
Lars Daniel Director, Digital Forensics ✉️ lars.daniel@rimkus.com
- Digital Forensics
- EnCase Certified Examiner
- Cellebrite Certified Operator
- Cellebrite Certified Physical Analyst
- Certified Wireless Analyst
- Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist
- Certified I.P. Telecom Network Specialist
- Certified Telecommunications Analyst

Matt Plotkin Consultant ✉️ matthew.plotkin@rimkus.com
- 4+ Years in Motorsports Engineering
- Incident investigations
- Enforcement of Rules/Standards
- Vehicle Data Analysis
- Mechanical Parts Failures
- High-speed Vehicle Accidents
- Injury Biomechanics

David C. Lund (ACTAR) Transportation Practice Leader ✉️ dlund@rimkus.com
- Accredited Accident Reconstructionist
- Advanced Collision Reconstructionist
- Crash Data Retrieval Technician
- Evidence Data Recorder Analyst
- FAA Small UAS (Drone) Pilot
- ASE Automobile Technician
- ASE Medium/Heavy Truck Technician

Allen C. Vaughan (BSME) Senior Consultant
✉️ allen.vaughan@rimkus.com
- 1,000+ Automobile Crash Investigations
- Photo/Videogrammetry
- Human Factors
- Reconstruction Analysis
- Vehicle Data Analysis
- Crash Analysis

Jeffrey Hickman (Ph.D.) Transportation Practice Leader
✉️ jhickman@rimkus.com
- Human Behavior, Fatigue, Drowsiness, Duty
- Status, Attention, Glance Patterns
- Electronic Device Use
- Regulations
- Drugs and Alcohol Use
- Warinings
- Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
- Automated Driving Systems (ADS)
- Effects of Visual Displays and Infotainment
- Systems on Driver Attention

Dale R. King (P.I., ACTAR) Principal Consultant
✉️ drk@rimkus.com
- 30+ Years of Experience
- 3,000+ Traffic Collision Investigations
- Licensed Private Investigator: Texas
- Licensed Police Instructor: Texas
- Accredited Collision Reconstructionist
- Certified Remote Drone Pilot: US DOT FAA

Amanda M. Kogelschatz (M.S., D-ABFT-FT)
Senior Consultant
✉️ amanda.kogelschatz@rimkus.com
- Board-Certified Toxicologist: Diplomate-Forensic Toxicology
- Testimony history includes nine trials for cases involving alcohol impairment
- General toxicology, usage of alcohol and drugs
- Pharmacology of drugs, including questions related to impairment, alternative causation, increased risk, and dose response relationships
- Forensic investigative techniques, compliance, and chain of custody

James (Jim) R. Desmond (CDS, CDT, CTP)
Principal Consultant
✉️ jdesmond@rimkus.com
- Driver Standard of Care
- DOT Compliance
- Driver Hiring, Qualifications, and Training
- Loading/Unloading Procedures
- Cargo Securement
- Forklift Operations
- Loading Dock Operations
- Longer Combination Vehicles (LCV) Operation

Lino O. Garcia (Ph.D., P.Eng., ACTAR)
Senior Consultant
✉️ lgarcia@rimkus.com
- Vehicle and Machinery Mechanical Inspections and Failure Analysis
- Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction
- Heavy Truck Collision Analysis
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Accident Reconstruction
- Human Factors (Visibility, Perception-Reaction Time
- Seatbelt/Child Seat Assessment
- Low-speed Collision Analysis and Occupant Kinematics
- Highway Geometric Design Assessment and Roadside Safety Assessment
- Assessment of Winter Maintenance Roadway Operations