Computer Systems - Services

Dr. Andy Cobb and the expert staff of Computer Forensic Specialists at AC Forensics, Inc. are trained to defensibly preserve, collect and analyze data from almost any type of media, from CDs / DVDs, thumb-drives, flash cards, back-up tapes, RAID Arrays and hard disk drives of any size and type.

Services Include:

• Litigation Preparedness Consulting
• Cost-Effective electronic discovery, including new technologies for defensible self-collection and attorney review
• Global forensic collection of nearly any type of electronic storage device
• Expert forensic examination of digital evidence
• Expert consultation and testimony
• Data recovery, including password recovery and damaged media

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Hiren Kulkarni specializes is IT Services, Account Management, Business Continuity of IT Services & Support Systems. He is experienced in Business Systems Integration (mergers and acquisitions), Business Process Transformation and ERP Implementations.

Mr. Kulkarni offers Expert Witness and Expert Consultant Services in Project Management, Strategy, Delivery & Execution. He is Certified in Prince2, ITIL and specializes in Oracle Business Intelligence tools & E-Business Suite Modules: Project Accounting (Costing, Billing, Management), SLA, E-Tax, GL, AP, AR, FA, PJM, INV, iExpenses, iProcurement, PO.

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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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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Howard J. Cohen, PhD, has over 30 years of experience in Software Engineering, Architecture and Implementation. He possesses particular expertise in Algorithms, Relational Databases, Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and Software Applications in general. His experience has been in a broad spectrum of technology, in several languages, in a wide variety of applications, and on multiple platforms. Dr. Cohen's background includes Electronic Design Automation, Bioinformatics, Digital Cartography, Banking Systems for Foreign Exchange Traders, and many more. He is the co-inventor on approximately 120 patents.

Dr. Cohen has over 15 years of experience as an Expert Witness. He possesses excellent written and verbal communications skills, including the ability to express himself well in interpersonal contacts, make presentations to large audiences, explain complex concepts clearly, and write well on levels ranging from the scientific to end user documentation. He is available to analyze complex systems, to write clearly about technical issues, and communicate face-to-face in a manner appropriate for any audience to understand the issues, the technology and the point of view. Dr. Cohen has been deposed and testified at arbitration hearings and in Federal Court.

Expert Witness Projects Include:

• Trade Secrets
• Copyright
• DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• Patent Infringement
• Source Code Analysis
• Business Practices
• Damages Analysis
• Computer Software Security / Forensics

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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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DisputeSoft’s team of professionals provides litigation consulting and expert testimony services to clients nationally and internationally. We specialize in information technology-related disputes involving software project failure, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and patent infringement. E-discovery and computer forensics are core disciplines used to support these substantive practice areas. We apply our considerable years of IT experience to investigating, analyzing and reporting on findings and opinions to cost effectively aid clients involved in complex software disputes.

Our Services Include:

• Software Project Failure - Determining the root cause(s) of software project failures including, but not limited to schedule delay, cost overruns, and alleged software defects.
• Software Intellectual Property Misappropriation and Infringement - Performing abstraction-filtration-comparison analysis of allegedly copied source code in copyright infringement cases, investigating online trade infringement, and reviewing source code and software in patent cases to create claim charts, prior art analysis, and reports on validity/invalidity and infringement/non-infringement.
• Electronic Discovery - Recovering emails and other electronically stored information that may be discoverable through the use of proprietary e-Sift technology that can reduce the volume of discoverable material by orders of magnitude.
• Computer Forensics - Recovering deleted and lost files and other hard-to-find digital evidence by certified computer forensics examiners.

DisputeSoft was founded by Jeff Parmet, who has been designated as an expert on more than 100 software disputes, and is listed in Best Lawyers Preferred sm which only lists experts recommended by lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers in America ®. Mr. Parmet has 40 years of experience in the information technology field, 22 of which were with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Parmet previously led PwC's information technology dispute practice until his retirement from the firm in 2003. He is an experienced consulting and testifying expert specializing in liability issues arising in software failure and IP cases. Mr. Parmet has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, developers and customers. He has been engaged as an expert in litigation in federal and state court, as well as in arbitrations and mediations, and has served as a court-appointed expert.

Offices in New York and Washington, DC:
New York
57 W. 57th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 646-416-7990
Fax: 646-416-8001

Washington, DC
9920 Potomac Manors Dr.
Potomac MD 20854
Phone: 301.765.9674
Fax: 240.465.4442

Erik Laykin, CHFI, CEDS, Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Duff & Phelps, LLP, is an internationally recognized Computer Forensic, Electronic Discovery, and Cybercrime Expert. Mr. Laykin is the co-chair of the firm’s Global Electronic Discovery & Investigations practice. He focuses on high stakes eDiscovery, computer forensics and corporate investigations on behalf of law firms and corporations throughout the North America, Asia and Europe.

An electronic discovery and computer forensic authority, Mr. Laykin has served as an expert witness throughout the United States in both Federal and state court and has also served as a court-appointed Special Master in matters involving complex eDiscovery and technology investigations. As the co-chair of the GEDI practice, Mr. Laykin directs large-scale corporate investigations and electronic discovery litigation. As a result of his investigations and expert testimony, he and his team have successfully solved/resolved cases valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of Fortune 100 companies both domestically and abroad.

Areas of Investigative Expertise:

• Cyber-Crime
• Electronic Fraud
• Data Breaches
• Trade Secret Theft
• Trademark
• Patent and Systems Design Infringement and Failure
• Online Piracy
• Corporate Espionage
• White Collar Crime
• Privacy and Data Loss
• Intellectual Property Disputes
• Complex Information Technology Disputes

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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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Global Digital Forensics (GDF) is a recognized industry leader in the fields of computer forensics, eDiscovery, technology and cyber security. GDF provides attorneys with a wide variety of computer forensics litigation services, such as electronic discovery, data acquisition, data recovery, and evidence gathering. GDF is located in strategic cities across the USA, Europe and Asia, and can respond to clients' needs in hours if necessary.

With unrivaled experience, GDF's team of specialists have the proven ability to explain a wide array of complex technologies, such as encryption or analysis algorithms, in simple, easy-to-understand language, so the client, the opposition, and the court all fully understand the topic, methods used and results, while being able to withstand the highest levels of scrutiny.

The experts at GDF have successfully explained complex technologies to lay people in the courtroom, in camera and at deposition. They have experience in numerous federal and state courts, including the NY Southern District, NY Eastern District, Illinois N. District, Mass. District Court, CA Central and Northern Districts, and DC District Court.

Expert Analysis and Expert Testimony:

• Computer Forensics / Email and Web Mail
• Source Code Forensics and Analysis
• Patent Infringement – Hardware & SoftwareOperating Systems – Computers & Devices
• Handheld Digital Devices / Cellular Phones
• Networks & Network Security
• Technology Hardware Defects
• Technology Intellectual Property Infringement
• Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
• SAS and PeopleSoft / Databases of All Types
• Workflow and Process Automation Systems
• Insurance Systems / Healthcare Systems
• Computer and Internet Usage
• Complex Databases / Mainframe Databases
• Financial Systems / Credit Card Processing
• Accounting and HR Platforms
• Airline Reservation Systems

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