Bayron Prieto
Colombia Office
Bayron is a Systems Engineer from the Francisco José de Caldas District University, specializing in Computer Risk Management from the Externado de Colombia University. He holds an MBA and a Master's in International Business from the European School of Management and Business. He is certified as a forensic examiner by Access Data (ACE) and a computer expert for the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.
He is the author of the books "JUDICIAL MATTERS: COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS, AND THEIR DIGITAL APPLICATION" and "FILM PIRACY, HOW TO COMBAT IT," as well as multiple specialized articles published in major newspapers and universities in Colombia. Bayron has advised several public and private companies, mainly in the legal sector, on digital transformation. He has been a speaker at various academic events on topics related to digital evidence, e-Discovery, and cybercrime. He has taught courses on Cybercrime at the University of Rosario, as well as courses on Digital Forensics, Digital Evidence, and Personal Data Protection at Javeriana University and Externado de Colombia University.
Bayron has participated in relevant investigations in cases of intellectual property, unfair competition, criminal matters, and administrative investigations before the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce. He has acquired and processed digital evidence for presentation to judges and other authorities in countries such as Colombia, Panama, Mexico, and the United States. He has also led complex institutional operations for the acquisition of digital evidence, including those aimed at determining price-fixing agreements among competitors in different industries.
Previously, Bayron worked as an IT analyst at Prieto Carrizosa, a consultant at the National Copyright Directorate, a consultant for the "Facilitating Trade" project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and a consultant for the Anti-Piracy Agreement of Colombia. More recently, he was the director of the Forensic Computing Laboratory at the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce, where he participated in the most important investigations carried out in recent years on practices against free competition, the protection of personal data, and other behaviors monitored by this important administrative authority.
Bayron is a Systems Engineer from the Francisco José de Caldas District University, specializing in Computer Risk Management from the Externado de Colombia University. He holds an MBA and a Master's in International Business from the European School of Management and Business. He is certified as a forensic examiner by Access Data (ACE) and a computer expert for the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.
He is the author of the books "JUDICIAL MATTERS: COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS, AND THEIR DIGITAL APPLICATION" and "FILM PIRACY, HOW TO COMBAT IT," as well as multiple specialized articles published in major newspapers and universities in Colombia. Bayron has advised several public and private companies, mainly in the legal sector, on digital transformation. He has been a speaker at various academic events on topics related to digital evidence, e-Discovery, and cybercrime. He has taught courses on Cybercrime at the University of Rosario, as well as courses on Digital Forensics, Digital Evidence, and Personal Data Protection at Javeriana University and Externado de Colombia University.
Bayron has participated in relevant investigations in cases of intellectual property, unfair competition, criminal matters, and administrative investigations before the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce. He has acquired and processed digital evidence for presentation to judges and other authorities in countries such as Colombia, Panama, Mexico, and the United States. He has also led complex institutional operations for the acquisition of digital evidence, including those aimed at determining price-fixing agreements among competitors in different industries.
Previously, Bayron worked as an IT analyst at Prieto Carrizosa, a consultant at the National Copyright Directorate, a consultant for the "Facilitating Trade" project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and a consultant for the Anti-Piracy Agreement of Colombia. More recently, he was the director of the Forensic Computing Laboratory at the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce, where he participated in the most important investigations carried out in recent years on practices against free competition, the protection of personal data, and other behaviors monitored by this important administrative authority.