Independent consultant with decades of experience in product management for software and Internet applications and services, including SaaS products.  Has significant experience with software licensing agreements and contracts in markets including e-commerce, financial, telecommunication, SaaS, and e-learning, and with technologies including web development, application servers, software development tools, operating systems, component software, Java (J2EE), XML Web Services, image processing, and knowledge-based systems and intelligent agents. 

Formal Education

  • Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, Stanford University
  • B.A. in Cognitive Psychology, Princeton University

Career Highlights

  • At a major technology company, led strategy and execution for media hosting platforms with consumer photo support features
  • As a consultant to a major technology company's software division, defined strategy for low- and mid-tier application server markets
  • Negotiated a multi-year, multi-million-dollar technology licensing agreement and partnership for a major technology company
  • Led product definition for components of an object-oriented system software line for a joint venture between major technology companies
  • Managed requirements analysis, planning, and scheduling of product development and marketing programs for a team of over a hundred people developing a component software application platform and tools

Expert Qualifications

  • Wrote an expert report in a U.S. District Court case regarding the alleged copyright infringement of digital photography assets used in derivative works displayed in a New York art gallery
  • Testified at a jury trial regarding technical and business practices in a litigation about a contract software development project
  • Consulting expert in a New York State Supreme Court matter regarding the contents of a digital document
  • Consulted as an expert to a California Public Defender's Office in litigation involving the value of stolen computer assets
  • Authored expert report about software development practices and business issues in support of a court-ordered mediation proceeding

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Frequently Asked Questions

What types of cases can this expert support?

This expert handles software licensing disputes, contract disagreements, and copyright issues around software. They've testified at trial on contract development practices and have decades of real-world experience negotiating major licensing deals in SaaS, telecom, and enterprise markets.

What is this expert's technical background?

They have a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Stanford, but the real story is product management at major companies. They led strategy for media platforms at eBay, advised Sun Microsystems' Java division, negotiated major tech licensing deals for IBM, and managed large teams building component software platforms.

What technologies does this expert specialize in?

Java and J2EE, web services, Linux/Unix systems, e-commerce platforms, image processing, and knowledge-based systems. This covers the enterprise software stack from the late 90s through the cloud era—they can speak credibly about most legacy and modern web application architectures.