Seamus Byrne joined eDiscovery Tools in January 2008 as Chief Operating Officer.
He is a specialist in providing electronic discovery strategies and solutions to meet the specific requirements of the legal profession and corporate enterprise.

As COO, Seamus is responsible for driving the operational performance of the business, and maximising the value from the premium electronic discovery software products to the Global 100 legal, government legal and service bureau client base.

Having developed experience through his prior engagements in top-tier legal, chartered accounting and private sectors, Seamus has performed key roles in the advisory, acquisition, discovery, production and life-cycle management of electronically stored information (ESI) in several high-profile litigation matters, representing a number of S&P/ASX 200 and blue-chip international clients. This has included dealings involving the global collection of ESI, handling issues of spoliation, multiple languages and multiple parties, including foreign Governments and outsourced technology providers.

He has extensive experience in the forensic investigation of matters pertaining to corporate fraud and financial crime, intellectual property (IP) theft and contractual disputes. This has included assisting investigations of law enforcement and regulatory bodies.

Seamus is the only practising lawyer in Australia to attain the CCE or EnCE qualifications and has been engaged as an expert in matters to a Supreme Court level. He has previously been engaged as Executive Counsel for a significant, privately-held group of worldwide companies with diverse interests in mobile technology, online gaming, online banking, oil and mining.

• Certified Computer Examiner (CCE)
• EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• CompTIA Security+ Certified Professional
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

• Expert Opinion Services (Unisearch) and IIFS Expert Witness Training
• EnCase Field Intelligence and Enterprise Live Forensics
• EnCase Advanced Computer Forensics
• EnCase Intermediate Analysis and Reporting
• Micro Systemation Mobile Phone Forensics
• NUIX Forensic Desktop (fbi) Basic and Advanced

International

• Association of Litigation Support Professionals (ALSP)
• High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA)
• Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
• Institute of Computer Forensic Professionals (ICFP)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)²
  • Journal Review Committee (2007)
• International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners (ISFCE)
• International Technology Law Association (ITLA)

Asia-Pacific

• Association of Litigation Support Managers (ALSM)
• Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS)
• Australian Corporate Lawyers Association (ACLA)
• Law Council of Australia (LCA)
• Law Society of New South Wales
  • Legal Technology Committee (2008 -)
• Records Management Association of Australasia (RMAA)
• Society for Computers and the Law

• "Digital Forensic Investigations Platform",
  MgDelxis, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8-9 May 2008
• "Discovery of Electronic Evidence",
  Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, 22 May 2008
• "Lawyers, Electronic Discovery and the IT Professional" (Standby) and Plenary Panel,
  AusCERT 2008, Gold Coast, Queensland, 19-23 May 2008
• "Identification and Collection Methodologies for Electronically Stored Information (ESI)",
  Legal Technology Conference 2008, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 11 July 2008
  
• "The Changing Landscape of Electronic Litigation" and E-Discovery Hypothetical,
  RMAA 25th International Convention, 9 September 2008

• "International E-Discovery – The Asia-Pacific, European Union and United Kingdom Comparative",
  Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference, Las Vegas, United States, 29 April 2008
• "The Primer: Electronic Evidence and E-Discovery",
  Sinch Lawyers Workstation Conference 2008, Sydney, New South Wales, 29 March 2008
• "Computer Crime and Electronic Evidence",
  Faculty of Law, Bond University, Queensland, 27 March 2008
  
