Information Science (Analysis & Investigation) Expert Witnesses: 10

James T. Geier is an independent consultant, author, and entrepreneur with 40 years experience planning, designing, analyzing and implementing Mobile Devices, Communications Systems, and Wireless Networks. Mr. Geier is the author of over a dozen books on mobile and wireless topics including, Designing and Deploying 802.11n Wireless Networks (Cisco Press), Implementing 802.1X Security Solutions (Wiley), Wireless Networking Handbook (New Riders), and Network Re-engineering (McGraw-Hill). Mr. Geier has been an active participant within IEEE standards organizations, such as the IEEE 802.11 Working Group, and the Wi-Fi Alliance. He has served as Chairman of the IEEE Computer Society, Dayton Section, and various conferences.

Litigation Support - James Geier has been an expert witness, written expert reports, been deposed, and testified in court as an expert during numerous patent litigation cases involving communications systems and protocols, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, security, encryption, authentication, IoT, transmit power control, network addressing, transmission protection (CTS-to-self), transmission priority, quality of service (QoS), frequency hopping, multi-modal radios, OFDM, application data updates, sensor networks, and location technologies. Mr. Geier has provided the following services dealing with patent litigation:

• Patent Invalidity / Validity Analysis
• Infringement / Non-infringement Analysis
• Patent Claims Interpretation and Analysis / Claim Construction
• Product Software and Firmware Review and Analysis
• Prior Art Research and Analysis

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Bruce Weiner is an Information and Internet Technology executive with over 30 years of in-depth experience managing product and software development for contracting companies and Fortune 100 companies.

Mr. Weiner is a Princeton trained computer scientist and electrical engineer, and a patent holder. Over his career, he has gained extensive experience in Information Systems management, program/project management, software development, software architecture, internet delivery, business applications, technology vendor selection, IT Outsourcing, and customer contact center operations.

Litigation Consulting Services: Mr. Weiner has experience as a consulting and/or testifying expert witness in software development, patent infringement, and commercial litigation matters for both plaintiffs and defendants. He is adept at translating complex software, patent, and technology issues for the lay person audience. He consulted on industry transforming anti-trust cases in the travel industry.

Industry Experience:

• Travel Industry Technology - Former technology leader for American Express Travel and Chief Technology Officer of United.com;
• Loyalty Industry Technology - 30 years experience in the technology that powers loyalty programs, working on Membership Miles, Thank You Rewards, Mileage Plus, #1 Gold, eRewards, MyPoints, Blockbuster Rewards, and AAdvantage
• Financial Services Technology – 30 years experience working with Financial Services Companies on credit card and banking technology.

USAForensic is a boutique state-of-the-art forensics company with full-time labs in Phoenix, Arizona and Detroit, Michigan. Our booking office is on the east coast. This helps with an earlier start each day and with overseas cases.

Specializing in forensic Audio, Video, Cell Phones, Computers Photography & ”Cell Tower tracking” debunking.  USAForensic is court certified in Federal, US Military, US District, many State and county courts throughout the United States. International cases are not uncommon. Mr. Neumeister has worked in 23 countries over the past 40 years.

Clients range from the largest Law firms to private firms, large corporations, the Department of Defense, government agencies, advocacy groups, the DOJ to the innocence project.

Technology is flying past the court system. We’re here to work with attorneys to understand how to deal with digital or analog evidence, how to challenge it or how to get it admitted into evidence.

We prefer to work in the background assisting attorneys, even writing out Daubert 702 & 902 issues regarding other parties evidence submissions.

In a recent Federal Daubert hearing USAForensic worked with DOD JAG attorneys to get police cell tower tracking ruled inadmissible. The federal judge rule police cell tower tracking as “Garbage in, Garbage out”. 

Not a verifiable science, not peer reviewed, no scientific white-paper to support its use.

Over 600 cases in the past 3 years. From the very highest profile to simple straightforward forensic cell phone extractions or video and audio clarification for court use.

To us Data is Data & takes no side, but it has to be verifiable data.

