Mari Frank Interviews Tom Johnson, Chairman of the California Sciences Institute

Dr. Johnson is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Sciences Institute, and also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the SANS Technology Institute. Dr. Johnson is one of the founding partners of the Forensic Data Center a company focused on computer forensics He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Michigan State University and his Doctorate from the University of California - Berkeley. Dr. Johnson founded the Center for Cybercrime and Forensic Computer Investigation, and the Forensic Computer Investigation Graduate program. Additionally, Dr. Johnson was responsible for developing the on-line program in Information Protection and Security and also founded the Graduate National Security program offered at two of our National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratories in California and New Mexico. Currently, Dr. Johnson serves as a member of the FBI Infraguard program; and also is a member of the Electronic Crime Task Force, New York Field Office, U.S. Secret Service. The United States Attorney General appointed Dr. Johnson a member of the Information Technology Working Group, and he served as Chair, Task Force Group on Combating High Technology Crime for the National Institute of Justice. Dean Johnson was also appointed an advisor to the Judicial Council of California on the Court Technology Task Force by the California Supreme Court. Dr. Johnson has published five books, 13 referred articles; holds copyright on 4 software programs and his chapter on "Infrastructure Warriors: A Threat to the U.S. Homeland by Organized Crime," was published by the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. In addition to lecturing at the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, he has also lectured at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and numerous universities. Dr. Johnson has appeared in both State and U.S. Federal courts as an expert witness and was a member of the Select Ad Hoc Presidential Investigative Committee and consultant to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in the case of Sirhan B. Sirhan regarding evaluation of ballistics and physical evidence concerning the assassination of United States Senator, Robert F. Kennedy.