Computer scientist and inventor with decades of hands-on experience applying emerging technologies to create successful software applications and apps for a variety of computing platforms, including Android and iOS smartphones, Macs, and Windows PCs. Has experience programming in a range of languages. Also a proven engineering team leader, having been a senior technical manager at a major technology company as well as CEO and VP of Engineering, respectively, of a pair of startup companies.
Formal Education
- MBA, Cornell University
- B.S. in Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University
- B.A. in Music, Case Western Reserve University
Career Highlights
- Led a team of engineers and designers at a company he founded to create, sell, and support a multi-million dollar portfolio of smartphone and tablet apps to several million customers
- While a senior manager at a major technology company, oversaw design and integrations of a plug-in architecture for professional film and video visual effects while also a contributor to other major professional software applications
- Founder of a company that built apps for media-creation and image processing that were used by leading companies in the entertainment and imaging industries before it was acquired by a major technology company
- Wrote music composition apps and received an industry award for innovative software when MIDI was new
- Led a software engineering team at the first joint venture between major technology companies to create hardware and software for full-screen 30-fps video playback (a precursor to a landmark video playback technology)
- Certified Cloud Practitioner for a major cloud services provider
- Named inventor on seven issued U.S. patents including for novel methods of creating secondary/virtual displays
Expert Qualifications
- Consulting expert in software patent infringement and invalidity since 2017, including drafting reports on infringement based on source code review, assisting with claim construction, and prior art research
- Testifying expert for validity and infringement in a pair of patent infringement actions in U.S. District Courts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of cases can this expert support?
This expert has been a consulting expert in software patent cases since 2017, handling both infringement and invalidity matters. They've testified in federal district court and have experience with source code review, claim construction, and prior art research.
What is this expert's technical background?
This expert spent decades building products as both a founder and senior technical manager at Apple. They founded companies that shipped $14M in mobile apps to millions of customers, led teams at Apple on major products like Final Cut Pro and Keynote, and hold 7 U.S. patents. Their formal education includes a BS in Computer Science and an MBA.
What technologies does this expert specialize in?
They have hands-on experience across multiple programming languages (C, C++, Java, Objective-C, Swift, Kotlin) and platforms (iOS, Android, macOS, Windows). Beyond language and platform skills, they've worked in cloud systems (AWS certified), digital audio, image and video processing, SaaS applications, and UI/UX design.
- C, C++, C#, Java, Objective-C, Kotlin, Smalltalk, Swifty
- Android, iOS, macOS, Windows
- Amazon Web Services
- Digital music and audio
- Image and video processing
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and web apps
- User interfaces and user experiences (UI-UX)
- U.S. District Courts