DeAndre Redd : Chief Strategic Officer

DeAndre Redd is an expert in fraud management, mitigating/preventing corporate and government risk, and computer forensics. He is currently detailed to the FBI/ Computer Analysis Response Team Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory in Chicago as a Task Force Officer. DeAndre is also an 18 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department where he has been a Detective working in high level detective units. Additionally, He was named the Assistant Procurement Officer in Charge of the new Economic Disclosure/Corporate Responsibility Unit within the City of Chicago’s Procurement Department.

DeAndre has an extensive background in leading investigations and impressive “hands on” experience. In working with the City of Chicago’s Procurement Department, he led extensive and complex financial and fraud analysis of various companies doing business with the city. DeAndre also has “front line” experience as a crime analyst for the Chicago Police Department where he analyzed crime data generated by CPD officers and state and federal databases. By using his analytical skills, he determined criminal profiles, crime trends & patterns, and crime spikes. As a TFO with the special FBI team in computer forensics, he has completed over 500 hours of computer forensics training and gained extensive hands on experience by doing numerous forensic exams of digital media. DeAndre has a MBA in Training and Performance Management, and an M.S. in Finance and Fraud Management from Saint Xavier University (Chicago). He is currently working on a Doctorate in Accounting – and in the process of writing his dissertation on forensic auditing and file system analysis.