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Dr. George Edwards, Ph.D. is the CEO and Chief Scientist of Blue Cell Software, LLC, a Los Angeles-based developer of Advanced Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Tools with a wide range of applications in engineering, science, and business.

Dr. Edwards provides expert consulting in the areas of intellectual property, patent infringement, software design, source code audit and review, and non-performance claims. His technical consulting services are available to organizations in need of software expertise.

Applications and industries:

• Aerospace and defense
• Computer modeling and simulation
• Video processing and storage
• Robotics and autonomous systems
• Safety-critical and embedded software
• Mobile devices and applications

Languages, tools, and environments:

• Programming: Java, C/C++, C#, XML
• Scripting: Perl, Python, PHP
• IDEs: Eclipse, Visual Studio
• Middleware and frameworks: .NET, Java EE, CORBA, SOSCOE
• Modeling: UML, AADL, Eclipse EMF/GEF/GMF
• Web: HTML, CSS, HTTP, JavaScript, AJAX, Flash/Flex/ActionScript, ASP.NET
• Databases: RDBMS, SQL, MS SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle, MySQL
• Mobile: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Java ME
• OS: Windows, Mac OS, UNIX environment, Linux/Windows servers

Architectures and processes:

• Net-centric systems and SoS
• Enterprise architectures
• Service-oriented architectures
• Peer-to-peer networks
• Volunteer computing
• Object-oriented and aspect-oriented programming
• Component-based development and COTS integration
• Requirements engineering
• Agile development
• Spiral model

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Brooks Hilliard, CMC, CCP is the only actively practicing expert witness in the world who is both a Certified Management Consultant and a Certified Computing Professional specializing in computer system selection and problem resolution. He has testified more than 30 times as a computer expert witness and has been engaged on more than 90 such matters for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Mr. Hillard has done expert witness and consulting assignments in 25 states, and has qualified as an expert witness on computer software and hardware (including ERP, SCM and CRM systems) in both state and federal litigation. His expert witness engagements have included courtroom and deposition testimony in lawsuits, arbitrations, mediations and formal governmental hearings.

Areas of Expertise:

Allegations of ERP and CRM system failures and/or defective business software/systems

Computer Forensics

Intellectual property

Valuation of computer hardware, software and services

Regulatory, Procurement and Tax matters

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Carney Forensics helps lawyers, investigators, and companies obtain insight into their cases by retrieving Digital Evidence from social media, mobile and smart phones, and personal computers using the latest technology. Their clients enjoy quick, convenient, on-site services, user-friendly reports and timelines, professional consulting assistance, and expert witness testimony.

Mobile Phones / Smart Phones

Mobile and Smart Phone Memory can be accessed to retrieve digital evidence. A new genre of cell phone extraction tools has given birth to break-through capabilities in Forensic Evidence Collection, Authentication, and Production.

Portable Handhelds

The Digital Forensics on Portable Handheld Consumer Electronics such as PDA's, portable navigation or GPS devices, MP3 players, or eBook readers might surprise you. It can paint a clearer picture of the user and could solve an investigation or prove an alibi.

Digital Document Forensics

What a Digital Document can tell you about the person who wrote it and when he wrote it is often more important than what it says if you read it. It may contain evidence equivalent to a smoking gun for your case.

Web Mail Forensics

More and more people, plaintiffs and defendants alike, leave their Electronic Footprints on the Internet. Web based Email can provide digital evidence that can give you the advantage.

Social Media Forensics

Social Media evidence is relevent, often incriminating, and powerful for impeachment. Carney Forensics harvests social media evidence from online sources with the latest technology for Collection, Preservation Social Network Analysis, and Visualization for use in investigations and discovery.

Mobile Phone Spyware, Viruses, Malware

Spyware on your mobile phone can enable someone else to view your address book, your call histories, your text messages, and even listen to your conversations or track where you are located right now. How can you tell if your mobile phone is Infected or Bugged?

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Dr. Stephen Castell, Chartered Information Systems Practitioner and Member of the Expert Witness Institute, is Chairman of CASTELL Consulting. He is an internationally acknowledged Independent Computer Expert who has been involved in a wide range of computer litigation over many years. CASTELL Consulting, currently in its twenty-fifth year, provides independent professional consultancy and expert services in Computer Systems, Software, Project Management, Strategy, and Contract Disputes, to a wide variety of international clients and companies.

As an Expert Witness in computer litigation, Dr. Castell has acted in over 100 major cases including the largest and longest computer software actions to have come to trial in the English High Court. He is the author of the best-selling Computer Bluff (1983), and of The APPEAL Report (1990) on the admissibility of computer evidence in court and the 'legal reliability' of information systems and technologies (with the CCTA).

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John Cosgrove has been a Software Engineer for over forty years. He has taught a graduate-level engineering course, “Engineering the Software Product,” for UCLA and Loyola Marymount in addition to numerous short courses nationwide. He has authored and delivered many papers, articles, and lectures on software litigation, project management, software business issues, and computer safety.

As a forensic expert, Mr. Cosgrove has worked on numerous cases involving Recovered Computer Data, Computer System Failure, Contractual Disputes, Intellectual Property Disputes, and other matters involving computer systems and software.

Ares of Expertise:

Forensic Engineering

Project Management

Software Architecture

Real-Time/Critical Systems

Hardware/Software Interfaces

Aviation Computer Systems (aircraft navigation systems, communication devices)

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning for Distributed Enter

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Dr. Edwin De Angel is a Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Design Management Expert. His areas of interest are: Low Power Design, RFID, Computer Arithmetic, Smart Sensors, Embedded Systems, Mixed Signal, Wireless Systems, Computer Architecture and VLSI.

