A 28-year veteran at Forvis Mazars, Lanny is a testifying expert and leads the Forensic Intelligence Services practice, which includes digital forensics, investigative data mining, background intelligence, active surveillance, and social network discovery.  He is also an AI developer and has created numerous proprietary AI tools to assist in investigations.  Lanny is an adjunct professor, frequent speaker and writer on fraud, forensics, cyber risk, artificial intelligence, and complex systems risk, including contributions to university textbooks and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Fraud Magazine publication.

Investigations and Artificial Intelligence

Lanny founded the Fraud Analytics practice in 1997, Digital Forensics practice in 2001, and developed a proprietary artificial intelligence system to detect fraud in numeric and textual data in 2008.  His technology allows investigators to rapidly identify relevant content in financial data, emails, documents, social media, and other sources early in an investigation.  This technology also assesses the overall emotional state of communications, identifies hidden relationship networks among subjects in an investigation, and traces the evolution of topics, concepts, and emotional states over time. 

Digital Forensics

Lanny received his EnCase® Certified Examiner (EnCE®) in 2002, a designation awarded to digital forensics professionals.  He specializes in the collection, preservation, and analysis of digital evidence.  He is a testifying expert in administrative, state, and federal jurisdictions and has worked extensively for attorneys representing clients in various industries. 

Cybersecurity, Risk Management, and Incident Response

Lanny is also a member of the FORVIS Cybersecurity Incident Response team and is credentialed as a Cyber Threat Forensic Investigator (CTFI®).  Lanny has experience in cybersecurity investigations such as ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), data theft, and wire/ACH fraud.  He also consults with clients in incident response planning, incident preparedness training, and conducts investigations of cyber incidents, and post-incident analysis and reporting.