Software Expert Witness

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Expert 2332 has over 30 years of experience in software, systems and electrical engineering. His background includes patent prosecution and litigation, management of patent licensing projects, technical advisor for counsel, Internet, web site and systems development, software product development, database management systems, software architecture, research and development, and system specification.

EDUCATION

1976-George Washington University, Ph.D., Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

1971-George Washington University, MS, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

1968 -Georgia Tech, BS, Electrical Engineering

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2006 - Present, A Private Company
Patent Specialist, Reviewed Blue tooth implementation in view of WRF patent, Developed licensing project plan for contingency agreement, Reviewed invalidity contentions, Expressed expert opinion on quality of opponent's case, Developed provisional patent application, Reviewed client's production materials for relevance, Assessed prospective client's patent portfolio for contingency licensing, Worked with shareholders to structure licensing of major patent portfolio, Developed financial profile based on potential infringes, Worked with litigation and marketing to project financials.

2005-2006, A Private Corporation
Patent Technical Advisor, Analysis of technical content in patents and in patent applications, Support of prosecution of patent applications, Support for patent infringement litigation and infringement defense law suits, Provided technical opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of patents relating to software technologies, electronic technologies, business method and medical technologies, Development of prior art materials relating to patent suits, Assessment of patent portfolios, Developing responses to Office Actions from patent examiners, Analysis of technical documents to support discovery, Definition of requirements for motion to compel opposing counsel to provide software for discovery, Development of patent applications for clients, Construction of claim language based on technical concept papers and other materials provided by inventors, Development of claim charts to support litigation relating to patent infringement, Development of tutorial materials to introduce technical concepts to legal counsel, Analysis of software source code for detection of patent infringement, Development of proof of infringement for presentation in court and to attorneys.

2004-2005, President and Chief Technology Officer
Developed embedded medical records text mining software using Word Net database, class lattices, and semantic relationships, Developed business plan and technical proposal for text mining technology development project, Developed question-answering system using unstructured text resources, Developed content analysis linguistic tool set for product release, Refined radar processing software for recognition of 3D shapes, Developed embedded software able to recognize the collar (joint) of underground pipeline infrastructure in a natural gas distribution system, Software engineering for loan origination system enhancement for an Eastern Software Empower installation, N-tier programming support, development of an embedded web client application that tests a web server for security and visibility of retrieved documents.

2001-2004, ValuTech, Inc., Chief Scientist
Developed new financial software products using logical representations of invoice and lockbox financial objects, Developed graphic display with zoom and pan, Development of web services using Client/Server, SQL Server 2000, Windows 2000, and HTTP and TCP components, Presented demonstrations and project plans to prospects and customers, Instrumented software to collect functional history and measure performance, Data mining of SQL Server database for invoices and payments received against unevenly structured receivables documents, Analyzed object structure within operational data, Analyzed time series data to predict future financial behavior on the part of customers, Developed business financial analysis tools for calculating cash float actually observed in payable and receivable operations for Fortune 500 companies, Developed analytical techniques and adaptive learning methods to maximize cash float in payables and to minimize cash in receivables for large companies, Trained programming staff in object-oriented analysis and design, Development of financial web services, Mentored staff, and taught them good software design principles and practices.

1992-2000, EfficacyFX.com, President & Chief Technology Officer
Developed sensor processing software to support commercial low-cost utility radars, Applied pattern recognition techniques to detect specific target shapes, Implemented and tested a prototype ultra wideband radar sensor as a candidate for deployment, Constructed imagery software to build a 3D image from sensor inputs while scanning the ground over natural gas pipeline infrastructure, Developed anechoic radar range for ultra wideband (UWB) radar sensor and populated it with natural gas pipe and collar materials, Identified signal patterns that could discriminate between normal pipe and the collars at joints between pipes, Built a database of time series signals and Fourier spectra for test cases, Demonstrated feasibility of identifying the collars on pipeline infrastructure, Defined and developed turnkey software products for hospital scheduling, staff development, medical records and vertical manufacturing industries, Interviewed customer staff to define systems, Developed the software to meet customer expectations, Developed a work flow measurement system for small and medium sized manufacturers, Collected work flow information by time stamping bar-coded work orders, activity labels and employee badges so that full performance information could be collected, Developed reports for calculating the value of customers, the efficiency of employees, and the performance profile of activities.

