Leon He is an associate director in BRG’s Asia-Pacific (APAC) Cyber Forensics and eDiscovery practice based in Beijing.

He has over twelve years of experience in digital forensics and eDiscovery, with significant expertise in China-related and APAC matters.

Mr. He has led projects in digital forensics and investigations, eDiscovery and data compliance for multinational enterprises and leading corporations from a wide range of industries, including financial services, automotive, medical and manufacturing. He has also provided services to Chinese governmental organisations including the Ministry of Public Security, Supreme People’s Procuratorate and China Criminal Police Academy. He has worked on civil and criminal investigations and domestic and international litigations involving cross-border data transfer.

Mr. He is a certified digital forensic examiner of various international and Chinese forensic tools. He is proficient in data acquisition and processing; analysis of mobile devices, computers, server logs and cloud data; and the Chinese digital evidence validation process. He served as an editor for the China National eDiscovery Standards of the National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee and the China National Data Security Standards of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.

Prior to joining BRG, Mr. He worked across China, Canada and the United States in various forensic and eDiscovery roles.

Employment History

BRG
Associate Director, 2024–present

Beijing DFIR Technologies
Chief Information Officer, 2020–2023

ATech Technologies
Senior Technical Director, 2019–2020

Digital Bridge
Technical Director/International Business Director, 2015–2019

Profusion Technologies
Technician, 2014

Ruiyuan Wende Technologies (Ryan Security Technologies)
Project Manager/Technical Support Manager, 2011–2013

Areas of Expertise

Education

University of Lethbridge
BS, Computer Science, 2009