Dr. George Edwards, Ph.D. is an expert in Computer Software, Internet Applications, Web Technologies, Mobile Phone/Tablet Applications, Digital Video and Multimedia, Medical and Embedded Software, 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 in patent litigation matters.

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

Expert Technologies :

• Programming languages & platforms: Java, C/C++, C#, Perl, Python, PHP, .NET, WinForms, WPF, Visual Studio, Eclipse, Java EE, CORBA
• Internet and web: JavaScript, AJAX, Node.js, Ruby, HTML, XML, CSS, ASP.NET
• Mobile devices & applications: Android, iOS, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Palm OS, Java ME
• Multimedia: MPEG, SVG, DVR, Silverlight, Flash
• Operating systems & servers: UNIX, Linux, Windows, Mac OS
• Networking: IMAP, POP, SMTP, DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP
• 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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Dr. Joseph Greenfield is the Vice President and Chief Forensic Examiner with Maryman & Associates. He is a renowned Computer Forensics Expert with over 15 years of investigative experience, including cyber breach investigations, employee misconduct, and email recovery and analysis. 

Dr. Greenfield is also an Associate Professor of Information Technology Practice at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California, where he authored both the undergraduate cybersecurity and digital forensics programs. In 2014, the Ponemon Institute ranked USC as 6th in the nation for “Best Schools for Cybersecurity” and the highest ranked on the West Coast. In 2019, he co-created an interdisciplinary bachelor's degree in Intelligence and Cyber Operations, now a part of the USC Political Science and International Relations Department in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

Litigation Support - Dr. Greenfield has over 15 years of experience in digital forensics. He has testified for both plaintiff and defense in civil matters in state, federal, and international courts. He has examined over 2,000 pieces of digital evidence and worked on over 1,000 cases. He has also provided expert testimony in criminal matters.

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 Dr. Greenfield completed his Ph. D. in Computer Science at the University of Rhode Island, where his research focused on parallel processing of all live files while creating a forensic bitstream image.

Huggins Actuarial Services, Inc is a full-service independent consulting firm with more than 100 years of experience providing innovative and clever solutions to a wide range of Actuarial and Risk Management challenges. They offer a wide range of tactical consulting services providing valuable assistance in the day-to-day operation of your firm, as well as strategic consulting to inform decision-making on matters of extreme gravity.

Litigation Support - Huggins’ credentialed actuaries have extensive industry experience providing expert witness testimony as part of legal proceedings or for valuation services. Their actuaries are renowned industry experts, providing credible unbiased advice to the client. An actuary providing expert testimony performs an important service to the forum, the finder of fact in the forum, and the public by providing information that can be critical to resolution of disputes. This may include explaining complex technical concepts so they can be understood by the audience to whom the testimony is directed.

Clients are usually a law firm, insurance entity, or an individual person. Huggins undertakes insurance and reinsurance litigation and arbitration support projects and provides assistance as the client may request, and will generally consult with, advise and assist the client. Huggins’ expert actuaries work with the client to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the case in order to formulate the best possible strategy. Clients typically request the following services:

Areas of Expertise:

Ronald T. (Rusty) Kuehn,  FCAS, MAAA, CERA, CPCU, ARM, FCA, is a Consulting Actuary with Huggins Actuarial Services, Inc. and a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries and the International Actuarial Association. In addition, Mr. Kuehn holds the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA) designation, the Chartered Property-Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation, and the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designation.

Mr. Kuehn is professionally active; he has served as the chairman of the Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar (CLRS), which is jointly sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), the American Academy of Actuaries and the Conference of Consulting Actuaries. He has also served on the on the Casualty Practice Council of the American Academy of Actuaries, the CAS Examination Committee and Committee for Consultants’ Interests, and as past President, Education Chairman and Board Member of the Casualty Actuaries of the Mid-Atlantic Region (CAMAR).

