I am an electrical engineer with over 30 years of experience in the electronics industry. As an independent consultant since 1984, I have served a diverse clientele having equally diverse needs. I have worked for large corporations, small companies, startup companies, and individual entrepreneurs. I have managed projects, studied product and system feasibility, assessed technology, advised executive management, mentored young engineers, and provided litigation support to attorneys and their clients. I have developed products, systems, and devices for industrial, consumer, commercial, military, and medical applications. I have performed research and development in corporate and academic laboratories, and worked with testing, sustaining engineering, and manufacturing organizations. I have also taught graduate and undergraduate courses in electronics, computer networks, and control theory.
In the area of litigation support, I have advised my clients on preliminary infringement and invalidity contentions, prior art, and non-infringement. I have also helped my clients with claim construction: advised, analyzed, written declarations, and testified at a Markman hearing. I have performed validity and infringement analyses, written expert reports, and have testified at depositions and trials.
My areas of expertise include the following: algorithms, analog circuit design, assembly language, C, Visual Basic, Pascal, Fortran, computer system peripheral design, control systems, data acquisition, data communications, data storage, digital circuit design, digital signal processing (DSP), electro-mechanical devices, embedded systems, FPGA development, instruments and measurements, laser optics, low-power electronics design, magnetic disk technology, magnetics, mathematical modeling, MATLAB and Simulink. microcontroller development, optical detection, optical disk technology (CD, DVD, MO, WORM), product development, programming languages, project management, requirements and specifications, sensors, servo systems, software/firmware development, SPICE simulation, system design, technology assessment, VHDL, Verilog, and wide-band circuit design.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S., Electrical Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S., Electrical Engineering; University of Notre Dame
Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Minnesota (PE, Electrical, #15546)
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: University of Saint Thomas; Adjunct Instructor
Developed and taught a course on computer networks.
Developed and presented a lecture on classical linear control theory.
Taught an undergraduate analog and digital electronics course comprising lecture and laboratory.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 12
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Electronics Digital and Analog Circuit Design and Analysis, Software and Firmware, Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, Optical Disk technology, Portable Electronic Devices, Integrated Circuit Design, Bar Code Technology, Servo Control Systems, Industrial Control Systems and Technology
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 50
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 50
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Nine
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: April 2009
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: Three cases
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: Three cases
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: Six
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: General technical consulting; claim construction analysis; product testing and/or inspection, software and firmware source code analysis, electronic circuit design analysis, prior art analysis, validity/invalidity analysis, infringement/non-infringement analysis, expert reports and declarations
