Non-Executive Chairman

Gerry McQuade

Gerry is accomplished and respected leader with over 30 years in both consumer and B2B technology businesses. Gerry has succeeded in Executive Board positions in several large companies including BT, EE, Orange and Virgin. He has also worked in entrepreneurial start-ups, where he successfully led the introduction of new lines of business from scratch and driven growth.  Throughout his career he has executed business transformation while instigating and delivering innovative strategies across a range of disciplines.

Chief Executive

Steve Rick

Steve is a chartered engineer with an MSc from the London School of Economics. He is an accomplished C-suite business leader with over 30 years’ experience. Leading start-ups, delivering recovery programmes, and executing major business transformations in both tech and telecoms industries on behalf of BT, Serco and Capita, and in the aviation and defence industries with Menzies Aviation and QinetiQ.

Product Lifecycle Director

Joseph Hoy

Co-founder Joe has over 33 years’ experience in telecoms engineering, training and cell site analysis.  He wrote the set textbook used for training police force investigators and digital analysts in the UK and world-wide including the FBI.  Joe is one of the UK’s leading cellular data forensic expert witnesses and has presented evidence in courts throughout the UK.  He was a member of the UK Digital Forensic Regulator’s working group for Cell Site Analysis, which set the guidelines for forensic service providers.  Joe, as Product Lifecycle Director is focused on developing Forensic Analytics software portfolio and creating bespoke solutions for customers.

Research & Development Director

Andrew Hausler

Andrew, who is the third founder of Forensic Analytics is an expert in systems development and database management having worked at a senior level for several Blue-Chip organisations including Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan, where he was Executive Director for Equity Finance Systems Development.  With his co-founders he created CSAS, the Forensic Analytics operating system capable of analysing vast quantities of cellular data to an evidential standard.

Managing Director ForensicRF

Martin Griffiths

Co-founder Martin is a member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences and a member of the Institute of Engineering Technology.  Martin started his career in telecoms engineering whilst serving in the Royal Air Force as an Air Communications Engineer.  He is a specialist in radio frequency engineering and is an inspiring trainer. Martin is a highly sought-after, cellular data forensic expert witness.  His expertise is called on by both prosecution and defence in many high-profile cases.

Managing Director Training

Andrew Fahey

Andrew is a highly skilled criminal justice and digital forensics expert. He spent 10 years at the UN-affiliated International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague, project managing the development of courtroom software that enables live analysis and mapping of call data. He also spent a decade with the Metropolitan Police Service on serious and organised crime and terrorism investigations.  Andrew heads Forensic Analytics training strategy and services and works in close affiliation with senior members of law enforcement agencies, crime and justice specialists, and government officials within the UK and abroad.

Sales Director

Antony Sykes

Antony is a sales director with over 30 years of account management, business development, and sales leadership. Antony has worked with a wide range of law enforcement agencies, the Home Office and the Cabinet Office to deliver national systems that connect to the Police National Computer and the National Automatic Number Plate Recognition Service.

Strategic Accounts Director

Steve Griffiths

Steve is an experienced business development executive, sales director, and sales trainer. He oversees the Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police accounts. Steve has played a key role in building the company’s covenant of trust with law enforcement, ensuring Forensic Analytics are at the forefront of resolving the numerous analytical challenges faced by policing.

Chief Finance Officer

Dan Alexander

Dan is a Chartered Accountant and Cambridge MBA. He specialises in business transformation, cost reduction and forensic accounting. Having worked both client side as consultant and pro bono for UNICEF’s procurement reference groups for vaccines, Dan brings a wealth of experience and perspectives to the business.

Human Resources Manager

Rebecca Hannon

Rebecca is a former nuclear underwriter and brings 17 years of niche underwriting experience, event organisation, extensive customer services and negotiation knowledge to Forensic Analytics. Rebecca now manages our Admin Team.

Research Manager

Will Metters

Will has almost twenty years’ Law Enforcement experience, with the last 10 as Technical Lead for the NPCC Data Communications Group Futures Team. He has extensive knowledge of specialist products, such as encrypted communication platforms, call spoofing, and stealth phones. His DCG Futures work involved regular contact with the UK Home Office, International Law Enforcement organisations and Telecommunications Operators.

