Keith Barger - Grant Thornton LLP
Keith Barger - Grant Thornton LLP
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<strong>Keith</strong> <strong>Barger</strong><br />
MCSE, CCE<br />
Principal, Forensic and Valuation Services<br />
<strong>Keith</strong> <strong>Barger</strong> is a Principal in <strong>Grant</strong> <strong>Thornton</strong><br />
<strong>LLP</strong>’s Forensic and Valuation Services practice.<br />
He is the National Forensic Technology Services<br />
Leader and is located in Houston.<br />
Experience<br />
<strong>Keith</strong> specializes in multi"disciplinary<br />
investigations, data analytics and electronic data<br />
discovery in support of investigations and civil<br />
litigation. He provides advisory services regarding<br />
investigative and technology"related matters.<br />
<strong>Keith</strong> also provides expert witness testimony as<br />
appropriate in connection with these services.<br />
<strong>Keith</strong> has extensive experience in providing<br />
oversight and investigative services in a variety of<br />
countries, including in the Asia Pacific region<br />
(most recently China), the European Union and<br />
South America. His industry experience includes<br />
finance, energy, healthcare and government.<br />
Investigation<br />
With more than 18 years of investigative<br />
experience that spans multiple disciplines, <strong>Keith</strong><br />
has led complex investigations on behalf of global<br />
clients involving financial reporting fraud, FCPA,<br />
AML, embezzlement, corruption, insurance claims<br />
fraud, government reimbursement fraud, money<br />
laundering, corporate espionage, contract fraud,<br />
procurement fraud, and international disputes.<br />
Data Analytics and Consulting<br />
Responsible for the development, implementation<br />
and delivery of business intelligence and forensic<br />
data analytics to clients across multiple services<br />
lines, <strong>Keith</strong>’s work enables data analytics equal to<br />
and in several instances exceeding the government’s<br />
capability. These techniques identify trends,<br />
monitor or audit activity, can forecast possible<br />
government focus, and investigate activity that is<br />
the basis of a governmental action.<br />
In consulting, <strong>Keith</strong> assesses business processes,<br />
policy and procedures to make recommendations<br />
on change management, which involves<br />
coordinating executive level management, diverse<br />
business units, legal entities and third party<br />
outsourced business processes.<br />
eDiscovery Services<br />
<strong>Keith</strong> has extensive experience in delivering<br />
e"discovery services and solutions to global<br />
clients. He also provides proactive litigation<br />
readiness services, which include compliance with<br />
the Amended Rules of Federal Civil Procedure,<br />
mapping electronically stored information (ESI),<br />
and improving automated process flow across<br />
legal, IT, and business units.<br />
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Healthcare<br />
<strong>Keith</strong>’s data analytics expertise assists clients in<br />
the healthcare industry to assess: compliance with<br />
federal and state requirements for Medicare and<br />
Medicaid reimbursement (transaction focused);<br />
the reimbursement process by healthcare<br />
providers (process focused); and business<br />
models, performance, and payment structures.<br />
Prior to <strong>Grant</strong> <strong>Thornton</strong>, <strong>Keith</strong> was with<br />
KPMG’s Forensic practice. Before that, he was a<br />
Special Agent and Digital Forensics and e*<br />
Discovery Western Regional Coordinator with<br />
the Department of Treasury and Department of<br />
Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms<br />
and Explosives.<br />
Representative engagements<br />
• Conducted numerous large embezzlement<br />
investigations.<br />
• Directed anti*fraud, waste, and abuse initiatives<br />
with regard to government grant disbursements<br />
that involved issues of program business logic,<br />
policies and procedures, data integrity, and<br />
fraudulent activities by applicants.<br />
• Managed diverse teams of forensic professionals<br />
in providing litigation readiness,, investigative<br />
and e*discovery*related services to major clients<br />
in the oil and gas industry.<br />
• Directed and oversaw a large litigation matter<br />
involving the collection, preservation,<br />
processing and production of electronically<br />
stored information from more than 16 different<br />
countries, resolving differing international<br />
privacy issues and coordinating with several<br />
international entities on behalf of a global<br />
logistics company.<br />
• Directed and led diverse teams of forensic<br />
accountants, CFEs, investigators, developers<br />
and data analytic professionals for the Louisiana<br />
Road Home Program, the largest disaster<br />
recovery program in U.S. history, which<br />
involved the distribution of $10.5 of HUD<br />
community development block grants to<br />
residents whose homes were damaged by<br />
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.<br />
• Directed advisory professionals in providing<br />
services concentrating on the effectiveness of a<br />
company’s procurement processes and controls.<br />
• Led a team in preserving and analyzing digital<br />
evidence for a financial firm, which revealed the<br />
use of trade secrets to establish a new company<br />
in direct competition with the current employer.<br />
• Consulted and managed resources on<br />
government contract compliance engagements.<br />
Professional qualifications and<br />
memberships<br />
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)<br />
• Certified Computer Forensics Examiner (CCE)<br />
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners<br />
International Association of Computer<br />
Investigative Specialists<br />
• Academy of Forensic Sciences<br />
• High Technology Crime Investigation<br />
Association<br />
• InfraGard (FBI) Certified PDA Examiner Paraben)<br />
• Certified Cellular Telephone<br />
Examiner (Paraben)<br />
• Top Secret Security Clearance, 1986 to present<br />
Presentations<br />
<strong>Keith</strong> has developed training for and lectured to,<br />
external law firms, General Counsels, IT<br />
professionals, and corporate executives on topics<br />
such as data mining and data analytics, e*discovery<br />
and the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.<br />
He most recently spoke at LegalTech NY and the<br />
International Asset Recovery Conference.<br />
Education<br />
National University, Master of Forensic Science<br />
National University, BS Criminal Justice<br />
Contact details<br />
333 Clay Street, 27th Floor<br />
Houston, TX 770024168<br />
T: 832.476.5060<br />
F: 832.476.3756<br />
<strong>Keith</strong>.<strong>Barger</strong>@us.gt.com<br />
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U.S. member firm of <strong>Grant</strong> <strong>Thornton</strong> International Ltd<br />
<strong>Keith</strong> <strong>Barger</strong>