A 24-year veteran at BKD, Lanny is a testifying expert and technical lead in digital forensics, cybersecurity incident response, and advanced data mining for BKD’s Forensic Investigations division. He is a 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.
Lanny founded BKD’s fraud data 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. He specializes in the collection, preservation, and analysis of digital evidence and has conducted numerous investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, theft of intellectual property, public corruption, corporate espionage, fraud and white collar crimes, merger and acquisition due diligence, incident response, and identity theft. He is a testifying expert in administrative, state, and federal jurisdictions and has worked extensively for attorneys representing clients in the banking, health care, transportation, insurance, and retail/manufacturing industries.