Tactical Advisor

Jon Cornish

Jon is a career detective with over 20 years’ experience (TLO, DMI) including over 10 years in Major Investigation Teams (Tier 5). He founded the City of London Police’s Digital Investigation Unit and is an independent advisor to the NPCC Digital Trust and Evidence Group.

He has extensive investigative experience deploying tactical solutions and is a recipient of 15 commendations from 3 forces and 2 crown courts including being commended at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) for the use of Communications Data in evidence. Extensive court experience.

Jon consults on CSAS and CDAN development working with all internal and external stakeholders.

Service Delivery Manager

Greg Bower

A specialist in communications and intelligence analysis, Greg began his career working in civil investigations within the private sector. Having established his own company, he delivered training to organisations such as the Kenyan Wildlife Service, Interpol and the International Criminal Court on the use of intelligence analysis products and telecommunications data analysis.

Marketing Manager

Samia Kenley

Samia is a marketing specialist with over 12 years’ experience in the UK, Europe and Southeast Asia. She has previously designed and deployed B2B and B2C campaigns for Apple, HP and Microsoft Surface through digital and offline platforms. Samia drives our business growth, development and brand awareness through strategic, account-based marketing activities that are conversational, engaging and add genuine value to end users. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM).

Head of Project Management Office

Manuel Wasner 

Manuel leads our PMO and provides guidance and standards about project management principles to our functional teams. During his career, he has delivered projects in Business Transformation, Sales & Commercial, Airline Operations, Airport Infrastructure and Asset Management across multiple countries, including the UK and Ireland, the United States and South Africa. Manuel holds an MBA and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), as well as a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Quality Assurance Manager

Ravita Kataria

Ravita arrives at Forensic Analytics with a background in pharmaceuticals, life sciences and utilities. As a chartered quality professional experienced in implementing quality management systems, she is not only making the business leaner but she is also bringing us up to date with the latest laboratory standards for our RF business.

Strategic Accounts Director

Gavin Kinrade

Gavin has over 30 years’ experience in Law Enforcement. As a senior police officer and PIP 3 Senior Investigating Officer, Gavin specialised in the areas of Serious Organised Crime, Cyber Crime and Digital Intelligence and Investigation, Specialist Operations (including Kidnap and Extortion, Covert Surveillance and Child Exploitation) and Economic Crime.

Operating in both strategic and tactical capacities Gavin brings a wealth of experience in relation to the design, development and deployment of specialist capabilities and the investigation of crime.

Gavin is a member of the Institute of Cyber Digital Investigation Professionals – Senior Strategist (MICDIP) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (MCIIS).

As Strategic Account Director Gavin will use his considerable previous experience to support SW customers from both a strategic and tactical perspective

Customer Account Manager

Gail Rayner

Gail is an accomplished Customer Account Manager with over 15 years’ experience managing accounts within the Public Safety & Security sectors, with a degree in ‘Forensic Science and Crime Scene Investigation.

Gail is responsible for developing new and existing customer relationships to gain a deep understanding of their requirements, planning how these can be met to boost their operational efficiency using her extensive experience in working with digital and wet forensics contracts; managing complex and/or technical solutions nurturing high quality outputs with the skill to facilitate implementation of any project. Focusing on the importance of process detail to benefit all stakeholders whilst maintaining core business continuity to enhance the level of partnership working and collaboration.

Account Manager

Ben Clayman

Joining the team in 2021, Ben is an experienced sales and account manager with over 10 years of experience in Digital Forensics the majority of which was spent working with Public Sector and Law Enforcement clients specialising in Counter Terror, Indecent Images and Content and Field Investigations. Ben continues to serve in a voluntary role for front line policing with Hertfordshire Constabulary since 2008 and brings a passion for enabling law enforcement and intelligence organisations with the best of breed technology to reduce serious crime and increase public safety and confidence in policing.

Customer Account Manager

Hannah Ainley

A former West Yorkshire Police employee of nearly 15 years, Hannah has over 10 years’ experience within the intelligence environment working as a researcher and analyst. In the last five years she worked within the Regional Organised Crime Unit and the Serious and Organised Crime Unit analysing comms data and producing telecoms reports for court.

