[July 22, 2019]

Brett Yeager Joins Nardello & Co. as a Managing Director

Nardello & Co. LLC, a leading global investigations firm, today announced that former FBI Supervisory Special Agent, Brett Yeager, has joined the firm as a Managing Director based in the firm's New York office. Mr. Yeager will be responsible for helping clients navigate and recover from major cyber incidents, insider attacks, and related events. He joins Nardello & Co.'s Digital Investigations and Cyber Defense practice and will work alongside former federal prosecutor Jud Welle, who was recently appointed head of the practice.

Mr. Yeager is an accomplished cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of law enforcement and

industry experience. Most recently, he was a Supervisory Special Agent and overall Cyber Program Coordinator for the FBI Newark Field Office's Cyber Task Force (CTF), one of the FBI's largest CTFs. In that capacity, he led a team of Special Agents, Computer Scientists, intelligence personnel, and other federal and local law enforcement partners in investigating and combatting complex cybercrimes, insider threats, and national security cyber threats. Previously, he served as a Supervisory Special Agent at the FBI's Washington, DC Headquarters in the Cyber Division, where he was a national program manager for large-scale national security cyber intrusion investigations, coordinating closely with other members of the US Intelligence Community.

"Cyber-attacks are one of the most pervasive and damaging threats our clients are facing around the globe, and Brett's extensive investigative experience and deep cybersecurity expertise have earned him recognition as a top expert in the field," said Dan Nardello, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Nardello & Co. "We are thrilled to have a leader of Brett's caliber join Nardello & Co. to enhance our digital investigations and cyber defense practice, and are confident that his significant experience managing complex cybercrime, insider threats, and national security cyber threats will add immediate value to the firm."

"I am excited to be joining Nardello & Co. and to be part of this premier global investigations firm," said Mr. Yeager. "The digitization of our personal and professional lives has resulted in a rapidly-changing threat landscape, and businesses are vulnerable to increasing risks on a daily basis. I look forward to working with the world-class Nardello team to help our clients proactively manage and mitigate cyber risk, and further enhance our cyber investigative services."

Biography

Brett Yeager

Brett Yeager is an accomplished cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of law enforcement and industry experience. Prior to joining Nardello & Co., Mr. Yeager was a Supervisory Special Agent and overall Cyber Program Coordinator for the FBI Newark Field Office's Cyber Task Force (CTF), one of the FBI's largest CTFs. In that capacity, he led a team of Special Agents, Computer Scientists, intelligence personnel, and other federal and local law enforcement partners in investigating and combatting complex cybercrimes, insider threats, and national security cyber threats. In addition, he previously served as a Supervisory Special Agent at the FBI's Washington, DC Headquarters in the Cyber Division, where he was a national program manager for large-scale national security cyber intrusion investigations, coordinating closely with other members of the US Intelligence Community. Mr. Yeager is certified as an FBI cyber investigator, and he extensively applied digital forensics and cyber investigative techniques to his cases. He frequently provided cybercrime and threat presentations to corporations, boards of directors, other government agencies, and universities.

Prior to the FBI, Mr. Yeager was an Engineering Manager for a company which designed and manufactured electro-mechanical systems for use in harsh, industrial environments. While working for a defense contractor, he designed, integrated, and tested electronic subsystems for military vehicle weapon stations. Mr. Yeager also served six years in the Army National Guard.

Mr. Yeager holds a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and holds numerous industry cyber certifications.

About Nardello & Co.

Nardello & Co. is a global investigations firm with experienced professionals handling a broad range of issues including the FCPA/UK Bribery Act and other corruption-related investigations, civil and white collar criminal litigation and arbitration support, asset tracing, strategic intelligence and political risk assessment, computer forensics, and reputational due diligence. The firm's clients include the world's leading law firms and financial institutions, Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, high-net-worth individuals and family offices, governments, NGOs, sports organizations and academic institutions. With offices in New York, London, Washington DC, Atlanta, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Milan and Dubai, Nardello & Co.'s professional staff includes former US federal prosecutors, former general counsels of multinational corporations, US and international lawyers, former law enforcement personnel and intelligence operatives, licensed investigators, research analysts, former journalists, financial crime specialists, forensic accountants and computer forensic experts.

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