Bill Tilstone has a B.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.  He was on the faculty of the Forensic Science program at the University of Strathclyde for 12 years before moving to Adelaide, Australia, to be Director of the State Forensic Science facility.  He was appointed Executive Director of the newly created National Forensic Science Technology Center in 1996, and now serves NFSTC as Director of Instructional Technology and Education.