RF & Cell Site Specialist

Darran Fletcher

Darran has considerable experience in surveillance – both human and technical. A former police officer of 30 years standing, he held various roles, including a secondment to UK Immigration Service where he conducted overseas operations. In 2013, Darran became Nottinghamshire Police’s cell site specialist, helping the force to remain at the vanguard of this highly important area of digital forensics. He was also a member of the RF Development & User Group.

Post Graduate Associate 

Isabel Duncan 

Isabel joined us in 2021 after graduating with a distinction in Crime and Forensic Science MSc from University College London. With equipment and support provided by Forensic Analytics, she completed her MSc dissertation which focused on investigating the uncertainties associated with GPRS call detail records, for which she was awarded the UCL Locard-White prize for best MSc Crime and Forensic Science Dissertation 2020. Isabel currently works as a Post Graduate Associate, supporting projects like the set-up of the new CRM and supporting our RF team with the Lima project.

Training Manager

Jenna Holloway

Jenna worked as an Analyst at South Yorkshire Police and the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit for 11 years. Jenna’s area of expertise is telecoms analysis in the live time crime in action environment where she worked quickly and diligently to contribute to the disruption and dismantling of organised crime groups impacting across the region. Jenna is a qualified teacher in post compulsory education and trained colleagues throughout her career within law enforcement.

Trainer

June Woodland

June has over 20 years’ experience in UK Law Enforcement; she researched, designed and presented the Internet module of the national SPOC accreditation course, then spent a further 10 years as a member of the DCG Futures Group.  Whilst in the Futures Group, she produced numerous research papers and presentations, formed relationships with industry, and assisted with the production of the ICDDF conference.  For the past 4 years, June has specialised in researching/documenting the use of Wi-Fi and has given many presentations UK wide on the subject.

June has joined FA as a trainer and in addition to presenting some of the existing portfolio of courses, she will be designing/presenting new courses focusing on Wi-Fi, IoT, and communications data awareness.

Training Consultant

Gray Blattner

During Gray’s 20-year career in the mobile network sector, he has managed myriad training initiatives, including the design and development of training programmes, and in-person and digital learning solutions for over 40 successive global learning product releases. Gray’s understanding of highly competitive marketplaces and how to demonstrably increase training delivery volumes brings valuable insight to our training courses.

Training Administrator

Ian Stanway

Ian is a former Litigation Manager in the legal sector and brings over 20 years experience of civil litigation, fee earning, client relations, negotiation skills and customer services. Ian has brought his knowledge and experience to Forensic Analytics within the Training Team as a Training Administrator.

Strategic Programme Lead

Mick Atkinson

Mick brings a vast amount of experience to the team. A former senior police officer, he has been the National Policing Communications Data Capabilities Coordinator for the past eight years and led for National Policing on the implementation of the Investigatory Powers Act. Mick’s background as a senior investigating officer, his knowledge around digital investigations and his role as a key influencer, provides Forensic Analytics with additional leadership in the delivery of our strategic programmes.

Technical Support & Training

Dave Cutts

Dave is a highly experienced telecoms engineer. He helped to build and maintain some of the UK’s major cellular networks when working for Vodafone and T-Mobile. Dave was also the law enforcement liaison engineer at T-Mobile before moving to the Metropolitan Police as their in-house cell site expert.

Trainer

Susie Baldison

Susie is our evidential telecoms analysis expert. She spent 11 years as an Intelligence Analyst, and then Senior Analyst, for North Yorkshire Police where she was also the CSAS Super User. Susie worked on everything from local level crime to larger scale conspiracies and live time investigations, often producing evidential exhibits for court. She was awarded four Judges’ Commendations along with a Chief Constables’ Commendation for investigations where her telecoms analysis was pivotal in proving the case. Susie has a Masters in Criminology.

Trainer

Paul Kilby

Paul is our telecoms consultant, trainer and expert witness in cellular systems. As a cell site expert, he is proficient in the use of phone records and GPRS billing data to locate handsets at critical times, producing analysis, reports, and exhibits and presenting these in court. Paul completed his MBA at Cranfield University School of Management and in his spare time is working on his doctoral thesis: ‘Forensic use of Mobile Network GPRS Billing Records’.

