Arnold Garcia

Background

Mr. Arnold Garcia is a Senior Managing Consultant, Forensics in the Costa Mesa office of iDiscovery Solutions, Inc. (iDS). He provides highly detailed services in digital forensics, electronic discovery, technical support, and lab management and he has worked myriad cases involving theft of intellectual property, misappropriation of trade secrets, early risk assessment, data recovery, embezzlement, and various criminal matters. Mr. Garcia has recorded, collected, and imaged over ten thousand different data sources and is an expert in digital media examinations including, but not limited to, computers, cameras, cellphones, PDAs, thumb drives, networked devices, and other digital media. He is highly experienced in the use of specialized digital forensic tools, including EnCase, FTK, Magnet Axiom, Cellebrite Solutions and Nuix. Mr. Garcia is extremely knowledgeable in the principles, application, installation, start-up and commissioning, troubleshooting, repair, and calibration of processing and review software, such as Nuix, LAW, Concordance, and Relativity. He has worked with sensitive data involving major data acquisition efforts in Asia, and Europe.

SELECT CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

• Forensic acquisitions using tools such as EnCase, FTK, Cellebrite Solutions, Forensic Email Collector and Magnet Axiom.
• Examining and imaging digital devices (computers, smart phones, tablets, etc.) for document production
• Assisting clients with Forensic and e-Discovery analysis

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems, ITT Technical Institute

PUBLICATIONS

• “Mobile Device Forensics: The New Frontier,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2014
• “Mobile Device Forensics – Are You in the Know?” tradesecretslaw.com, June 2013

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• EnCase Computer Forensics I
• EnCase Computer Forensics II
• IACIS BCFE

TESTIMONY EXPERIENCE

• 2018 – Mark Strome vs. Tammy Strome, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. BD636746 – Trial testimony regarding mobile data text messages.