Office of Data Discovery Forensic Analysis Team Members and Experts

Digital forensics can be complex and challenging for the novice to understand. Our subject matter experts ranging from attorneys with technical backgrounds to post-graduate computer science and software engineers make all things digital easy for our clients to understand and communicate and our former law enforcement are unimpeachable on the witness stand.

JANE MASON
CEO

Retired FBI special agent Jane Mason is the CEO of the successful private investigation firm Secure Investigation® d/b/a Office of Data Discovery Forensic Analysis, LLC. Co-founded in 2014 with a fellow retired FBI special agent, Secure Investigations® focuses on advancing the professional teamwork...

DAVID WHITAKER
President & CTO

David is President of Secure Investigation® d/b/a Office of Data Discovery Forensic Analysis, LLC. He is also the founder and president of Mon Ethos Pro Consulting and USVI News, and has been CTO to a number of digital development and technology firms...

TAYLOR BLACK
Intake Officer

Taylor Black is a former US Marine and is currently Intake Officer for Office of Data Discovery. As a Field Radio Operator, Taylor was a versatile Marine who was trained to be utilized in any unit in the Marine Corps...

JOSEPH BALLIRO, Esq.
Chief Legal Officer

Attorney Balliro has handled complex electronic discovery disclosures and has successfully defended clients using the sophisticated services offered by Office of Data Discovery. He is well versed in ISO compliance and internal security for high-risk assets...

JOHN H. HALPERN, M.D.
Subject Matter Expert & Contributor

Dr. John Halpern, a practicing psychiatrist physician, has spent more than twenty years of his career at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He was director of the Laboratory for Integrative Psychiatry, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, at McLean Hospital...

JAMILIA GRIER, Esq.
Subject Matter Expert & Contributor

Attorney Grier is a privacy and regulatory attorney with over fifteen years of experience; she is licensed in New York and Connecticut. She has worked in a wide range of industries including financial services, technology, hospitality, and manufacturing...

CHARLENE COLLAZO GOLDFIELD
Digital +1 Contributor

A graduate of American University Washington College of Law, Attorney Goldfield recently earned her LLM in national security and cybersecurity law from George Washington University Law School. While in her LLM program, she published a paper titled “The Right to be Forgotten and its Unintended Consequences to Intelligence Gathering.”...

GREG TANAKA, PhD
Software Engineer - Subject Matter Expert & Contributor

In the fields of electrical engineering and computer science, Greg is an alumnus of both Caltech and the University of California, Berkeley; he also participated in SITN at Stanford University. He is the founder and CEO of Percolata, a machine-learning-based forecasting service that gives time series forecasts with error rates one-third to one-fourth the rates of traditional time...

Sajid Ahmed, PhD
Software Engineer - Subject Matter Expert & Contributor

Sajid Ahmed is currently a PhD software engineering student at Yangzhou University China. He is a lecturer in the computer science department at Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan. His research interests are machine learning, software engineering, human factors in software engineering, Automatic Features Learning,..

MUHAMMAD RUSHDI, PhD
Subject Matter Expert & Contributor Biomedical Engineer

Muhammad A. Rushdi received BSc and MSc degrees in biomedical engineering and systems and a BSc degree in mathematics from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in computer and information science and engineering from the University of Florida at Gainesville...

JOE LEONARD
Digital +1 Freelane Writer

A graduate of the University of Virginia, Joe is a freelance writer living in Los Angeles, CA. He writes an online blog that has been active for over six years. He posts topical, emotionally powerful articles and essays, often with an emphasis on comedy. He has also written episodic television and several short films...