Dave Townsend
Recognized as an authority on computer forensics and Cyber crime investigation, Dave Townsend has more than 20 years of police & detective experience including many high profile assignments with the Silicon Valley High Tech Crimes Task Force & the FBI. Dave is a former member of the FBI REACT Task Force where he investigated many high technology crimes as well as developed, designed and implemented training to investigators and staff on tools, resources and investigative techniques in computer crime. A California Licensed Private Investigator and Certified Computer Crimes Expert by California, Peace Officers Standards and Testing (POST), Dave has served as an expert witness in criminal and civil cases for the U.S.Federal Court San Jose, California; the Stanislaus County Superior Court; and the San Francisco County Superior Court. Dave is part of Kaiser Permanente's Information Security Team where he provides computer forensics support, ESI data collection and incident response.
