Kevin Mansell
Kevin Mansell is a recognised authority in the field of mobile device forensics and is regularly invited to speak at digital forensics conferences and events. Kevin spent three years as a high tech crime trainer at the UK’s National Centre for High Tech Crime Training before founding Control-F in 2007.
Kevin has authored 17 digital forensics training courses and trained over 1,000 students from the UK and overseas.
Kevin has twice been runner-up in the Control-F Invitational Golf Tournament.
Elaine Holderness
Elaine is Office Manager at Control-F with more than 23 years administration and event management experience. She oversees the daily operations within the office and coordinates the booking process to ensure courses run smoothly and delegates have everything they need to make their training as enjoyable as possible (including keeping the sweet bowls topped up!)
Chris Allen
Chris recently completed 31 years working within law enforcement, having served in Bedfordshire Police, City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police Service. He began his career within digital forensics in 2005 and joined Control-F as a trainer in 2016.
In early 2020 Chris took on the role of Training Content Manager and is responsible for maintaining, as well as delivering, Control-F‘s expanding portfolio of training material.
Chris makes up for his lack of coding skills with movie trivia and maintains his snowy, white ’barnet’ is a sign of wisdom and not his advancing years
Mike Bangham
Mike has worked in digital forensics for six years within law enforcement, acquiring and investigating data from both mobile devices and computers. Mike joined Control-F in February 2021 as a Technical Specialist where he conducts research and development to ensure our courses remain leading edge.
Mike enjoys writing programs to automate forensic analysis and make sense of data. When he is not coding, he is cycling! Mike is indifferent about golf, he is yet to find the inspiration.
Phil Cobley
Phil completed almost 15 years working for Bedfordshire Police and ERSOU (Eastern Region Special Operations Unit), most of that time working as a Sergeant, with his last few years working within Digital Forensics and cyber crime investigations. Phil has since developed his skills as a digital forensics trainer and digital learning designer and joined Control-F as the company’s Digital Learning Manager in January 2022.
Phil loves his tech, but also enjoys being out and active, whether he is out running, playing cricket, or face-planting trying (and failing) to snowboard. Phil has heard of golf, and claims he even got a birdie once while playing it on the Nintendo Wii back in the summer of ’07!
Charlotte Hone
Charlotte is Control-F’s Office Administrator, having joined the team in 2022. She handles new booking enquiries, ensures delegates receive everything they need before they start their course and answers the many and varied queries our customers have. In her spare moments, Charlotte handles venue bookings and makes sure our trainers are in the right place at the right time with all mobile devices charged!
Charlotte is a black belt in Shidokan karate, a fact which students should bear in mind when submitting their pre-course work late!
