Stephen Pearson

Dr. Stephen Pearson combines more than thirty-eight years of law enforcement experience with in-depth expertise in today's most pervasive Internet and computer technologies. During his tenure in federal and civilian law enforcement agencies, Stephen has been involved in all facets of computer crime investigations.

In 1994, Stephen began developing tools and training for the investigation of computer crime investigation when he was assigned to the United States Army Military Police School at Ft McClellan, Alabama. Stephen retired from the Military Police Corps as the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of the Advanced Technology Criminal Investigation Courses in 2003. He pursued his career in the computer crime investigations world by becoming an investigator with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office and, during his tenure at the Sheriff’s office, Stephen used his technology skills on numerous cases, one of which led to the safe recovery of an abducted child during a joint FBI and Sheriff’s department investigation. Most recently, Stephen has been directly involved in the development and implementation of Computer Crime and Forensics training for the United States Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Stephen is recognized by the Federal government as an expert witness in DOS file structures and has been consulted on numerous high profile investigations. He developed the ground-breaking Cyber Squire Internet child safety program for the United States Army at Ft Leonard Wood which has become a standard program for the local school system for child Internet safety. Stephen has written 6 computer crime books including the Computer Crime Workbook and co-author of the book Digital Triage Forensics: A Battlefield Guide to Digital Forensic Collection (ISBN: 978-1-59749-596-7).

Stephen has been awarded numerous decorations, including the Military Police Corps Order of the Marechaussee (Bronze), the highest peacetime Military Police award, for his superior performance and dedication to training excellence.

Stephen holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelors degree in Computer Information Science (Magna Cum Laude) and an Associate’s Degree in Administration of Justice and Computer Information Science. Additionally, Stephen holds the Microsoft Certified System Engineer certificate (+Internet) and is also an Army Master Instructor.