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Founder & CEO · Digital Forensics Examiner · Former Litigation Lawyer
Expert reports, affidavit evidence and oral testimony in court and arbitration proceedings.
Explore expert witness experienceAfter a rewarding and fascinating career as a civil litigation lawyer specializing in commercial disputes, Tyler discovered digital forensics and a new passion: determining the truth through verifiable digital evidence for use in court. He founded DFI Forensics in 2018 to bring that combination of legal insight and forensic expertise to clients.
Tyler regularly contributes to the digital forensics community through published articles, podcasts, awareness and educational content. He also leads educational workshops and courses for legal professionals.
Outside his work, Tyler is passionate about Vancouver, its lush mountains and beautiful ocean, his family, fitness and health. Completing multiple marathons ranks among his proudest accomplishments, alongside caring for his family and founding DFI Forensics.
Tyler’s background in criminology informs his interest in investigating events and understanding the evidence.
His legal training and civil litigation experience inform clear analysis and explanations for legal teams.
Certification in computer investigation methods and forensic examination using EnCase, supporting a structured approach to examining digital evidence.
Training and certification in collecting mobile-device evidence using Cellebrite tools, supporting careful handling and extraction of data for examination.
Training and certification in examining and interpreting mobile-device data, helping connect recovered information to the questions an investigation needs to answer.
Advanced Cellebrite training in smartphone analysis, developing techniques for examining application data beyond standard tool output.
Tyler provides expert reports, affidavit evidence and oral testimony on disputed digital evidence in court and arbitration proceedings.
Qualified expert · Report & oral testimony
2025 CanLII 150639 (NL LA) · Labour arbitration · 15 October 2025
Examined an iPhone 12 Pro concerning a disputed photograph and text exchange, addressing image and message artifacts, metadata, thumbnails and the interpretation of records absent from the device.
Expert report
2024 BCSC 1547 · Supreme Court of British Columbia
Analyzed PDF metadata and document provenance for a disputed promissory note, including the file’s creation and first-save information.
Expert report & affidavit
2022 ONSC 2967 · Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Examined PDF reproductions of job-application confirmations and emails, identifying hyperlink and content anomalies and explaining the need for native email files for further authentication.
Read the decision on CanLII (opens in a new tab)Expert report & oral testimony
Alberta arbitration hearing · November 2020
Addressed Google Drive shared files and folders, activity-timeline records and cloud-based file-sharing features in an employment termination grievance.
Expert affidavit
Ontario Court of Justice · Case 309707 · October 2020
Provided evidence on WhatsApp’s operation and forensic examination of devices relevant to alleged threats.
eForensics Magazine · Volume 7, Number 8 · August 2018
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