In addition, Mr. Kuehn has served on the Insurance Services Office Private Passenger Automobile Subcommittee and the Homeowners Subcommittee. Mr. Kuehn has also served as a Member of the Conference Task Force on Public Policy Debate of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice. He currently serves on the Board of the Insurance Society of Philadelphia (ISOP), and he is a member of the ORSA subgroup of the ERM Committee of the Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council of the American Academy of Actuaries. His over 45 years in business have given him a thorough knowledge of the property-casualty business both from a company and consulting viewpoint. See Full Bio and Consulting Experience.

Grover M. Edie, MBA, FCAS, MAAA, CERA, CPCU, ARM, ARP, is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, a Certified Enterprise Risk Analyst, a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, and an Associate in Research and Planning. 

Prior to joining Huggins, Mr. Edie was Vice President and Chief Actuary at GMAC Insurance Company, where he oversaw all actuarial activities including pricing, loss reserving, and enterprise risk management in personal auto, commercial lines, auto extended service contracts, assumed reinsurance and other miscellaneous lines of insurance. He introduced Economic Capital Modeling to the organization during his tenure. His previous employers include Erie Insurance Group, John Deer Insurance, and the Insurance Services Office.

Mr. Edie has over 25 years of actuarial experience. He started his insurance career as an underwriter. The primary services Mr. Edie provides to his clients includes Economic Capital Modeling, Enterprise Risk Management, profitability analysis, rate level reviews and filings, and loss reserve analysis. See Full Bio and Consulting Experience.

Kim E. Piersol, FCAS, MAAA, is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Prior to joining Huggins, he served as Senior Vice President & Chief Actuary for Crum & Forster Insurance Companies. Prior to that he served as Group Vice President & Chief Actuary for CNA Insurance Companies, and was a consulting actuary for KPMG LLP, Arthur Andersen LLP, and CFO of AIG Risk Management (AIGRM). 

Mr. Piersol is professionally active; he has served on the American Academy of Actuaries Environmental Liabilities Work Group, the NAIC Technical Advisory Committee on Catastrophe Reserves, the Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Bureau Actuarial Committee, and has been a Director and Treasurer of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS). He also served on the Professional Liability Actuarial Subcommittee of the Insurance Services Office (ISO). He has also served as a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army Field Artillery. His over 40 years in the actuarial field have given him a thorough knowledge of the property-casualty business both from a company and consulting viewpoint. See Full Bio and Consulting Experience.

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Nicolas ("Nick") A. Bax, PhD, is a seasoned Cryptocurrency Forensics Researcher with over 7 years of experience. His journey in blockchain forensics began in 2017, spurred by his personal encounter with crypto theft. Nick holds a PhD in structural biology from Stanford University, where he concurrently honed his skills in blockchain forensics, working for multiple VC-backed startups. Currently, he is the Director of Analytics at Unciphered LLC, a company specializing in crypto wallet recovery.

Nick's expertise extends to publishing research on diverse cryptocurrency-related subjects, including statistical detection of market abuse, NFT data analysis, and the tracing of anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrency transactions. His work has not only gained recognition in industry circles but has also been featured in major media outlets. His unique blend of in-depth knowledge of the crypto world, advanced data engineering skills, and a solid scientific research background enables him to conduct thorough forensic investigations. He adeptly extracts meaningful insights and delivers powerful testimony on complicated topics, making them accessible to various audiences.

Areas of Expertise:

Litigation Support - Nick's approach to forensics is comprehensive and detailed. His engagements generally require correlating blockchain data with a range of other data sources, such as private communications, social media, contracts, and more. This multi-dimensional analysis has proven invaluable in a wide array of investigations, encompassing fraud, market manipulation, and tracking hackers of varying sophistication levels. His Chainalysis Reactor Certification and access to a broad spectrum of both peer-reviewed and proprietary tools, methodologies, and data sources equip him to tackle the most challenging of cases with precision and effectiveness.

With his extensive background and proven track record, Nick stands as a leading expert in the field, adept at navigating the complexities of cryptocurrency and delivering results with clarity and authority.

