David Ellsworth

David Ellsworth is one of the founders of ReconForensics.com, has built a career at the intersection of network architecture, systems engineering, and cybersecurity. With extensive experience designing and managing large-scale datacenter operations across the globe, he has overseen multi-million-dollar IT infrastructures and supported thousands of virtual machines across nearly every major virtualization platform. This depth of experience provides him with a strong foundation for understanding not only how systems are built and maintained, but also how they can be compromised—and recovered.

His background as a cybersecurity specialist includes conducting security audits, identifying vulnerabilities, and performing forensic investigations on systems impacted by malware and cyberattacks. He has successfully rebuilt environments from failed hard drives, traced malicious activity across networks, and assisted law enforcement agencies in locating servers and individuals online. As a software developer, he has also created custom tools to monitor encrypted communication platforms and deployed AI-driven solutions to enhance cyber intelligence and forensic analysis.

By combining expertise in infrastructure, cybersecurity, and software development, David brings a unique perspective to the challenges of digital forensics. At ReconForensics.com, this experience is applied to support law enforcement, government agencies, law firms, and organizations of all types in transforming complex technical evidence into clear, defensible intelligence.