Consultant Trainer

Simon Butterworth

Simon is a highly experienced intelligence analyst. He spent over 30 years at community, force, regional, national and international levels. He was National Senior Analyst for Counter Terrorism and worked on major investigations, including the two IRA bombings of Manchester, and the Hillsborough Investigation as Principal Analyst. Simon is currently providing intelligence and analytical training to Law Enforcement within the United Kingdom, Middle East and Balkans.

Technical Support

Sue Carter

Sue is a former West Midlands Police analyst, who specialised in telecoms analysis while working with the Murder Investigation Unit. She has previously worked for Focus Forensics and LGC and now manages our Cell Site Analysis Team. Sue has a wealth of experience in developing and writing cell site reports and a reputation that is justifiably recognised within the industry.

Admin Assistant

Michelle Noack

Joining the team in 2018, Michelle has a background in human resources and payroll administration for security and construction companies. She is responsible for payroll and invoicing.

Operational Support Analyst

Thomas Young

Tom is a former IT Service Desk manager with a passion for IT support, service management and customer service. He brings a wealth of skills and knowledge to the Forensic Analytics team, having worked for companies such as Kier Group, David Lloyd Leisure and Johnson Matthey. Tom supports the IT infrastructure within the business, and engages with our customers to assist in the implementation of our solutions.

Change Manager

Robert McFarlane 

Rob is a change manager with over 30 years’ experience in requirements/change/configuration management. He spent many years in the defence industry in the United States and since moving to the UK has worked in the banking, pharmaceutical and security sectors. Rob is working across Forensic Analytics to ensure that every change is tracked and that it occurs as intended, on time, and without incident.

Development Manager

Nolan Redfern

Nolan has more than 30 years of experience in both software development and managing high performing development teams. He has worked in many environments from embedded RF test instrumentation, production printing and high-volume parsing on cloud platforms. Nolan joins us from a fast-growing Fin Tech start-up firm based in Westminster, London.

Software Architect

Serena Ripley

Having a passion for building great software with real world applications, Serena is a highly experienced Microsoft technology specialist with 20 years of proven delivery across multiple sectors and platforms.

Software Developer

Andy Slater

Andy is an accomplished developer with 20 years of experience creating web, desktop and server applications in a variety of industries, including financial, automotive and education.

Software Developer

Yasar Zia

Joining the team in 2017, Yasar is a skilled analyst with nearly 10 years’ experience spanning many software platforms and industries.

Software Developer

Rob Waggott

Rob has been in working software development roles since 2007 and has experience of building web, desktop and mobile applications for a variety of different industries.

Software Developer

Alexis Ebdon

Alexis has been in software development for 10 years and has a wide array of different skillsets and experiences she has developed in that time. She has worked in software development for the financial, legal and commercial sectors, in both desktop and website applications. Alexis is a software developer in the CSAS team.

Software Developer

Keith Ballard

Keith has more than 16 years development experience across many different business areas. From HR solutions, including Performance and Talent management and job Evaluation Software for Pay & Benefit Consistency to Access control and ANPR reporting software.  He has been involved in every part of the development process from concept through to deployment and has experience in many different technologies. Keith is a Software Developer in the Nexus team.

Software Developer

Martin Allan

Martin is a software developer with over twenty years’ experience in a variety of technologies. He has worked in Retail, Contact Centre, Pharmaceutical and Electronics sectors, delivering solutions to the desktop and web. He is part of the CSAS development team.

Tester

Damon Hina

Joining the team in 2019, Damon has twenty five years’ experience of delivering business software worldwide for Xerox, Pitney Bowes and small start-ups. A versatile technologist with a passion to deliver quality software for the customer. Tester, Project Manager, Support Analyst, Scrum Master, Trainer, Product owner, Technical specialist, Team leader, all roles undertaken to support this goal.

Software Developer

Deepti Penneru

Deepti has worked in software development for over 14 years and has extensive experience in software analysis, design, execution and application support. Deepti has worked for various industries including financial services, information security, information technology and has developed web/windows based applications. Deepti is part of the Nexus team development team.

Test Engineer

Ola Adeleye

Ola is a Certified ISTQB Tester and has over 4 years’ experience in Software Quality Assurance and testing of Multi-Tier Web-based, Desktop and Mobile Applications. Ola has worked in Communication, Education and a variety of other industries and is experienced in project life cycles SDLC & TDLC. Ola is a Test Engineer in the Nexus team.