Mark McFarland, is a licensed and Board Certified Electrical and Telecommunications Engineer.  He provides expert consulting for plaintiff and defense counsel on civil and criminal cases nationwide. 

Mark's practice covers a wide range of cases, typically involving electrical, electronic, software, cellular, GPS, and telecommunications evidence. He has worked with lawyers in several fields including: wrongful death, personal injury, product liability, securities fraud, homicide, sex trafficking, medical malpractice, class action, insurance claims, patent litigation, contract disputes, and more.

Mark has worked dozens of cases and testified in court for civil and criminal trials.

Many of the cases he's worked have settled on his expert report.

Contact Mark at Discovery Engineering when you have litigation involving electrical, electronic, software, cellular, or GPS evidence. Licensed & Board Certified.  720-593-1640

For more information, please give me a call or visit my website.  

Have a fantastic day!   

Dr. Cristina Benton is a senior consultant with Anderson Economic Group, directing the Market and Industry Analysis practice area. Her background is in Research and Data Analysis, Community and Economic Development, and Urban Planning.

While with AEG, Dr. Benton has worked on a number of auto dealership franchise projects as well as retail, industry, and market analyses. Among the clients for whom she has worked are Holland Tulip Time Festival, the Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Automation Alley. Dr. Benton has also worked with automobile dealerships in matters of sales performance assessments, geographic territory analyses, market opportunity studies, and expert testimony. 

Prior to joining AEG, Dr. Benton worked as a community and economic development assistant with the City of East Lansing, Michigan where she provided analysis and support to the city’s economic development efforts. Prior to that, she was a research assistant at Michigan State University working on the evaluation of economic revitalization programs in Michigan. 

Dr. Benton holds a PhD in geography and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning, both from Michigan State University, along with a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Babes-Bolyai University, Romania. She is a member of the Michigan Economic Developers Association (MEDA).

Litigation Support - Dr. Benton has successfully testified in countless state and federal courts, legislative hearings, and commercial arbitration panels. Her services include thorough reporting, depositions, arbitration, and trial testimony as needed

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Jessie Stricchiola has over 23 years of experience in the fields of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Digital Marketing, and  Internet Technologies. She is the founder of Alchemist Media, Inc., a digital marketing consultancy launched in 2002 that provides various internet and search engine marketing consulting services, including SEO, website development, web analytics, and digital marketing strategies.

Ms. Stricchiola began studying search algorithms and digital information discoverability in 1997, and was first employed as a full-time search engine optimization (SEO) specialist in 1998. She is co-author of The Art of SEO, (O’Reilly Media, 1st Ed. 2009, 2nd Ed. 2012, 3rd Ed. 2015, 4th Ed, 2022), a treatise on the practice of SEO that has been used as required or recommended reading in courses at Georgetown University, USC, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, the University of Wisconsin, Syracuse University, the University of Mumbai, the City University of Hong Kong, and others.  

Ms. Stricchiola has been a presenter and/or moderator at various search engine and internet industry conferences since 2002, including Ad:tech, O'Reilly's Web 2.0, Pubcon, Shop.org, FOO Camp (O’Reilly), Search Engine Strategies, Search Marketing Expo (SMX), and others.  She is credited with having been the first to identify Click Fraud in the PPC (pay per click) industry in 2001. Her work on this issue has been featured in numerous media outlets, including NPR, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired.com, CNN Money, and in The Google Story (First Edition, David a. Vise).

Litigation Support - Jessie Stricchiola has been qualified as an Internet Discoverability, Web Analytics, and Search Engine Optimization Subject Matter Expert in two US Federal District Courts, the Federal Court of Canada, and various California Superior Courts. Her services include pre-file case evaluation and research, expert consultant (non-testifying) engagements, and expert witness testimony at deposition and trial including claims construction and related testimony for patent litigation. CV available upon request

Parties to Litigation: U.S. Government, Uber Technologies Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Dyson Technologies, Inc., IHG Hotels & Resorts, FremantleMedia, and others.

Areas of Expertise:

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