Shane Huey

Shane Huey is a healthcare IT analyst, forensic nurse consultant, licensed investigator, and investigative journalist whose work sits at the convergence of clinical medicine, information security, open-source intelligence, and criminal investigation — a combination rare enough that no single professional category fully contains it.

His clinical foundation spans wilderness and austere medicine, forensic nursing, and pre-hospital trauma care, grounded in active licensure and ongoing certification at the advanced level. That clinical lens informs everything he does on the investigative and analytical side — he does not simply analyze records, he understands what they mean medically, legally, and forensically.

In healthcare IT, Shane brings over a decade of experience as an analyst working across systems, security, and operational infrastructure, complemented by graduate-level education in both information security and IT management. He understands how health information systems are built, how they fail, and how they are exploited — from both the inside and the outside.

On the investigative side, he is a licensed private detective, a forensic and legal nurse consultant, and a practitioner of multiple structured interviewing methodologies including the Reid Technique and the PEACE Model. His OSINT training through INTELTECHNIQUES, combined with formal education in forensic linguistics — including its investigative subcategory of statement analysis — criminal profiling, crime scene analysis, and digital investigations journalism, spans the full arc from open-source collection through forensic interpretation.

Shane approaches investigative work the way a journalist does — through primary source research, public records, and documented methodology — and the way an investigator does — with structured analytical frameworks, forensic awareness, and an understanding of evidentiary standards. A professional member of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), he writes his own investigations, and his case files reflect both the rigor of his clinical and investigative training and a commitment to accuracy that treats every subject — victim, witness, and person of interest alike — with care proportional to the stakes involved.

He holds professional memberships in investigative journalism, forensic nursing, legal nurse consulting, private investigation, and healthcare IT — not as affiliations of convenience, but as active expressions of how he works. Florida Unsolved is the fullest expression of that practice: a nonprofit investigative platform dedicated to the cases no one else is working, built by someone with the tools to actually work them.

Professional Experience

Healthcare IT Analyst — June 2015 to present

Independent OSINT, Cybercrime, and digital forensics consulting — 2014 to present

Registered Nurse — September 2012 to present

Legal Nurse Consulting — 2026 to present

Education

MS, Information Security — Western Governors University, 2014

MBA, IT Management — Western Governors University, 2020

BA, Philosophy and Cognitive Science — The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2005

ADN, Nursing — Miami Dade College, 2012

Certificate, Legal Nurse Consultant — University of Tennessee (via BARBRI) *In progress.

Post-graduate Diploma, Criminal Profiling & Crime Scene Analysis — The Forensic Criminology Institute

Clinical Licensure, Certifications & Certificates

Registered Nurse (RN) — Florida Multistate License (NLC), License # 9349046

BLS/ACLS

PHTLS (Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support)

AWLS (Advanced Wilderness Life Support)

AWLS Instructor

Candidate, Fellow in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine

Associate in Wilderness Medicine

WFR (Wilderness First Responder)

Rescue, Expedition, & Disaster Medicine

Search and Rescue

NASAR SARTECH III

Professional Licenses & Certifications

Private Detective (Municipality of Anchorage, AK License # PD 1448)

Licensed Security Officer (FL D 3611313, Active)

FCC Amateur Radio Operator (Technician Class, Call Sign: KQ4OBX)

FCC GMRS Licensed Operator (Call Sign: WSMR259)

Professional Affiliations

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) — Professional Membership

First Amendment Foundation — Supporter

Academy of Forensic Nursing (AFN) — Member

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) — Member

Florida Association of Private Investigators (FAPI) — Associate Membership

St. Augustine Historical Society — Member & Research Library Access

Wilderness Medicine Society — Member

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) — Member

Specialized Education & Training

INTELTECHNIQUES OSINT Training

The Reid Technique of Investigative Interviewing and Positive Persuasion — John E. Reid & Associates, Inc.

PEACE Model of Investigative Interviewing Workshop — Interview Management Solutions (IMS)

Statement Analysis®

Forensic Linguistics — Pennsylvania Western University, The Pennsylvania Center for Investigative & Forensic Sciences

Handwriting Analysis — National Investigative Training Academy

Micro Expressions, Subtle Expressions — Paul Ekman Group

Basic Criminal Investigation — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

Missing and Exploited Persons — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

Forensic and Investigative Sciences Level I Certificate — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) *

  • Scene Basics: Security, Searches, and Documentation — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

  • Foundations of Fingerprint Comparison — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

  • Basic Fingerprint Processing — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

  • Fingerprint Processing on Difficult Surfaces — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

  • Foundations of Courtroom Testimony — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

  • Investigative Tools and Equipment — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

  • Foundations of Forensic Photography — Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

40-Hour State Certified Security Training for Class D License (FL) — D’V & Associates

20-Hour CLEET Phase 1 Private Security Training — Alpha 1 Tactical School

35-Hour CLEET Phase 3 Private Investigator Training — Alpha 1 Tactical

Private Investigator Basic Surveillance Training Course — Advanced Investigative & Screening Solutions

Determining Time of Death — Death Investigation Academy

Understanding Bloodstains and What They Can Tell you — Death Investigation Academy

Recognizing Injury Patterns — Death Investigation Academy

Investigative Reporting in the Digital Age — Knight Center *

Digital Investigations for Journalists: How to Follow the Digital Trail of People and Entities — Knight Center *

Forensic Nursing Certification Review — Academy of Forensic Nursing *

Utilization Management and MCG — Case Management Institute *

Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS-100) — FEMA

IS-700b.: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System — FEMA

Certified Full Instructor, Jeet Kune Do | Blue Belt, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu

Pro Bono & Volunteer Work

Florida Unsolved | Founder | [2025] 501(c)(3) Nonprofit — Florida

Florida Unsolved is a Florida-based nonprofit dedicated to open-source research, forensic analysis, and advocacy on behalf of families of the missing and victims of unsolved crimes. Operating at the intersection of open-source intelligence, forensic science, clinical medicine, and legal nurse consulting, Florida Unsolved brings a multidisciplinary approach to cases that have gone cold, been overlooked, or fallen through the gaps of institutional response.

Trace Labs — volunteer

*In Progress