Warren Kruse Joins Encore Legal Solutions as Vice President of Data Forensics and Analytics
PHOENIX, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 8, 2007 --Encore Legal Solutions, a leading national
provider of electronic discovery and related services, today announced that
Warren G. Kruse II, a renowned computer forensics expert, has joined the
company as vice president of data forensics and analytics.
As business unit leader of the data collections and computer forensics
business within Encore, Kruse will recruit and develop a team of
professionals to assist law firms and corporate legal departments with
litigation readiness, data collection, preservation of evidence, computer
forensics, incident response and cybercrime prevention.
Prior to joining Encore, Kruse was managing director of the IT risk
consulting practice at Aon Corporation, where he headed up the U.S. team
that provides electronic discovery and computer forensics consulting
services. Previously, he was director of the Northeast Region for the data
forensics practice at Kroll and operated his own boutique firm, Computer
Forensic Services, LLC. Kruse also served as investigations manager for
cyber investigations and forensics at Lucent Technologies and was
previously a police officer in New Jersey.
"Warren is a highly regarded and much sought-after expert in the areas of
computer forensics and cybercrime, so we are delighted that he has agreed
to join our team at Encore to head up this new business unit," said Greg
Mazares, chief executive officer of Encore Legal Solutions. "Encore
continues to experience steady growth in electronic discovery services, and
Warren's unique expertise and global reputation in data forensics and
related areas will help us fuel profitable growth in another important
phase of the electronic discovery workflow process."
Kruse is the coauthor of "Computer Forensics: Incident Response
Essentials," an Addison Wesley textbook, and is a frequent lecturer on the
subjects of computer forensics, incident response and cybercrime. He has
extensive experience in computer forensic cases involving some of the
largest law firms and corporations in the world and has conducted forensic
analyses globally in support of numerous cases, from civil disputes to
criminal prosecutions at the federal level.
Kruse is an IACIS Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) and an ISC2
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He is also a
member of numerous government-sponsored initiatives, including board member
of the National Center for Forensic Sciences and Digital Evidence
Certification Committee.
About Encore Legal Solutions
Through a combination of knowledge, technology and process, Encore Legal
Solutions provides a broad range of discovery solutions to major law firms
and corporate legal departments across the U.S. According to a 2006
independent survey, Encore is ranked as one of the leading providers of
electronic data discovery and related services, including Web hosting,
imaging, coding and reprographics. For more information, please visit
www.encorelegal.com.