An electrical engineer and software consultant with over 40 years of experience in embedded systems design, digital signal processing, and product reverse engineering. This expert has served as a testifying expert witness in over 20 intellectual property litigation cases and has conducted more than 58 product reverse engineering and forensics investigations. A registered professional engineer and patent holder with prior research experience at a federal military academy.

Specialized expertise includes embedded firmware disassembly, digital signal processing algorithm discovery, microprocessor analysis, and complex system design. Career highlights include developing brain-computer interface control systems for assistive technology applications, designing autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle control systems, architecting advanced XML database technology, and performing detailed forensics analysis of telecommunications, industrial, and consumer electronics products.

Formal Education

  • Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering and Control Systems from a top-tier research university
  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from a major research university

Career Highlights

  • Consultant and expert witness, currently providing product reverse engineering and forensics of hardware and software including database systems, media players, audio signal processing, modem compression algorithms, and precision industrial instrumentation.
  • Researcher at a federal military academy and a technology company, designing and developing embedded mission control system software for autonomous unmanned aerial systems, including target search, acquisition, tracking, image processing, and sensor fusion.
  • Chief Architect at a software company, instrumental in architecting, designing, and coding native XML database technology for military classified and commercial projects.
  • Instructor of Electrical Engineering at a federal military academy, teaching electronic systems courses covering DC electronics through advanced radar systems.
  • Principal Engineer at a technology company, leading design and development of embedded firmware, signal processing, and specialized electronic systems projects.

Expert Qualifications

  • Testifying expert witness in numerous intellectual property litigation matters.
  • Conducted over 58 detailed product reverse engineering investigations involving patent infringement analysis across embedded firmware, digital signal processing, database systems, and telecommunications technologies.
  • Registered professional engineer; holds multiple U.S. patents in database and data processing technologies.
  • Published in technical academic journals and conference proceedings with expertise in control systems, signal processing algorithms, and advanced embedded systems design.