Rebecca Mercuri

About Rebecca Mercuri

Employment includes 25+ years as a full-time computer forensics expert; 10+ years in industry positions as a programmer, systems analyst and software engineer; 5+ years in technical writing; and 10+ years of college/university professorships and research fellowships in computer science, computer engineering, and business information systems. Court-related and public advocacy work as an expert witness on computer and engineering matters has included investigative casework, reviews and analysis; written reports, sworn affidavits, and input on briefs; depositions and courtroom testimony; presentations at municipal, county, state and federal hearings in the United States and abroad. Especially skilled with ferreting out eDiscovery items that opposition has not revealed. Primary areas of focus are: criminal defense, computer intellectual property, digital multimedia, elections, standards compliance.Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Author of 50+ technical papers. Superb media relations (quoted extensively in commercial, trade and academic press) and strong ability to sway public opinion. Fluency in reading and analysis of software code and circuit diagrams.Expertise Programming: C, C++, C#, Java, HTML/JavaScript/CSS, FORTRAN, BASIC, various assembly languages (RISC, CISC, x86), code warrior and GNU development environments.Operating Systems: UNIX/Linux, Windows, PC/MS-DOS, MacOS.Host Systems: Macintosh, PC family, Silicon Graphics, Palm, Sun Workstations.Testing & Measurement: oscilloscopes, signal and spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, multimeters, visualization and simulation (MATLAB, PSpice).Forensics Tools: case management and file recovery software (EnCase, FTK, Sleuth Kit), drive blockers and duplicators, authentication (hashing), hex editors, email and chat analyzers, virus scanners, multimedia analyzers, live memory imagers, PDA and phone readers.Standards and Requirements: TCSEC/ITSEC, ISO Common Criteria, HAVA, HIPAA, FIPS, IPoAC.Specialties: Microprocessor-based, real-time, interactive networked and embedded computer systems; computer forensics, audio forensics, and electronic discovery; security and risks; digital multimedia (graphics, photography, video, audio); digital signal processing; VOTING SYSTEMS; engineering standards; software testing and quality assurance.

Experience

1. Computer Forensics Expert and Security Consultant

   Notable Software, Inc

   Jan 1985 — Present

   Expert witness work has included investigation and testimony for civil, criminal and municipal case matters in federal, state and local venues. Software development tasks have required complete involvement with the full product lifecycle encompassing the phases of: concept development, project planning, proposal writing, funding, staffing, training, procurement, design and implementation, testing, standards compliance, documentation, marketing, and production. Focus of projects was on multimedia, web-based, interactive design, and telecommunications networking, as applications software, standalone hardware, or embedded systems. Educational games were marketed under the Apple Certified Developer program. Have applied Agile development methodologies. Software Quality Assurance tasks included verification and validation of program code as well as in-depth analysis and input on System Requirements Documents, System Design Documents, System Test Documents, Cryptographic Security Review Documents, black-box and white-box testing. Contracts included work for Intel Corp, Merck & Co, Boeing, the U.S. Army, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the Federal Aviation Administration, Sarnoff Corp, the Franklin Institute Science Museum, and others.

Education

• Pennsylvania State University

  B.S., Computer Science

  1979

• Abington

  H.S. Diploma

  1972

• University of Pennsylvania

  Ph.D., Computer and Information Science

  2001

• Gratz College

  Hebrew H.S. Diploma

  1972

• University of the Arts

  B.Mus., Classical Guitar

  1977

• Drexel University

  M.S., Computer Science

  1989

Skills

• Computer Security
• Digital Signal Processing
• Forensic Audio
• Engineering
• Java
• Computer Science Education
• Security
• Voting Systems
• Computer Science
• Computer Forensics
• Technical Writing
• Computer Engineering Education
• C++
• Software Development
• Standards Compliance
• Litigation Support
• Audio Engineering
• Multimedia
• Digital Multimedia
• C
• Programming
• Software Project Management