Services Include:

• System Architecture
• ASIC Design
• Design Flow Implementation
• Top Level Simulations
• IP Development
• Design Reviews
• IP Technical Analysis and Valuation
• Mixed Signal
• Circuit Design
• Algorithms
• Semiconductors

Project Consult:

• Budget Development
• Resource Allocation
• Outsourcing
• Scheduling
• Milestone Tracking

Background:

Ph.D. Computer Engineering - University of Texas at Austin

M.S. Electrical Engineering - Stanford University

B.S. Electrical Engineering - University of Puerto Rico

Professional Engineer Registered in Texas

PMP Certified

IEEE Senior Member

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Forensic Pursuit is an International Leader in Emerging Forensic Technology. All Members of the company are CHFI and EnCE certified Computer Forensic Investigators.

From Kuwait to London and Denver to Dallas, Forensic Pursuit follows strict procedures with every investigation to ensure the future admissibility of evidence. The company provides Expert Computer Forensic Investigation, Preventative Forensic, E-Discovery and Educational Services to attorneys, businesses and individuals worldwide.

Robert Kelso, Chief Executive Officer of Forensic Pursuit, has over 20 years experience in computer forensics, engineering and software technology. A graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, he holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in aerospace engineering and astrodynamics, respectively. Mr. Kelso has testified in both District and Federal court as an expert witness in computer forensics and has been appointed a "special master" by the court on multiple occasions.

Services Include:

Forensic imaging of electronic media

Recovery and analysis of computer evidence

Expert testimony at depositions, hearings and trials

Development of computer usage policies

Reconstruction of timelines, authorship and edit chain

Emergency acquisition of data

Lost password recovery and cracking of lost files

Forensic Investigation Cases Include:

Wrongful termination

Theft of trade secrets, customer / marketing / sales data

Copyright / patent / intellectual property infringement

Family law matters

Illegal internet activity / pornography

Sexual harassment / hostile workplace

Use of business computers for personal purposes

Industrial espionage and software piracy

Breach of contract

Breach of fiduciary duty

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Prof. Ghassan Hamarneh's professional experience extends over 20 years. He obtained his Ph.D. from Chalmers Univ. of Tech. in 2001, was a Post-doc fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and at the Dept. Med. Biophysics at the Univ. of Toronto. Since 2003, Dr. Hamarneh has been on the Computing Sciences faculty at Simon Fraser University. His research area is Medical Image Analysis (MIA). He is a leader on a large number of technical projects in collaboration with local and international health centers (e.g. BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver General Hospital), e.g. analysis of dermatological skin cancer images, image fusion for radiation therapy, and neurological an musculoskeletal shape analysis.

Under Dr. Hamarneh's leadership, members of his group won several awards, recognitions and scholarships. His group secured funding from the National Science and Engineering Council of Canada, Canadian Institute of Health Research, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems. Furthermore, he played a leading role in the organization of major workshops: a very successful workshop at Banff International Research Station on Math.

Presently, Dr. Harmarneh prepares BIRS workshops on Geometry for Anatomy. Prof. Hamarneh has over 100 scientific publications in high impact journals and peer-reviewed conferences, 4 book chapters, and several open science/open source contributions, e.g. MATITK: popular software with thousands of downloads. He has given many invited talks at top universities and companies. He has been on the editorial board of J Image and Vision Computing; a reviewer for int'l high impact journals, J MIA, IEEE Trans: Medical Imag, Signal Proc, etc. He served on the program and review committees of many int'l conferences/workshops, e.g. MICCAI workshops, Int'l Conf Computer Vision, Computer and Robot Vision, Comp Vision and Pattern Recognition, etc.

Dr. Hamarneh's contributions have been recognized though several awards and media coverage, including many best paper awards. He is a founding member of the IEEE EMB society - Vancouver Chapter; Rehabilitation Aimed at Muscle Performance in BC; SFU Centre for Disability Independence Research and Education. He is also a Senior IEEE member, an ACM member, a member of the MICCAI society, and others.

Networks and Systems Professional Association, NaSPA, Inc., is an association for professionals involved in IT, Networking, Telecommunications, Disaster Recovery and other related disciplines. In the past 24 years, hundreds of thousands of technology professionals have taken advantage of NaSPA's training programs, subscribed to its publications, supported its educational foundation, and attended its technology conferences and trade shows.

NaSPA's E-Publication, Technical Support, is a comprehensive how-to publication that focuses on mainframe systems and topics that affect network and distributed systems professionals. More recently, Technical Support has evolved to include fresh, timely content including Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, and even some content not found anywhere else, like what technologists should do when they face job loss or financial stress.

NaSPA provides its members with the foremost in services and benefits, including Peer Networking, Member Discounts, Job Placement, and Technical Information. Moreover, NaSPA’s advocacy on behalf of technology professionals has arguably never been as important as it is right now.

NaSPA is dedicated to adapting careers to reflect new technology, and looking for new, cost effective technical solutions that work for their companies.

NaSPA Objectives

Fund the education, training, and advancement of tomorrow’s technical workforce and assist in the retraining and professional development of mid-career professionals.

Encourage educational institutions and industry to partner with NaSPA in creating tomorrow’s technical workforce.

Empower leadership in the IT industry.

Provide ongoing research of current and ever-changing educational challenges in the IT industry and customize our scholarships to meet these challenges.