Midsouth Service Center Michael T. Woodyard Fire Investigator Memphis, Tennessee 901-375-4062 mwoodyard@uis-usa.com EDUCATION: Community College of the Air Force, Fire Science Excelsior College Albany, New York BS Criminal Justice/Protective Services EMPLOYMENT: Unified Investigations & Sciences, Inc. Memphis, Tennessee Special Investigator March 2015 to Present January 2009 to February 2010 Bolivar Police Department Bolivar, Tennessee Narcotics Investigator January 2014 to Present Tennessee State Fire Marshal s Office State Bomb and Arson Section Jackson, Tennessee Special Agent/ Fire Explosion Investigator January 2010 January 2014 January 2004 to December 2008 Updated 5/2016
EMPLOYMENT (CONT.): Town of Whiteville Whiteville, Tennessee Criminal Investigator January 2001 to December 2003 Tennessee State Fire Marshal s Office Codes Enforcement Section Jackson, Tennessee Deputy Fire Marshal - Inspector February 2001 to December 2001 CCA Whiteville, Tennessee Fire Safety Manager August 1997 to October 2000 Holly Springs Police Holly Springs, MS Police Officer October 1996 to August 1997 Wackenhut Corrections Holly Springs, MS Fire Safety Manager April 1996 to October 1996 USAF Recruiter/Specialized Medical Recruiter January 1991 to May 1996 USAF Fire Protection Specialist/Inspector August 1981 to January 1991 SPECIALIZED TRAINING: Alabama Association of Arson Investigators and Fire Marshal s Association of Alabama Training Seminar: Subrogation and Spoliation; Natural Gas Transmission Line Rupture and Fire Spread Analysis; Ethical Practices and Negative Corpus; Insurance Fraud Law; Meth Labs and Hazards; Evidence Collection; Scientific Method, Inductive and Deductive Reasoning, Gulf Shores, Alabama, November 2-4, 2015, 23.3 hours (tested) Unified Investigations & Sciences, Inc., Forensic Investigation, Nashville, Tennessee, March 2015, 16 hours 2
SPECIALIZED TRAINING (CONT.): Tennessee Chapter IAAI, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Modern Techniques of Fire & Arson Investigation, August 2010, 40 hours, (tested) Tennessee Chapter IAAI, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Modern Techniques of Fire & Arson Investigation, August 2009, 40 hours, (tested) International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), CFITrainer.net o Arc Mapping Basic, August 2009, 4 hours (tested) The Tennessee Chapter IAAI, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Modern Techniques of Fire & Arson Investigation, August 2009, 40 hours, tested The Tennessee Chapter IAAI, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Modern Techniques of Fire & Arson Investigation, August 2008, 40 hours, tested Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Advanced ICS Command and General Staff Complex Incidents, August 2008, 12 hours. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents, July 2008, 16 hours NIMS 300 & 400, July 2008, 32 hours BAS Explosives Handler School, May 2008, 80 hours The Tennessee Chapter IAAI, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Modern Techniques of Fire & Arson Investigation, August 2006, 40 hours, tested TBI International Association of Investigators Assoc Workshop, September 2005, 40 hours Meth and Other Clan Lab Awareness RCTA, August 2005, 40 hours West TN Criminal Investigator Workshop, July 2005, 4 hours Tennessee Hazardous Material Institute, Basic Concepts & Concept Implementation, January 2005, 32 hours IAAI Expert Witness/Testimony, December 2004, 32 hours. BAS CFI Advanced Arson Investigation, November 2004, 48 hours NFA/TFCA Initial Response to Haz Mat Incidents: Basic/FF141, October 2004 3
SPECIALIZED TRAINING (CONT.): NFA/TFCA Initial Response to Haz Mat Incidents: Concept Implemention/FF142, November 2004 NFA/TFACA Fire Investigations, September 2004, 80 hours The Tennessee Chapter IAAI, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Modern Techniques of Fire & Arson Investigation, August 2004, 40 hours, tested West Tennessee Criminal Investigator Association, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, June 2004, 4 hours Tennessee Bomb & Arson CFI Training School, May 2004, 40 hours Office of Domestic Preparedness LE Response to WMD Incidents, May 2004, 16 hours ATFE Post Blast Investigation, January 2004 University of Memphis/Mid-South Training Institute Administering Small & Midsize Agencies, November 2002, 40 hours LE Coordinating Committees for the US Attorney s Office Professional Stops, Field Interrogations & Biased Based Policing/Racial Profiling Conference, November 2002, 8 hours University of Memphis/Mid-South Training Institute Basic Criminal Investigation, August 2002, 40 hours CCS Security Threat Group Prison Gang Training, March 2002, 24 hours Public Agency Training Council Death & Homicide, July 2001, 40 hours Reid Technique of Interviewing & Interrogation, May 2001, 40 hours TLETA Basic Police School, April 2001, 480 hours USAF Fire Protection Specialist Course, December 1987, 6 weeks USAF Fire Protection Inspector Course, September 1984, 2 weeks USAF Firefighter Rescue-man Course, January 1984, 2 weeks 4
EXPERIENCE: Personally investigated more than 416 fires and explosions of vehicles, residences, commercial buildings and equipment. Conducted criminal investigations regarding arson and explosions. Conducted emergency destruction of explosive recovered from IED s or explosives found in an abandoned or degraded and unstable state. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Tennessee Chapter-International Association of Arson Investigators Previous member NFPA CERTIFICATIONS: POST Certified Police Officer, 2000 Certified Fire Investigator State of Tennessee December 2006 Certified Explosives Handler State of Tennessee May 2008 Tennessee Private Investigator License No.: 00006873 July 31, 2015 COURT QUALIFICATIONS: Expert Witness-Fire Causation State Courts: Tennessee 5