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Matthew Jackson BSc (Hons) MBCS
Matthew Jackson is the Director and Senior Forensic Consultant of Athena Forensics. He has been involved in the investigation of computer evidence for over 10 years during which time he has conducted over 750 computer investigations including within cases involving indecent images of children, serious fraud, terrorism and murder and has attended court as an expert witness on a large number of occasions.
Prior to this Matthew was a Director and Senior Forensic Consultant for another digital forensic specialist company for 4 years, during this time he dealt with approximately 220 cases involving computer based evidence.
Previously he was employed by Thames Valley Police as a Computer Forensic Technician at the Hi-Tech Crime Unit for three years, during this time he provided technical support for their Operation Ore investigation, processing nearly 300 legal cases, and he has worked on Fraud (HM Customs and Excise), Drug (The National Criminal Intelligence Service) and Murder inquiries (The National Crime Squad). Matthew received a Chief Constable’s Commendation for his work at Thames Valley Police.
Matthew holds the degree of Bachelor of Science awarded by the BCUC, Buckinghamshire and has also completed the Computer Forensic Foundation Course at the Royal Military College, Shrivenham, the Intermediate and Advanced EnCase courses at Guidance Software, Liverpool, as well as The Institute for Communications Arbitrations and Forensics mobile telephone examination and extended mobile telephone courses.
Matthew Jackson is now considered by many to be the UK's leading computer forensics expert witness.
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Andrew Kempster
Andrew Kempster is a Computer Forensic Consultant at Athena Forensics he has been involved in the investigation of computer evidence for over 6 years during which time he has conducted over 400 computer investigations including within cases involving indecent images of children, serious fraud, terrorism and murder.
Prior to this Andrew was a Digital Forensic Analyst for QinetiQ at their Malvern facilities between January 2009 and August 2010 and dealt with over 100 cases involving computer based evidence on behalf of government agencies (The Serious Organised Crime Agency), police forces (The Metropolitan Police) and private companies.
Previously, he was employed as a Forensic Computer Analyst within the Hi-Tech Crime Units for South Wales Police and Dyfed-Powys Police, where he examined over 200 cases submitted as part of criminal investigations, in accordance with the ACPO Best Practice Guidelines, and produced his findings in reports and statements that would be utilised by the Crown Prosecution Service during Court proceedings.
Andrew has completed the Intermediate and Advanced EnCase courses at Guidance Software’s Liverpool and Slough based facilities.
