Adam J. Brand, founder and managing partner of Brand & Tapply, LLC, has represented insurance clientele in all phases of first and third-party coverage and litigation for three decades.  Brand & Tapply, LLC specializes in combating suspect claims throughout the United States in virtually all lines of insurance.  Mr. Brand has extensive trial experience before state and federal courts in complex coverage litigation, automobile, commercial and homeowner fraud and arson cases, as well as medical provider, bad faith and extra-contractual liability matters.  Mr. Brand is actively involved in the insurance industry’s education efforts.  He has served as a panelist and lecturer at seminars and conferences sponsored by international, national and local insurance organizations.  Mr. Brand is a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU), New England International Association of Special Investigation Units (NE-IASIU), New England Association of Insurance Fraud Investigators (NEAIFI), New York State Chapter of Special Investigation Units (NYSSIU), and National Truck & Heavy Equipment Claims Council (NTHECC).

Timothy W. Tapply, founder and partner of Brand & Tapply, LLC, specializes in combating suspect claims throughout the United States in virtually all lines of insurance.  Mr. Tapply has trial experience before state and federal courts in complex coverage litigation, automobile, commercial and homeowner fraud and arson cases, as well as medical provider, bad faith and extra-contractual liability matters.  Mr. Tapply is actively involved in the insurance industry’s education efforts.  He has served as a presenter at seminars and conferences sponsored by international, national and local insurance organizations.

Mr. Parenteau has an active insurance defense practice and has been responsible for a wide range of cases in all state trial courts, the United States District Court as well as an Appellate practice with several written decisions from the District Court Appellate Division, the Appeals Court, and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.  Mr. Parenteau has been active in the personal injury protection (PIP), bodily injury, low impact, jump-in, staged collision, arson, burglary theft, bad faith, and auto related cases of all types.  He worked on some of the initial cases involving property and casualty insurers’ rights to audit medical charges for usual and customary costs, coining the term “fee review.”  Mr. Parenteau has developed strategy for handling medical fraud cases individually, and as large scale recovery actions in federal and state courts.  He has also handled workers’ compensation cases from conciliation, to hearings before Industrial Accident Board offices throughout Massachusetts.

Alex Young, Vice President of Risk Management at DRN, has over 25 years of experience in the Insurance industry. Prior to joining DRN, Alex was the Executive Vice President of the Americas at eBaoTech successfully where he established the company’s first North American client as well as several tier 1 global clients for eBaoTech’s policy and claims administration suites. Alex also worked for Vertafore as Vice President of Insurance Carrier Sales where he focused on agent and carrier connectivity for distribution and grew the company to the number 1 position in that market.Alex holds an MBA from Babson College, an MST from Bentley College, and a BS in Management and Mathematics from Worcester State University. Alex authors articles on risk management and fraud detection and has spoken at numerous Insurance conferences including AIRNC, ACE, Insurance Analytics Symposium, and NJSIA.

Carolyn Carey, MS, BSN, RN Senior Claims Medical Consultant at MetLife.  Carolyn Carey joined MetLife Property and Casualty in 1989.  She performs medical reviews of complex bodily injuries for both Casualty and No-Fault Departments. She also works closely with Defense Counsel in pre-trial round tables.  Over the years,   Carolyn has worked closely with SIU, including assisting with   clinic inspections, review of medical providers and/or medical coding. Carolyn has presented   extensively on medical injuries at MetLife and has presented at New England IASIU.  Prior to working at Metlife, Carolyn has worked as a Registered Nurse since 1980. She has worked in a variety of areas including Med/Surgery, Day Surgery, Orthopedics and Intensive Care.  She also worked with the Elderly in a community setting and with Worker’s Comp Insurance.    She earned her Master of Science degree in Health Science Management from Lesley University, Cambridge, and Ma.  She is an active American Heart Association BLS instructor.

Heidi M. Jordan is a Sr. Special Agent with the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB.) She joined the NICB in 1994 and is assigned to the Northeast Region of Field Operations. Heidi’s area of responsibility is vehicle theft and insurance-related case investigations, training for law enforcement and the insurance industry throughout New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont, as well as some Canadian cross-border cases. Prior to joining NICB, Heidi also gained eight (8) years of experience within the insurance industry, handling claims involving complex coverage issues, fatalities and fraud. Heidi is also an instructor of Vehicle Theft, Title Fraud and Vehicle Identification for the NH Police Standards and Training Council and the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council and has spoken internationally in Australia, Netherlands, South Africa, and Italy.  She is the past President (2014-2015) of IAATI, and a past President (2007-2008) of the Northeast Chapter of IAATI, and is the recipient of the Roger Overton Award.

