User:Mciaramitaro

I have a technology background with a degree in business management. I'm a first generation Italian-American who speaks and writes in one of the Sicilian dialect "Palermitano" as well as Italian proper. I also speak Spanish. My wife and I love to travel and enjoy new experiences. She is the light that guides my voyage.

I enjoy all sorts of music including jazz, pop, country & hip-hop. My favorite jazz saxophonists is Charlie "Bird" Parker and Sonny Rollins.

I have professional experience in resource and project management as well as computer forensics and digital forensic investigations.

Summary and Highlights of Experience: I have extensive experience in the forensic preservation, collection and analysis of electronically stored data in support of civil and criminal investigations for law firms and corporate managers. I'm trained in the leading forensic software and hardware utilities such as EnCase, FTK, NEMX, Transend Migrator, CelleBrite and Device Seizure. Moreover, I have hundreds of hours of case matter investigations dealing with Servers, Laptops, Desktops, removable media, optical media and mobile phones/PDAs. I've worked closely in assisting attorneys with planning electronic discovery demands, deposition questions, technical interrogatories, expert declarations and other computer forensic case matter strategies. I've successfully managed the harvesting, processing and hosting of data to online review platforms while providing client support and project management for multiple civil and corporate projects. I also have a strong knowledge of Computer Forensic Methodology and Evidence Handling procedures with over 100 hours of formal classroom training in the Computer Forensic and Electronic Discovery discipline. I possess working knowledge of drive duplication hardware such as Tableau, Logicube, Voom 3, Cellebrite and other electronic storage write blocking technologies. I've also preserved and harvested email servers such as Groupwise, Microsoft Exchange and Lotus notes Domino as well as web based email accounts. I'm an expert in PC hardware and software across Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems, and have my A+ certification.

I've listed some relevent work history in the third person tense.

Work History Senior Forensic Consultant / Technical Manager, Evolve Discovery Mar 11 – Present Mr. Ciaramitaro is responsible for forensic consulting and analysis and operates as part of the forensic team. His responsibilites as a forensic consultant include conducting forensic imaging using best practices, performing analysis using proper techniques and reporting findings in written and oral form. Furthermore, Mr. Ciaramitaro’s provides guidance to clients for most efficient way to accomplish ESI analysis and interviews clients and determining specifications for projects, approximate data size of project and other items which may be required and managing Statement of Work and Job Orders accurately. He takes an active role in processing, converting, trouble shooting, and loading data into case management and ESI processing databases. He customizes data for review and production databases per client request and regional litigation support project managers. Mr. Ciaramitaro adheres to best practices protocols to quality control, defensible practices for internal chain of custody and sound data records management of client evidence/data from initial intake through archiving once a project is completed. Mr. Ciaramitaro is accountable for day-to-day management of technical aspects of client data, including supplemental data loads, database maintenance, custom INI, batch file creation, workflow administration of case data includes Custom Load Files, special format CD’s and data manipulation etc. Senior Associate Forensic Technology Services,

Pricewaterhousecoopers (PwC) Oct 10 – Feb 11 Mr. Ciaramitaro collected and segregated user created files and emails to prepare data for client review. He normalized variousemail database types to PST format including recovery from corruption. He performed de-duplication on user files and email data, Index and search data sets and, extracted responsive material for client review, created document load files and uploaded responsive data sets to online review platforms. Mr. Ciaramitaro worked very closely with clients and review staff to compose an effective and time sensitive review schedule. Mr. Ciaramitaro crafted and executed complex keyword search expressions and date ranges to effectively target responsive data sets and created search queries, data fields and other online repository customizations to meet the client’s online review needs.

Senior Forensic Investigator, Adaptable Technology Resources / OnlineSecurity Mar 08 – Oct 10 Mr. Ciaramitaro harvested electronically stored information from desktops, laptops, RAID Arrays, CDs, removable media and mobile phone devices. He is proficient in the use of hardware and software based write blocking devices as well as in the practice of using chain of custody and acquisition reports that have been approved by law enforcement and large corporations. He worked directly with clients providing consultation in crafting of investigative analysis and valuing case facts as they pertain to electronic discovery and ESI investigations. Mr. Ciaramitaro worked at client site on long term examination of ESI and presented findings to local law enforcement Beverly Hills attorney for a large well known religious organization. He is highly skilled in conducting in-depth forensic investigations, including recovering files, analyzing web logs, registry records and other operating system artifacts. Mr. Ciaramitaro crafted reports designed to describe the technical findings of the forensic investigation and answer the hypothesis presented by the client and managed eDiscovery cases from data culling, hosting and presentation to client based on discovery demands. Mr. Ciaramitaro responded to discovery demands by clients related to the collection and examination of electronically stored information and managed case fact and evidence intake, delegated analysis and composed findings reports of significant evidence from several analysis and presentd to client.

Manager of Quality Assurance, Guidance Software Sep 02 – Jun 07 Mr. Ciaramitaro performed digital forensic analysis, including acquisitions (Windows, Crossover, DOS, and Linen), email analysis, file and disk hash, signature analysis, GREP keyword searching, EnScript execution and report building. He has an understanding of digital evidence handling, reconstruction of digital evidence through CRC verification and image hash validation and data mapping by use of Info2 and MFT entries. He implemented and maintained EnCase Enterprise environment of over 200 nodes consisting of Windows, Linux, Unix and AS/400 machines. Furthermore, he maintained eDiscovery setup and investigations of NSF and PST files as well as live Domino and Exchange Server databases. Mr. Ciaramitaro executed advanced operating system training and performed hands on administration in all Windows, Linux and Unix systems. He prepared and administered project control guidelines using industry standard evidence handling guidelines. Mr. Ciaramitaro planned annual operating QA Budget (over $1 million) for management approval and tracked spending to ensure department stayed on budget each quarter.

Branch Technology Liaison, UBS Paine Webber Apr 02 – Sep 02 Mr. Ciaramitaro was responsible for all IT based infrastructure and upgrades including troubleshooting, installation and removal of hardware/software. He coordinated with technology vendors to repair or replace hardware and software. He reorganized network patch cabling for phone and computer systems and assisted in various levels of financial inquiries using proprietary database application. Mr. Ciaramitaro assisted high profile clients with account data access and report generation along with the management of many brokerage accounts including IRA R/O, TTEE, ERISA, and others.

Sales / QA Engineer, Scene7 / Goodhome.com Feb 99 – Apr 02 Mr. Ciaramitaro created return on investment (ROI) reports tailored to illustrate the company’s solutions to solve the clients needs. He provided support for all sales related software demonstrations and was responsible for the development and presentation of customized presentations for major fashion apparel, furniture and home improvement company’s using proprietary software, and other graphic design tools. Mr. Ciaramitaro coordinated Web-Ex sales support demonstrations with follow up technical questions. Additionally, he met with clients and sales team to pitch imaging technology in a collaborative effort to increase revenue and customer base. He was responsible for technical software training for groups from 1 to 20 on proprietary 3D modeling software.

Certifications & Trainings • EnCase® EnCE Certified (Active since 2004) • CompTIA A+ Certification • EnCase intermediate computer forensic methodology Training • EnCase Advanced File Systems Training • EnCase Network Intrusion Training • American Management Association – Leadership Skills for Managers • QA Insight – Effective Software Testing Affiliations • Advisor for E-Discovery Paralegals Network Leadership Committee • American Society of Digital Forensics & eDiscovery • Digital Forensics Association (DFA) • eDiscovery Solutions Group • Electronic Discovery Group