Press Release - 20th July 2009
Tina McDonald Joins Digital Detective as
Director and Senior Forensic Software Engineer
Digital Detective Group Ltd., a provider of leading
digital forensic software, is pleased to announce
that Tina McDonald will be joining us as a Director
and Senior Forensic Software Engineer.
Tina has been involved
in the forensic recovery of digital evidence since
2005 and prior to joining Digital Detective Group,
she was employed as a Digital Forensic Analyst with
Kent Police Digital Forensics Unit.
Tina has now joined Digital Detective Group as a
Director and will be managing the research and
implementation of new software projects.
She has been trained in advanced digital forensics
from establishments such as the National Hi-Tech
Crime Training Centre based in the Specialist Law
Enforcement Training Centre, the Centre for Forensic
Computing at the Defence College of Management and
Technology at Cranfield University and from Guidance
Software, the manufacturers of the forensic software
EnCase.
Tina has also been trained in mobile phone forensics
and holds .XRY and XACT Certification from Micro
Systemation. Whilst with Kent Police, Tina played a
key role in the research and development of a mobile
phone forensic capability and successfully managed
the proof of concept pilot.
Tina graduated from Hull University with a Bachelor
of Science Joint Honours degree in Mathematics and
Computer Science. Since graduating, she has worked
as a professional software engineer with over 20
years experience in this field.
Tina's experience includes working as a software
engineer for Racal Research, Orbitel Mobile
Communications, GEC Marconi and Group 4 Securicor.
She has been involved in a variety of projects,
including ASIC design, defence radio communications,
GSM and PCN digital mobile communications and GPS
satellite navigation systems. She also played a
major part in the design and development of a
European wide security bureau which monitored
automatic vehicle location (AVL) and proof of
presence (POP) tracking devices.
She has detailed knowledge in all areas of the
software development process, her work having
involved such activities as requirements capture,
specification, design, implementation, testing,
customer acceptance and end user support. She has
also managed software development projects and
supervised a large team of software engineers.
In addition to her Bachelor of Science degree, Tina
recently graduated from University College Dublin
with a First Class Honours, Master of Science degree
in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation.
She is also a professional member of the British
Computer Society.
