Records Review and Interpretation (Colorado Bar Association), 09/2004
• Alternate Light Source Photography (International Association for Identification), 09/2004
• Blood Pattern Interpretation on Clothing (International Association for Identification), 09/2004
• Mechanisms of Injury and Trauma (Banner Health System), 08/2004
• Regional Death Investigation Seminar (Homicide, Suicide & Crime Lab Techniques), 07/2004
• Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (Rocky Mountain Bloodstain Pattern Analysts), 06/2004
• Basic & Advanced Fingerprint Classification & Comparison (Charlie Walsh, FBI Retired),      06/2004
• Current and Significant Aspects of Criminal Sexuality (Roy Hazelwood, FBI Retired), 05/2004
• Forensic Questioned Documents Theory (Lion Investigation Academy), 02/2004
• Advanced Interview & Interrogation (The Reid Institute), 02/2004
• Crime Scene Processing School (Weld County Sheriff’s Office), 01/2004

2003
• Photography Techniques for Crime Scenes (National Criminal Justice PATC), 12/2003
• Certification - Medicolegal Death Investigator (Colorado Coroners Association), 11/2003
• Identity Theft and Forged / False Documents (Colorado State Investigators Assoc.), 10/2003

• Meth Labs and Related Crimes (US Department of Justice), 10/2003
• Interviewing & Interrogation (The Reid Institute), 07/2003
• Forensic Polygraph Theory (Lion Investigation Academy), 07/2003
• Basic Crash Investigation (The Backup Training Corporation), 07/2003
• Firearms, Fingerprints and Forensics as Evidence in Criminal Trials (Colorado Bar Assoc), 05/2003
• Basic Blood Stain Analysis for Crime Scene Reconstruction (Nat'l Criminal Justice PATC), 05/2003
• Basic Interview & Interrogation (FBI), 02/2003
• Basic Forensic Scene Photography (Larimer County Sheriff’s Office), 02/2003
• Medicolegal Death Investigator (Training and Certification - Larimer County Medical Examiner)

  09/2002 to 03/2003

2002 and Prior
• Associates Degree - Investigations & Security (Lion Investigation Academy), 06/2002
• Certified Locate Specialist (author) Lion Investigation Academy, 05/2002
• Fundamental Concepts of Forensic Science (Knowledge Solutions), 05/2002
• Internet Investigations (Brian K. Ingram), 06/2000
• Certified Master Investigator (National Investigation Academy), 02/1999
• High School - Rocky Mountain (Fort Collins, Colorado), 05/1984

AFFILIATIONS
• Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado (Senior Member)

• National Association of Legal Investigators (Certified Legal Investigator)

• Colorado State Investigators Association (government investigators)

• Colorado Criminal Defense Bar (Associate/Investigator membership)

• National Association of Medical Examiners (Professional Consultant Affiliate)
• International Association for Identification and Rocky Mountain Division
• The Reid Institute (Interview & Interrogation)
• Mensa USA

• (former) Author / Instructor and Faculty Advisor – Lion Investigation Academy
 

PROFESSIONAL and COMMUNITY OUTREACH
• Author ‘Reviewing and Comprehending Autopsy Reports’ – pending publication

  peer reviewed white paper for the Certified Legal Investigator examination, April 2009

• Author ‘The Legal Investigator’s Relationship with Families' – pending publication late 2009

  peer reviewed article for The Legal Investigator

• Author ‘Investigative Telephonics and Traplines' – for PursuitMag.com, April 2009

• Author 'Commercial Woodchipper Fatality' - Investigation and Identification

  peer reviewed article Nov/Dec 2007 - Journal of Forensic Identification

• Author 'Professional Locate Investigations' published book and lecture series

• Author of ‘Forensic Crime Scene Photography’ CD and video lecture series

• Authored investigative articles for: Pursuit, PI Magazine, The Professional Investigator,

  The Norlarco Difference, The Newsletter of Joseph Culligan, The Coloradoan, I-News,

  The Larimer County Association of Legal Support Staff,

  Newsletter of the United Kingdom Institute of Professional Investigators,

  Licensed Private Detectives of Massachusetts, and the Female Legal Investigators Group

• Development of the Certified Locate Specialist course for Lion Investigation Academy

• Education in Trauma and Death due to Alcohol and other Drugs

• Educational Presentations to professional groups on various investigative strategies and skills

  Larimer / Weld Association of Legal Support Staff (pending – September 2009)

  Prof. Private Investigators Assoc. of CO (2006 and 2009) – Death Investigation and Skip Tracing

  Larimer County Medical Examiner (2007) – Photography, Locating Relatives, Drug Deaths

  Natrona County Coroner’s Office (2004) – Photography

  Colorado Coroners Standards Training (2006) – Photography

  Lorman Education Services (2002) – Skip Tracing

  Recovery Specialists Insurance Group (2001) – Skip Tracing

  Judicial Judgment Collectors Association (2000 and 2003) – Skip Tracing

  Larimer County Young Lawyers (1993) – Background Investigations