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Joe Sylve

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Director of Engineering at Magnet Forensics
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Joe Sylve is a Director of Engineering at Magnet Forensics with deep expertise in digital forensics, backed by a Ph. D. in Computer Science. He is a noted researcher who has created open-source tools, published numerous papers on memory and file system analysis, and holds a GCFA certification.

Outside of his formal role, Joe is dedicated to advancing the forensics community. He co-organized the NOLASec and BSidesNOLA security conferences, contributes his work to open-source projects, and shares his extensive knowledge through a personal blog and his position as an Adjunct Professor.

He created the "#DFIR APFS Advent Challenge, " a month-long blog series sharing deep technical knowledge on Apples file system.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Digital Forensics R&D
Leads engineering and research teams focused on mobile, desktop, and cloud forensics, with a history of developing new analysis techniques and tools.
APFS File System
Authored an in-depth blog series on APFS and contributed his implementation of the file system to the open-source Sleuth Kit framework.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Director of Engineering
Magnet Forensics
1-2022 - 12-2023
Adjunct Professor Of Computer Science
Louisiana State University
1-2021 - 4-2024
Head of Computer Forensic Research
Cellebrite
9-2017 - 1-2021
Director of Research and Development
BlackBag Technologies, Inc.
1-2017 - 12-2023
Adjunct Professor Of Computer Science
University of New Orleans
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Education
2013 - 2017
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of New Orleans
2010 - 2011
Master of Science (MS)
University of New Orleans
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