Dr. Jordan Smith

Dr. Jordan Smith is an independent contractor who owns a consulting firm in the state of Midlands. Smith also chairs the Department of Applied Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of Midlands School of Engineering and Applied Mathematics. Smith is commonly retained in cases involving cell phone tracking, where most of the cases they've been retained in involve determining if a driver was on their cell phone before an accident. Smith has been retained in 27 court cases, 19 civil and 8 criminal.

Educational Background
Smith received their Bachelor's degree in Applied Engineering from the University of Virginia. In 1994, Smith received their doctorate in Applied Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley where Smith wrote their dissertation on using cell phone data to determine someone's location. Smith is commonly regarded as the pioneer of the field of cell phone tracking. Besides their dissertation, Smith has published 36 peer-reviewed articles in the field of telecommunications.

Professional Background
For an unknown amount of years, Smith was an associate and assistant professor of engineering at Midlands Technical Institute. In 2010, Smith left this position to chair the Department of Applied Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of Midlands, as well as create their own consulting firm.

State v. Hendricks
On July 30th, 2017, Smith was retained by the Polk County District Attorney's office to determine if defendant Dylan Hendricks's cell phone data could shed any light on Hendricks's whereabouts on the night of July 16th, the night when the attempted murder of Kerry Bell-Leon happened.

Based on Hendricks's use of the dating app Tender and calls that Hendricks made and received on their cell phone, Smith was able to conclude that Dylan Hendricks was in the downtown Midlands City area, and specifically at the scene of the crime moments before it took place.

Trivia

 * It is unknown if Dr. Smith has been paid a retainer, been paid for their investigation, or been paid for their testimony in court. If not, Smith is the only independent expert witness to not be financially compensated for their time.