Tiffany Ford

Forensic Document Examiner 
B.A., M.S. 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: 

• Member, American Academy of Forensic Science, Questioned Document Section- February 

2001 to Present— Associate Member 

• Member, Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Science, Questioned Document Section- July 

2002 to Present 

• American Standards for Testing Materials, Committee 30.02 Questioned Documents, 2004 

AFFILIATED with BLANCO & Associates Inc. (San Francisco & Los Angeles) since 1999 PROFESSIONAL HISTORY: 
1/05 to Present 
Ford Forensic Documents, LLC
Commercial Street, Rockport, Maine 04856-- 207-236-4110 
Title – Forensic Document Examiner 

• Full service forensic document examinations pertaining to civil litigation and criminal investigation 
• Testify in Maine courts to evidence to assist triers of fact 

5/01 Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to National Laboratory Center- Ammendale, Maryland 
12/04 Title – Forensic Document Examiner 
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors- Laboratory Accreditation 

• Examination and comparison of handwriting, hand printing, and mechanical impressions for the purpose of suspect identification or elimination 
• Exhibit preparation, latent writing development, infrared examinations, digital imagery and stereobinocular microscope comparison analysis 
• Developed a working training manual, compiled catalogued reference articles, took competency tests and read required and recommended references 
• Participating in Proficiency Testing Program of the Collaborative Testing Services and Peer Review required by ASCLD Accreditation Board 
• Forensic Document Examinations pertaining to criminal investigation 
• Federal Commendations for work on the DC Sniper Case--2002 

9/99 Blanco Questioned Documents
to Private Practice- Sacramento, California 
7/00 Title – Questioned Document Trainee/ Confidential Assistant
• Assisted in examination and comparison of handwriting, hand printing, and 
mechanical impressions for the purpose of suspect identification or elimination 

• Exhibit preparation, latent writing development, infrared examinations, digital imagery and stereobinocular microscope comparison analysis 
• Assisted in writing and editing a book titled “Business Fraud- Know it and Prevent It” 
• Assisted in Forensic Document Examinations pertaining to civil litigation and criminal investigation 

EDUCATION: 

• University of New Haven, Sac, CA- Masters Degree in Forensic Science, GPA 3.73, 2000 
• University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME- B.A. in Biology, 1997 
• Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA- Transferred course work, 1991-1994 

Advanced Education/Workshops/Conferences Attended: 

• Office Machine Systems Utilizing Inkjet Technology Workshop- Wilmington, DE 2004
• Canon Photocopier, Facsimile & Microfilm Training Workshop- Atlanta, GA- ABFDE Sponsored, October 2002 
• Daubert Hearing Conference- Las Vegas, NV- ABFDE Sponsored, June 2002 
• Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Science- Frederick, MD, Annapolis, MD, Wilmington, DE- Presented research paper on “The Decipherment of Opaqued Writing with Acetate-Assisted Photocopying”, April 2002, May 2003, April 2004 
• Disguised Handwriting Workshop- Frederick, MD- MAAFS Meeting, April 2002 
• ATF National Firearms Examiner Academy- Alexandria, VA- Moot Court 

Observation Training, March 2002, 2003 

• American Academy of Forensic Science- Reno, NV; Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX- Feb 2000 through 2004 
• Pennsylvania State Police Headquarters-Harrisburg, PA- Training, Nov 2001 
• Rochester Institute of Technology- Rochester, NY- Printing Process Identification and Image Analysis for Forensic Document Examiners Course, October 2001 
• Mead Paper Corp- Chillicothe, OH- Paper Knowledge Course, August 2001 
• Pennsylvania State Police Headquarters- Harrisburg, PA- Moot Court, July 2001 
• California Department of Justice- Sacramento, CA-Internship in Questioned Documents, 2000 
• St. Louis University Death Scene Investigation Training Course- St. Louis, MO- April 1999