Former professor of electrical and computer engineering and independent consultant with significant expertise in the development of biometric systems and technologies. Specifically a leading authority in fingerprint identification technologies but also an expert with facial recognition in still images and video streams.
Formal Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University
- M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University
- M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brown University
- B.S. in Engineering, Brown University
Career Highlights
- Biometrics industry pioneer responsible for three product generations of automated fingerprint reading systems, generating millions of dollars in sales
- Inventor of a biometric identification system for a major U.S. government agency's border entry and exit management including iris, facial, and fingerprint recognitions
- Completed contract projects for more than a dozen large scale and country-wide biometrics identification solutions deployments
- Performed more than thirty due diligence, analysis, and planning projects for major investment companies
- Led turn-around of a fingerprint identification system business, which culminated in an acquisition of the company by a major technology company
- Creator of a University research lab in AI, computer vision and robotics
- Named inventor on four issued U.S. patents
- Author of over one hundred articles and book chapters on biometrics, robotics, neural networks, computer vision, and control systems
Expert Qualifications
- Retained as an expert witness more than a dozen times by plaintiffs and defendants alike in a range of civil and criminal litigations in domestic and international disputes
- Expert witness in several disputes arising out of Illinois' 2008 Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) law, including a case relating to time-clocks based on fingerprint matching and Facebook's facial recognition
- Testified as an expert in the first criminal case in California Superior Court to allow testimony on the issue of comparing the faces in an image from a surveillance camera to a mugshot
- Has also worked as an expert for patent and trade secrets litigations, including a Russian patent suit against Motorola
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of cases can this expert support?
This expert handles biometric systems cases—fingerprint identification, facial recognition, and related computer security issues. They also work on consumer electronics and signal processing matters. Since litigation readiness is unknown, you'd want to discuss their expert witness experience directly before engaging.
What is this expert's technical background?
They hold a PhD and two Master's degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio State and Brown. They developed fingerprint identification systems that generated over $1B in sales and led the BIMS project for DHS border management (iris, facial, and fingerprint recognition). They also founded a university research lab in AI, computer vision, and robotics.
What technologies does this expert specialize in?
Fingerprint matching and facial recognition are the primary technologies. They also work with biometric security, image processing, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Their fingerprint work covers everything from hardware design to large-scale identification system deployment.