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Robert Brunner is a senior managing director in the FTI Forensic and Litigation practice and is based in San Francisco. Mr. Brunner’s focus is in FTI’s Technology practices, where he is a leading expert in the areas of Electronic Evidence and Data Analysis. Mr. Brunner specializes in complex, data-intensive cases, including class action suits, government / regulatory investigations, financial / accounting investigations, bankruptcies and other cases requiring complex modeling or sharing of information. He has extensive experience in the design and implementation of complex financial, economic, transactional and document/image management systems.
Mr. Brunner is an expert in the areas of financial database design and management, complex data modeling, claims management and administration, and electronic discovery. He has testified in the areas of electronic discovery, discovery management, financial fraud, and methodology development. He has served clients in the financial services, manufacturing, government, healthcare, and telecommunications industries.
Mr. Brunner’s most notable engagements include assisting one the country’s largest mutual fund complexes in response to SEC allegations of late-trading and market-timing, assisting the US Government in a $160 billion beach of trust class action, development of a data warehouse for one of the largest civil litigations ever filed in California Courts, the development of sophisticated financial and data models for a Fortune 100 bank that was sued in one of the largest consumer class action suits brought under California’s Unfair Competition statute, and the design and implementation of a claims processing system for a Fortune 500 company.
Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Brunner was partner-in-charge of the Class Action/Complex Data Services group for KPMG in the United States. Before joining KPMG, he was a partner in Andersen Worldwide, where he led the Class Action Services and Complex Data Management practices for the firm, the Financial Advisory Services practice in the Pacific Northwest, and the West Region’s Complex Data Analysis and Management Solutions team. Mr. Brunner led the development of Andersen’s Electronic Data Discovery and Legal Information Consulting practice methodologies.
Mr. Brunner has administered several mathematics and computer science courses for the University of California at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He is a member of the Association for Image and Information Management (AIIM), the American Records Management Association (ARMA) and the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
Mr. Brunner holds a B.A. in mathematics, computer science and management science from the University of California at San Diego. | 