Control-F | Our team

Kevin Mansell

Managing Director

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 Fish

Office Manager

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!)

Mike Bangham

Technical Specialist

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

Digital Learning Manager

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!

Paul Pemble

Course Manager

Paul joined Control-F as a Course Manager in January 2023. After graduating from the Open University with a degree in Information Technology & Computing, Paul spent 3 years as a System Specialist for Nationwide Building Society, before working for CCL Forensics, and subsequently Disklabs, as a Mobile Phone Examiner.

Paul also has a decade’s experience as a primary school teacher and in his role as Course Manager, he gets to combine his passions for digital forensics and education by developing course content and delivering training in the classroom.

When not immersed in content creation, Paul is kept extremely busy by his 5 dogs, who seem hell-bent on keeping him off the golf course. Paul also has a passion for potatoes: nothing fancy like dauphinoise, simply peeled and boiled.

Charlotte Hone

Office Administrator

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!

Our specialist trainers

Mark Cameron

Mark retired from Cumbria Police in 2013 having spent the last 18 of his 31 years service working exclusively in digital forensics. He has taught forensic computing and other cybercrime related subjects since 2002 and has instructed for Control-F since 2014.

Mark regularly coaches club cricket and plays at county senior level. He looks forward to rightfully claiming the Control-F Invitational Golf Tournament title when the event is next held.

Ian Salmon

Ian retired from Warwickshire Police in 2018 after completing 30 years service as a police officer. The last 15 years of that service were spent in the digital forensics unit examining computers and mobile devices. Ian has been teaching and undertaking R&D work for Control-F since 2011 and is the two time undefeated and undisputed Control-F Invitational Golf Champion.

Chris Allen

Training Content Manager

Chris 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 with responsibility for maintaining, as well as delivering, Control-F‘s expanding portfolio of training material.

Due to a relocation, away from Wyboston, Chris has given up his full-time role and is now an associate trainer for the company.

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.

Phil Cocking

Phil started his career in West Yorkshire Police‘s Digital Forensics Unit before becoming a company director of MD5 Ltd in 2004. Phil led the company’s R&D activities and pioneered chip-off techniques for mobile devices.

Phil can’t help taking things apart and spends most of his time acquiring data from devices at a hardware level. He prides himself on remembering which screw came from where........most of the time.

Ali Gooch

Ali retired from Suffolk Police in 2021 having completed 30 years service as a police officer. Half of her service was spent in the Digital Forensics Unit having joined the team as the first female forensic analyst in 2006.

Ali doesn‘t play golf, cricket or snowboard and whilst she is keen to take things apart she isn’t quite as good at putting them back together. Ali does however hold the honour of being the Control-F inflatable horse racing champion having triumphed at the MSAB event at Celtic Manor in 2017.