Doug Osborne is a Senior SIU manager and Large Loss investigator with the Kemper Special Investigation Unit out of Olympia, WA. He has been in the industry for 31 years, the last 24 of which have been dedicated to the investigation of suspicious Property, Casualty and Worker’s Compensation claims. He has investigated claims in all 50 states and in Canada and Mexico. Doug holds the designations of Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Insurance Fraud Investigator (CIFI) and Fraudulent Claims Law Specialist (FCLS).  He has presented seminars on the use of Social Networking in investigations and Web research all over the US for PLRB, IASIU, CPCU, and several associations.

Ms. Conners is a shareholder with the firm of Smith & Brink. Her practice focuses on insurance defense litigation and insurance fraud matters, with a concentration in the area of No-Fault Practice and Insurance Coverage Disputes.  She is a graduate of Suffolk University (B.S., Magna Cum Laude, 1994) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., Cum Laude, 1997) and is a member of the Norfolk County Bar Association, the New England Association of Fraud Investigators, and the International Association of Special Investigation Units, New England Chapter.  She has presented extensively on matters involving MA PIP litigation to various insurance companies, and has been a featured speaker for NEIASIU, NEAIFI, the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, and has spoken nationally with IASIU.

Charles is a Certified Public Accountant, a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics and is Certified in Financial Forensics. Charles is a Partner with Ferraro, Amodio & Zarecki, CPAs Forensic Accountants and Financial Advisors and specializes in the areas of insurance loss accounting, economic damage analysis, litigation support and financial investigations. In addition, Charles has provided lost profits and business interruption training to several insurance companies and trade associations. Charles has extensive experience in the conduct of No-Fault auto lost wage claims and Business Interruption claims. He analyzes and reports on lost wage and substitute wage assessments for self employed motorists involved in automobile accidents. In addition, he analyzes lost profit and extra expense claims for businesses that have experienced an interruption and provides forensic accounting services of claims for financial motive and investigation of employee thefts. Charles is a member of the local and national Associations of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA), and the New York State Chapter of Special Investigation Units (NYSSIU). He earned his Master of Business Administration Degree with a concentration in accounting from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, North Carolina.

R. A. (Andy) Wilson is the VP of Fraud & Compliance at Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., where he manages and directs enterprise efforts to prevent, detect, investigate and resolve internal and external fraud, and manages compliance and regulatory reporting. With more than 35 years of experience, Wilson has served in law enforcement, with the attorney general, in corporate environments and as a consultant.  During his career, he has worked with hundreds of victim organizations to prevent, detect, investigate and recover from complex fraud schemes on an international basis. Wilson was educated at the University of Tennessee (BS) and Utica College of Syracuse University (MS). He holds certifications as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Corporate Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP) and Certified Protection Professional (CPP).  Wilson has published over three dozen articles related to fraud and is a nationally recognized speaker. For more than 16 years, he has taught fraud examination at The University of Memphis and Utica College of Syracuse University. Wilson is recognized as a subject matter expert and has testified as an expert witness on over 30 occasions in fraud-related matters in state and federal courts.  He is a frequent commentator on fraud-related topics and has been seen on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX News discussing fraud topics, including financial fraud schemes, employee fraud issues and complex fraud and insurance schemes.  Wilson holds active memberships in the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Society of Compliance & Ethics Professionals, American Bar Association and ASIS International.

R. Craig Williams holds professional engineering licensure in 12 states. Mr. Williams had more than 27 years of experience as a licensed engineer prior to performing forensic engineering investigations. His prior experience included product design research, design consulting, product design, manufacturing, construction manager, business development, industrial and commercial operations and maintenance as well as failure analysis. Mr. Williams also has served as a director of an 80,000-member electric cooperative utility. After nearly three decades of professional experience as a licensed professional engineer, Mr. Williams has been performing forensic engineering origin and cause investigations for 9 years.  Mr. Williams specializes in mechanical, electrical, and materials engineering failure analysis, product defect analysis, fire origin and cause investigations. Services are provided to the insurance professionals, business interests, and the legal communities. Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire, a Master’s of Science degree in Architectural Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and has completed Doctoral Studies in International Business from Southern New Hampshire University. Areas of practice include: Boilers, Pumps & Machinery, Mechanical Equipment, HVAC Equipment, Rotating Machinery, Electrical Equipment, Appliances, Materials Fatigue and Failures, Corrosion, Forestry Equipment, Construction Equipment, Vehicles, Injuries, and Fires and Explosions.

Jorey Chernett is the CEO and founder of Authentic4D, an FDA-approved, medical software company, serving the medical, legal and insurance claims and litigation management industries. Chernett has more than 15 years of medical technology experience, and previously co-founded E4D Technologies, LLC (E4D), a medical device company providing three-dimensional (3D) imaging and CNC milling solutions to the $60B dental crown and bridge industry. As president of E4D, Chernett led the company in architecting and executing its business model, and taking E4D through key strategic partnerships which ultimately culminated in a sale to 3M.  Mr. Chernett's prior experience also includes experience as a venture capitalist at Illinois Ventures, and as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Finance with honors from Indiana University.