1980-1992, Hughes Aircraft Company, Senior Systems Engineer for Software R & D
Managed a team of six software engineers developing software technologies for Hughes' products, Developed reusable radar sensor processing and display application, Applied knowledge based and rule based technologies, including measurement and diagnosis of systems and networks, Used Bayesian and Markov models to predict static and dynamic performance loads and to identify potential systems problems, Developed models and simulation software, Planned and defined distributed database information systems, Developed resource management, graphic information display, radar systems, command and control information systems, Development of technology projects for feasibility demonstrations, Conduct of R&D projects as principal investigator, Managed software R&D staff, Formulated project plans for determining feasibility of risky portions of large projects, Planned software development tasks for large and small projects, Developed new business proposals and technical approach, Organized technical task plans for proposals and R&D projects, Managed implementation of projects.

1976-1980, Washington University, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Taught undergraduate and graduate computer science classes, monitored thesis and dissertations for graduate students, and directed the Computer Engineering Laboratory for graduate and funded research projects. In the summers, operated Cooper Computing Company, a consulting company with close ties to the local IBM General Systems Division to provide software engineering services to manufacturers in the Saint Louis area. 1968-1976, National Security Agency, Fort Meade MD, Senior Electrical Engineer At Fort Meade, was assigned to computer systems development projects for two years, and then was promoted to the computer science research department after writing a scientific paper that was deemed important to the agency. Assigned to solve numerous problems related to high performance computing and cryptology for the remaining six years at NSA. During the eight-year period, was awarded a full time tuition paid scholarship from NSA to complete a Master's degree. Then continued education on evenings and weekends to complete requirements for the PhD in 1976. An article based on the dissertation was published in the IEEE Transactions on Computers in September 1977.

CONSULTING HISTORY

2007- Newport Beach, Analysis and opinions of database compaction patent for investment, licensing, and possible detection of infringement.

2007- Los Angeles, Was deposed in suit on use of manufacturing software and damages due to delayed implementation

2006-Irvine, Supported arbitration of suit regarding software design and charges of reverse engineering.

2006-2007, Newport Beach, Analysis and opinions of patents for investment, licensing, detection of infringement, and analysis of several potential infringing companies.

2005-2006, San Diego, Provided a wide array of technical analysis and opinions on intellectual property issues related to prosecution and litigation of patents, defense for infringement suits, analysis of patent ability, analysis of software source code for infringement, document discovery, development of patent applications, replies of office actions, and many other tasks.

1998-2000, Toronto, Development of ultra wideband (UWB) technology for identifying the collar joint of underground gas delivery infrastructure, Developed anechoic UWB radar range to support data collection of positive and negative reflections, Developed pattern recognition software for detection of collar joints, Demonstrated efficacy of collar joint detection.

1997-2001 Cerritos, Define requirements for manufacturing execution system, Develop methods for instrument work and material flow, Select equipment to implement capture of work flow and material flow, Develop distributed client/server implementation system, Develop analysis programs for calculating value of customers, profitability of products, and efficiency of employee labor.

LICENSES

Available upon request

PATENTS

Available upon request

KEYWORDS

Databases Expert Witness, Internet/Web/e-Commerce Expert Witness, Client/Server Expert Witness, N-Tier Technology Expert Witness, Graphics/GUIs Expert Witness, Sensor Processing Expert Witness, EEG Analysis Expert Witness, GPS tracking Expert Witness, Pattern Recognition Expert Witness, Computer Linguistics Expert Witness, Content analysis Expert Witness, Patent Analysis and Licensing Expert Witness, Algorithm Development Expert Witness, Medical records database analysis Expert Witness, Software Architecture Expert Witness, Simulation Expert Witness, Embedded systems Expert Witness, Geographic Information Systems Expert Witness, Distributed Computing Expert Witness, Systems Development Expert Witness, Networking Protocols Expert Witness, Medical Devices Expert Witness, Patent Prosecution Expert Witness, Patent Litigation Expert Witness, Business Methods Expert Witness, Text processing Expert Witness, Radar Expert Witness, Sonar Expert Witness, Signal Processing Expert Witness, Financial Software Expert Witness, Control Systems Expert Witness, Ultra wideband Expert Witness, Fourier Analysis Expert Witness, Work Flow Analysis Expert Witness, Knowledge Based Systems Expert Witness, Bayesian and Markov Analysis Expert Witness, Project Planning Expert Witness, Technical Marketing Support Expert Witness, Manufacturing Execution Systems Expert Witness

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