Educated at a leading research university with hands-on electrical engineering and computer science experience. Areas of specialized expertise include database-backed web sites, chat and instant messaging protocols, compilers, streaming media, audio/visual display technologies, GPUs, machine vision, image processing, and machine learning. Has written software in many languages and for many platforms, including mobile apps. Inventor of patented technologies for camera-feedback projector systems that are now standard in multi-projector displays such as military simulators.

Formal Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT

Career Highlights

  • World-leading expert in camera-feedback projector systems to provide auto-calibration for large scale seamless multi-screen digital displays, as well as founder of a successful business in the same field
  • Volunteer data science mentor for big data projects in computational medicine for third year medical students at a leading research university
  • Developer of a compelling virtual reality experience using leading virtual reality platforms that immerses users in the sport of rowing crew
  • As a software engineer at a major technology company, developed software and novel protocols for instant messaging for industry-standard instant messaging platforms in C++ using COM and XML
  • Transformed an amateur website for photographers from a simple forum to a commercial subscription-based photo sharing dot com with early innovations in user-to-user online chat and pay-per-click ads
  • Named inventor on seven issued U.S. patents including three for messaging protocols and four for digital display technologies

Expert Qualifications

  • Testifying expert witness for plaintiffs and defendants in patent litigation related to high-profile companies including Facebook, Ford, Honeywell, IBM, Sony, Symantec, and WhatsApp
  • Retained three times by British Telecom (BT) as a consulting expert on technologies from network forensics and instant messaging to search
  • Wrote reports for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in more than twenty Inter Partes Reviews on patents in a range of technology areas
  • Submitted an expert report defending a company against an allegation of theft of database trade secrets in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

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Frequently Asked Questions

What types of cases can this expert support?

Patent litigation cases in software, messaging protocols, and display technologies. They've testified for plaintiffs and defendants in disputes involving companies like Facebook, WhatsApp, IBM, and Sony, and have authored reports for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in over twenty inter partes reviews across multiple tech areas.

What is this expert's technical background?

PhD, MS, and BS in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. Founded a company in camera-feedback projector systems, worked as a software engineer at Microsoft on instant messaging protocols (C++ and XML), and earlier built a photo-sharing website with innovative chat features. Holds seven U.S. patents: three for messaging protocols and four for display technologies.

What technologies does this expert specialize in?

They write in C, C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, Perl, and PHP. Deep specializations include compiler design, image processing, GPUs, machine vision, machine learning, and voice-over-IP systems. They invented patented camera-feedback projector technology now deployed in military simulators and multi-projector displays.