Partner, Chief Innovation Officer

• Mar 2022 - Present

Founder | Digital Forensics Expert

• Dec 2021 - Present

Director, Collection & Forensic Solutions

• Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

I am actively engaged in designing, developing, and implementing global data collection strategies for Fortune 500 enterprises and Am Law 200 firms. I provide advice on preservation practices related to legal hold, collection, and forensic solutions; also, I consult with clients and ascertain project scope, determine prices, and define statement of work agreements. I skillfully collect data from more than 100 unique non-custodial data sources using bespoke methods; also, gather data from all digital media sources. I also conduct forensic analysis on all digital media types for litigation, incident response, investigation, and compliance. I systematically investigate intellectual property theft cases for clients, provide testimonies (Expert Witness and 30b6 designations), and positively contribute to litigation strategy and successful case verdicts. I have expertise in formulating and maintaining a catalog of SOPs for global team on managing lab operations, collections, forensics, and mobile device data.Below are a few of my notable contributions for this tenure:~ Designed, implemented, and managed forensic labs across US, India, and Europe.~ Received commendation through a spotlight in “20 in Their Twenties: 2015” in recognition of developing a revolutionary software for forensic imaging of computers subject to litigation.~ Engineered a proprietary toolkit as an internal solution for optimizing forensic software globally and at scale, created remote mobile device collection solution, produced defensible and automated data collection software for remote/onsite collections, and built Evidence Tracking software. Show less

Lab Manager

• Jan 2014 - Dec 2018

Computer Forensic Examiner

• Dec 2008 - Dec 2013

Ryan Frye is a Computer Forensic Examiner with UnitedLex, a litigation support company with global reach. Ryan has collected data throughout the United States, Canada, the U.K., the Republic of Korea, Denmark and Norway. He has developed the policies and standard operating procedures used by the UnitedLex Computer Forensics Laboratory for seizing, imaging, archiving, and verifying all digital evidence. Ryan leveraged his extensive data collection and programming experience to develop UnitedLex’s proprietary remote collection utility which UnitedLex now uses in all remote data collections. Show less

Hosting Administrator - Relativity

• Dec 2008 - Oct 2010

Design, Build, and Deploy environment for Document Hosting. Administer all aspects of product including; Web Server and website security, SQL Administration, Distributed Processing, Analytics, Storage allocation, Custom Reporting, Troubleshooting and Optimization of product along with forecasting growth and preparing for upgrades and patches.Designed and implemented comprehensive backup schedules and maintaned data integrity.

Computer Technician

• 2007 - 2008

IT Support Specialist

• 2007 - 2007