Instructors

Confirmed Instructors

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Mack Brazelle

Mack Brazelle is a Fingerprint Specialist with the federal government and has been an IAI Certified Latent Print Examiner since 2007. As the owner of Mack Brazelle Training, he teaches classes on both latent analysis and courtroom testimony. Mack is a Distinguished Member of the IAI and chaired the Latent Print Identification Science and Practice Subcommittee for ten years.

Jason Cole

Jason Cole is a Senior Technical Sales Specialist for Foster + Freeman. Jason because his career as a police officer in Utah working for Sandy City Police, where he worked his way up to Detectives investigating juvenile crime and domestic violence. Jason’s forensic training began with Sandy PD and led him to a Forensic Investigator job at West Valley PD (UT), where he not only responded to crime, but also developed the latent prints collected and examined them. In 2007, Jason was promoted to Forensic Director of the West Valley City PD Forensic Unit. In 2010, Jason moved to Las Vegas where he accepted a position as Latent Print and Footwear Examiner with the Henderson Police Department. Jason’s volunteer service includes the BOD for the Utah Division of the IAI and Nevada, he served as president for both organizations. Jason works part-time as a LPE for Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Jason serves on the BOD for the IAI.

Melissa Kimbrell

Melissa Kimbrell has been a member of the Amped Software team as a Trainer and Technical Support Specialist since May 2022. Before coming to Amped Software, she worked as a Forensic Scientist focusing on Audio/Video Forensics and Photography at The Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory in Austin, Texas, where she still lives.

Melissa is a Certified Forensic Video Examiner through the International Association for Identification (IAI), a Certified Forensic Video Technician through the Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA), and a member of the Video and Imaging Technology and Analysis Subcommittee of the Digital Multimedia Scientific Area Committee (OSAC).

Glenn Langenburg

Glenn Langenburg is a certified latent print examiner and has been performing fingerprint examinations for 26 years. He manages a consulting business (Elite Forensic Services, LLC) which provides training to fingerprint examiners and consultations for casework. Glenn has a Ph.D. in Forensic Science from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. His thesis, “A Critical Analysis and Study of the ACE-V Process”, focuses on decision-making and the application of ACE-V. Glenn has lectured internationally at forensic science conferences on topics including Daubert, probabilistic approach, error rates, and fingerprint methodology. He co-hosts a podcast, “The Double Loop Podcast”, on fingerprint topics with Eric Ray.

Eric Ray

Eric Ray is a Certified Latent Print Examiner working for IDEMIA as a Subject Matter Expert to recommend improvements, develop training, and interact with customers. As a member of the IAI, Eric is on the Editorial Board of the JFI and chaired the Special Committee on Latent Print Probability Modeling. He is an affiliate of the OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee developing standards for the field. Eric has developed and presented lectures, workshops, and training classes on multiple topics, including on Reducing Erroneous Exclusions. In his spare time, he also co-hosts the Double Loop Podcast with over 250 episodes

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