Komarinski and Associates, LLC is a biometric consulting firm located in Rotterdam, NY, with emphasis on Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems. Peter Komarinski, the Principal Consultant, has over 20 years of AFIS experience. He has been engaged by federal, state and local agencies and Universities. He has appeared in federal court as a Testifying Expert Witness on biometrics. Mr. Komarinski has written extensively and is the author of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) published in January 2005 by Elsevier/Academic Press and is a contributor to Cold Case Homicides by Walton.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: MA (Criminal Justice) State U of NY Albany
BA Wheeling Jesuit University
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: International Association for Identification (IAI)
Chair, IAI AFIS Committee
NYS Chapter International Association for Identification
Credit Union Executives Society (CUES)
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Utilizing Improved Techniques and Technologies in Fingerprint Identification, Ash Institute, Harvard U, May 2007
IAI Criminal Justice Sourcebook, Summer 2007, Contributing Editor
Cold Case Homicide: Practical Investigative Techniques, CRC Press, Summer 2006, Contributing Author
Proposed Changes to the ANSI NIST Fingerprint Standard Motorola Biometric Users Group, Nov 2005
Current Challenges to Identification Human Identification E-Symposium 2005 - Forensic Institute (London)
How to Get the AFIS You Want IAI Educational Conference, August 2005
Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) – Elsevier / Academic Press, 2005, Author
Mobil AFIS Systems IAI Educational Conference August 2004
Staffing and Technology…Still a Good Balance? IAI Educational Conference August 2004
Who am I, Who are You? Issues in Biometric Identification Wheeling Jesuit University, November 2002
Diamonds in the Rough: Re-Searching the Unsolved Latent File IAI Educational Conference, August 2002
Remarks on Behalf of SEFCU Land Transfer with New York State November 2001
Quantifying Latent Fingerprint Identifications IAI Educational Conference, July 2000
Towards a Virtual Boardroom CUES Annual Conference, December 1999
AFIS Upgrade Testing IAI Educational Conference, July 1999
Management Challenges to Interconnectivity IAI Educational Conference, July 1999
A Governance Transformation, CUES Management, April 1999
Quantifying Latent Identifications, Sagem Morpho Users Newsletter, Fall 1996
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: Once
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: AFIS biometric accuracy
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: Once by Plaintiff attorney
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: None
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Once - four hours
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 2005
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: Once
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: Once
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: Two.
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: AFIS Consulting, testing, design, training