• "Introduction to Computer Forensics - In Theory and Practice",
  Centre for Forensic Excellence, Bond University, Queensland, 19 March 2008
• "Search Orders, The Independent Solicitor and Independent Computer Expert",
  Legalwise Seminars, Brisbane, Queensland, 19 March 2008
• "E-mail and Your Legal Obligations",
  Synetek Systems Keynote, Melbourne, Victoria, 6 March 2008
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 27 November 2007*
• "Discovery of Electronic Evidence",
  Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, 21 November 2007
• "Electronic Disclosure for the Insurance Industry",
  Women in Insurance, Brisbane, Queensland, 7 November 2007
• "Electronic Evidence in Financial Crime Investigations and Prosecutions",
  Australian Government Training, Brisbane, Queensland, 25-26 September 2007
• "Managing Electronic Information" (Seminar Chair),
  Legalwise Seminars, Sydney, New South Wales, 20 September 2007
• "Electronic Discovery (E-Discovery)",
  NSW Young Lawyers, Sydney, New South Wales, 19 September 2007
• "Managing Electronic Information" (Seminar Chair),
  Legalwise Seminars, Brisbane, Queensland, 13 September 2007
• "Electronic Evidence in Financial Crime Investigations and Prosecutions",
  Queensland Government Training, Brisbane, Queensland, 11-12 September 2007
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 6 September 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 5 September 2007*
• "Dealing with Electronic Evidence and Managing Electronic Discovery",
  College of Law, Sydney, New South Wales, 30 August 2007
• "Electronic Evidence in Financial Crime Investigations and Prosecutions",
  Australian Government Training, Brisbane, Queensland, 22-23 August 2007
• "Electronic Evidence in Financial Crime Investigations and Prosecutions",
  Australian Government Training, Sydney, New South Wales, 20-21 August 2007
• "Online Litigation Support",
  The Australian Legal IT Forum 2007, Sydney, New South Wales, 9 August 2007
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 31 July 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 19 July 2007*
• "Practice Direction Update: Search (Anton Piller) Orders",
  LexisNexis Commercial Litigation Accelerator, Brisbane, Queensland, 12 July 2007
• "Dealing with Electronic Evidence and Managing Electronic Disclosure",
  Queensland Law Society, Brisbane, Queensland, 12 July 2007
• "Data Security and Authentication for Business Reputation and Compliance",
  Computerlinks Keynote, Sydney, New South Wales, 10 July 2007
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 28 June 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 26 June 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 14 June 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  Bar Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 13 June 2007
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 29 May 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Investigating Electronic Evidence",
  Australian Government Training, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 17 May 2007
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 May 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Gold Coast, Queensland, 8 May 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Gold Coast, Queensland, 24 April 2007*
• "Computer Crime and Electronic Evidence",
  Guest Lecture, Bond University, Queensland, 27 March 2007
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Gold Coast, Queensland, 22 March 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 19 March 2007*
• "Computer Forensics and Electronic Disclosure",
  In-House Legal Seminar, Brisbane, Queensland, 6 March 2007*

* Denotes Queensland Law Society (QLS) Accredited Seminar

• "The truth is out there",
  Image & Data Manager (IDM), January/February 2008
• "New e-discovery rules",
  ZDNet Australia, 22 October 2007
• "Court finalises e-discovery rules",
  Australian IT, The Australian, 16 October 2007

• "Practice Note Update: Search (Anton Piller) Orders in the Federal Court",
  Co-Authored with Geoffrey Lambert, The Australian Corporate Lawyer, March 2008
• "Electronic Discovery (E-Discovery) - In Pursuit of Relevance",
  Hearsay, December 2007
• "Electronically Stored Information (ESI) and Privilege (Part 2)",
  Submission to ALRC Discussion Paper 73, Referenced in ALRC Report 107
• "Practice Direction Update: Search (Anton Piller) Orders in Queensland",
  Co-Authored with Geoffrey Lambert, Proctor, October 2007
• "Controlling the flow",
  Lawyers Weekly, 31 August 2007
• "Time Travel with Computer Forensics",
  Hearsay, August 2007
• "Electronically Stored Information (ESI) and Privilege",
  Submission to ALRC Issues Paper 33, Client Legal Privilege and Federal Investigatory Bodies

• In Pursuit of Relevance

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Bond University
• Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law
• Master of Business Management (MBusMgt), Monash University (Completing)

While in law school, Seamus won numerous awards including the prestigious Allens Arthur Robinson annual prize for Information Technology and the Law.
He also taught various Internet and technology related courses during his undergraduate program and continues to guest lecture at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Most recently, he provided assistance for an Oxford University Press publication on Internet and E-Commerce Law.