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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 499-1 Filed 11/23/21 Page 354 of 375 Positions: Education: Professional Experience: GERALD M. LAPORTE Curriculum Vitae Forensic Chemist & Document Dating Specialist Riley Welch LaPorte & Associates Forensic Laboratories Lansing, Michigan USA Director of Research Innovation Florida International University — Global Forensic and Justice Center United States Department of Justice and United States Secret Service (RET) University of Alabama at Birmingham (1994) Birmingham, Alabama USA Master of Science in Forensic Science (M.S.F.S.) University of Windsor (1992) Windsor, Ontario Canada Bachelor of Commerce in Business Administration University of Windsor (1990) Windsor, Ontario Canada Bachelor of Science in Biology (B.Sc.) Florida International University (FIU), Global Forensic and Justice Center Director of Research Innovation (07/19 — Present) Duties: Oversee activities at the Global Forensic and Justice Center, which is an innovative resource for education, research, training and policy initiatives related to criminal justice, cyber and emerging forensic sciences. U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (03/09 — 07/19) Director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Duties: Provide expert analysis and advice on agency-wide programs or issues of national impact relating to forensic science; provide expert advice to top management officials; identify reasons for the nature and/or extent of program- related problems that arise and investigate area in need of improvement; write comprehensive resolution recommendations; formally present findings before large and diverse audiences, such as Federal, state, and local government representatives, special interest groups, the scientific community, and the media. Testify in Congress on behalf of the Department of Justice. EXHIBIT J DOJ-OGR-00007847