Technology consultant with over three decades of experience in industries including automotive, consumer electronics, wireless communications, and semiconductors.  Has significant expertise in speech recognition and natural language processing, artificial intelligence, chatbot design and development, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and augmented and virtual reality.

Formal Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute
  • B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Career Highlights

  • Developed apps using major generative AI APIs and also taught a six-week course on generative AI
  • Developed AI chatbots using a major chatbot development framework for a range of use cases with deployments on browsers, apps, and smart speakers
  • As director of R&D at a major technology company, managed R&D projects on speech recognition and immersive audio
  • Led the development of a client-server, intelligent speech system prototype that leveraged a major IoT ecosystem for speech-enabled control of multiple connected devices
  • As an engineer in a major semiconductor company's R&D Center, designed Java-based speech APIs and developed embedded speech recognition prototypes including using a DSP-based speech recognizer running on an embedded platform
  • Chief architect of a major mobile platform's Speech and Audio Component Factory
  • Led a major technology company's Java Speech API 2.0 (JSR-113) standardization activities 
  • Led a major technology company's immersive audio standardization activities 
  • Actively drove the specification of a major multimedia standards group, including chairing the OpenMAX AL working group
  • Named inventor on five issued U.S. patents, including a novel method of automatic language identification

Expert Qualifications

  • Twice deposed as an expert for the plaintiff in a patent infringement litigation before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • Conducted patent portfolio analyses in areas including text-to-speech, connected automobiles, vehicle tracking, and inventory management
  • For Toyota, reviewed over two hundred patents in NLP, speech recognition, and virtual assistants and worked with outside counsel to devise workarounds for the virtual assistant development team to proceed with product plans without infringing outside IP

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Frequently Asked Questions

What types of cases can this expert support?

AI and chatbot systems, speech recognition, IoT devices, and automotive firmware are primary areas. This expert can also cover mobile apps, medical device software, telecommunications, and cloud infrastructure. Note that litigation readiness is unknown and should be confirmed.

What is this expert's technical background?

Ph.D. in Computer Science (Oregon Graduate Institute) with 30+ years in automotive, consumer electronics, wireless communications, and semiconductors. Held director of R&D roles at Samsung and engineering positions at Texas Instruments, led standardization efforts at Nokia and Samsung, and recently developed generative AI applications with OpenAI GPT and LangChain APIs.

What technologies does this expert specialize in?

C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, and Scala are the main programming languages. Core specialties are speech recognition, natural language processing, text-to-speech, and multimedia. Platform experience includes Android, Linux, and Microsoft Azure, with hands-on knowledge of chatbots and IoT systems.