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

Dr. George Edwards, Ph.D. is an expert in Computer Software, Internet Applications, Web Technologies, Mobile Phone/Tablet Applications and Aerospace/Defense Systems. He has more than a decade of experience as a scientist, engineer, and technical consultant to academic research labs, government agencies, technology companies, and attorneys.

Dr. Ewards has authored dozens of articles and papers related to software engineering for scientific journals and industry magazines. He is listed as a co-inventor on two pending patent applications for novel software technology and has served as a software expert witness on behalf of plaintiffs in patent litigation matters.

Dr. Edwards teaches a graduate-level course on software engineering at the University of Southern California.

Dr. Edwards provides expert consulting in the following areas:

• Intellectual property and patent infringement
• Software design/source code audit and review
• Non-performance claims
• Expert witness and depositions

Dr. Edwards is an expert in the following technologies :

• Programming languages & platforms: Java, C/C++, C#, Perl, Python, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Flash, .NET, WPF, ASP.NET, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Java EE, CORBA, SOSCOE
• Mobile devices & applications: Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Objective-C, Java ME
• Operating systems & servers: UNIX environment, Linux/Windows servers, Mac OS, imap/pop/smtp servers, DNS servers
• Databases: RDBMS, SQL, MS SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle, MySQL
• Project management & development methods: Kanban, Lean software development, agile, object-oriented (OO), aspect-oriented programming (AOP), component-based development, COTS integration, requirements engineering, spiral model, UML

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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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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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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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Dr. Craig Rosenberg has a Master's Degree (1990) and a Ph.D. (1994) in Human Factors and User Interface Design from the University of Washington. He has spent his entire career on the design and development of advanced computing devices, with special attention and focus on mobile devices. Dr. Rosenberg's specialty and expertise is in the analysis, design, and implementation of user interfaces, user interaction design, graphical design, industrial design, and human factors of hand held mobile devices.

Examples of Projects relating expertise:

• Designed the world’s first two way pager for AT&T Wireless in 1995 and 1996. Designed the feature set, the entire user interface, the entire user interaction specification, the graphical design, and the graphical design standards document.
• Designed advanced mobile software for Eyematic Corporation that was developing advanced facial recognition and facial tracking applications for the both the homeland security and entertainment markets.
• Designed a complete VoIP phone system for the consumer market, including an extremely wide set of user interface features not typically found on household mobile phones such as complete Microsoft Outlook integration, file browsing, YouTube integration, internet radio, and the ability to browse and share files and pictures.
• Entrepreneur in Residence for a well-funded Los Angles based venture capital company focusing on investments in mobile technology companies and entertainment media companies.
• CEO and founder of a mobile technology company focusing on location based applications for GPS enabled smartphones.
• Inventor and designer of our initial suite of mobile application software called WhereWuz that is currently available for the Apple iPhone and all GPS enabled Android enabled smartphones.
• Consultant and supplier to The Boeing Company since 1996, designing, analyzing, and implementing a wide variety of advanced projects, including several advanced mobile software and hardware development projects that are used in the areas manufacturing, inspection, training, maintenance, communication, and advanced mission and safety critical checkpoint security operations for homeland security applications.
• Trained and taught engineers within Boeing as well as professors and students at the University of Washington on the best practices associated with the analysis, design, and implementation of graphical user interfaces for mobile devices.
• Published over 20 papers in professional journals and proceedings relating to user interface design, computer graphics, and the design of spatial, stereographic, and auditory displays.

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Jeff Parmet & Associates LLC specializes in software disputes. Specifically, we serve as consulting/testifying experts in disputes involving Failed Software Projects. We also specialize in Software Intellectual Property disputes, including Copyright, Patent Infringement, and Trade Secret Misappropriation claims. Many of these disputes involve e-Commerce / Internet issues. We apply our software training, skill and experience to the investigation, analysis and reporting of findings and opinions in software disputes to help our clients address the complex technical issues needed to cost-effectively resolve such disputes.

Services Provided:

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 - Analyzing source code for patterns and similarities or against patent claims to support or refute copyright, trade secret and patent infringement claims.

e-Commerce - Disputes involving e-Commerce or e-Business are rising rapidly. E-Commerce consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown exponentially with widespread Internet usage. We analyze liability issues in disputes involving electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems, among others.

Electronic Discovery - Recovering emails and other electronically stored information that may be discoverable.

Computer Forensics - Recovering deleted and lost files and other hard-to-find digital evidence.

Jeff Parmet is a software expert specializing in software failure and software intellectual property, e-Commerce, computer forensics and e-Discovery. With 38 years experience in the information technology field, 22 of which were with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Mr. Parmet 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.

Jorge Mendoza, a Mechanical Engineer, who utilizes state-of-the-art Photogrammetry and 3-D Computer Animation Technology to produce some of the countries most compelling forensic animation. Having a working association with experts in photography, accident reconstruction, human factors, biomechanics and the vision sciences, he uses cutting edge computer networks and software to push the envelope in courtroom presentation technology.

Mr. Mendoza has experience in the design and engineering analysis of aerospace equipment and has used computer aided design, failure analysis, and animation software for design and presentation purposes. His background also includes site inspection for the purpose of compiling a photographic log of the scene and collecting data for computer animation. Mr. Mendoza is experienced with the use and placement of video cameras on helicopters, cars, trucks, bikes, people and a design specific forty-foot pole.

Areas of Expertise:

Photogrammetry - the use of accident scene photos or surveillance video to determine the positions, velocities and dimensions of vehicles, people or objects of interest

Application of scientific and engineering principles to calculate trajectories, velocities, accelerations, and impact forces

Expert testimony for computer animation