Information & Internet Technology Expert Witnesses

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. Since 2012, he has been a Technology leader at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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 (American Express, Citibank, and Chase) on credit card and banking technology.

Scott T. Toborg, PhD, is an Information Technology specialist with over 30 years of experience in the Telecommunications and Information Technology industries. Dr. Toborg currently works as a product and technology consultant to major technology organizations.

Litigation Support - Dr. Toborg offers expert witness services to counsel representing both Plaintiff and Defense. He provides general litigation support services in the following areas:

Product Innovation and Development Processes Predictive Analytics Big Data Architectures Systems and Software Development Cloud Computing Complex Project Management Leadership and Management of Technical Teams Business Process Management

Telecommunication Operation Support Systems Satellite, Wireless, Cellular Technologies High-Performance Websites and Networks Healthcare IT Systems Home Automation M2M Internet of Things (IoT) Intellectual Property

Background Experience - Dr. Toborg served as the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Mosaix Communications, a VPN and integrated communications service provider; Vice President and Chief Information Officer at 360networks, a global broadband service provider; Director, Product Development Teledesic Corporation, a global satellite service provider, and Technology and Service Architect for SBC Communications (AT&T). He has also served in technology leadership roles at MCC, Hughes, and IBM. He has previously served as the VP of Products at Control4, COO at Bandwidth Advisers, and SVP at Strata8 Networks.

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David Shaw is an Expert with North America, Europe, and Far East expertise as an independent and impartial Technical and ICT Expert and Consultant involved in a wide range of high profile System, Integrations, remedial work on Failed Systems and Programs, Litigation, Expert Witness, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial and Ultra-High Speed Trading Systems, Cyberwarfare and Defence work.

Services Offered as Expert Witness:

• Strategy
• Programme Definition
• Enterprise Architecture
• Process Engineering
• Portfolio Management
• Programme Management
• Pre Action consultancy.

Steven R. Kursh, PhD, CSDP, CLP is a seasoned management consultant and expert witness.  He has extensive technical and management experience in the computer software industry.  He has been admitted by the Courts in numerous IP and contract dispute matters.  He has been deposed over forty-five times and haas testified in the Federal Courts, State Courts, and before arbitration panels over twenty-five times in his career.  He has worked for Adobe, Bank of America, Citigroup, EMC, Federal Insurance, HP, Honeywell, IBM, Invesco, Regents of the University of California, Samsung, Verizon, Yardi, government agencies, private equity firms and other organizations. 

Areas of Expertise:

• Intellectual Property - Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, and Patents
• Computer Software Industry - Development and Implementation of Software Products, Licensing, Marketing, Management, Contract Compliance, Valuation, Licensing
• Legal Matters Arising from Internet Activity - e-commerce
• Telecommunications - Including Mobile

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Setec Investigations offers unparalleled expertise in computer forensics and electronic discovery, providing highly personalized, case-specific forensic analysis and litigation support services to assist in the investigation, handling, and prosecution of computer-related crimes or misuse.

Setec Investigations combines today's most advanced computer forensics and litigation support expertise with a business- and legal-friendly approach, resulting in a sound analytical foundation that carefully balances critical investigative requirements with vital legal and evidentiary needs.

Setec Investigations incorporates a cross-disciplinary team comprised of computer forensic investigators, attorneys, law enforcement specialists, and seasoned business professionals who have established a proven track record of success since 1997.

Services Overview

Setec Investigations possesses the necessary combination of technical expertise, understanding of the legal system, and specialized tools and processes enabling the discovery, collection, investigation, and production of electronic information for investigating and handling computer-related crimes or misuse.

Explore our range of service offerings:

Computer Forensic Investigations

Computer forensics and enterprise investigation services identify, gather, analyze, and preserve electronic evidence to establish a sustainable posture for internal or legal action.

Electronic Discovery

Manage large volumes of electronic data and quickly identify and isolate electronic evidence that is critical to the success of a litigation.

Litigation Support

Legal consultants and attorneys translate litigation issues into strong case strategies that effectively utilize electronic evidence.

Expert Witness

Supports the resolution of security incidents and active litigations by offering impartial and independent expert testimony, opinions, and customized reports in legal proceedings.

Ian Allport, principal at Radical Software & Consulting Inc., has over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services and Information Technology industry.

Background Experience - For over 25 years Mr. Allport worked in various roles in the financial services industry. He has experience in developing applications for many business types and has operated at many different levels of responsibility including project management, application design, and programming. In those roles, he provided technology solutions and was intimately involved in the creation of new business platforms. At all times, Mr. Allport has been strongly aligned with the business operations in companies.

Litigation Support - Since 2000, Mr. Allport has provided litigation services for legal firms throughout the United States and Canada in the area of infringement of intellectual property, namely: Patents, Copyrights, and Theft of Intellectual Property. His cases have included subject matter related to:

• Financial Service Applications
• Health Care Services
• Medication Dispensing Software
• ATM and Point of Sale Transaction Processing
• Check Image Processing

Areas of Expertise:

Patents - Ian Allport has extensive experience in automated trading, including algorithmic and high frequency technology. These skills have been utilized on cases including Reuters vs. Bloomberg, LLC in a patent infringement litigation and a case of potential patent infringement involving automated execution platforms. Mr. Allport creates and examines claim charts, provides input to attorneys evaluating the validity of a patent, and performs detailed code and processing analysis of an application that potentially violate a patent.

Copyrights - To determine if a copyright has been violated, Mr. Allport utilizes analytical skills including abstraction, filtration and comparison, standards of substantially similar, look and feel protection, virtually identical analysis, and a detailed examination of the processes used in conjunction with the potential violating application. These tasks culminate in a report detailing whether or not the copyright was violated and, if so, the manner in which it was done including the use of copyright case history to highlight how conclusions were drawn.

Theft of Intellectual Property - Mr. Allport examines motives, defendant skill sets, opportunity, and the systems in question to determine if IP theft has occurred. Extensive reports are created based on his findings.

Robert O. Peruzzi, PhD, PE is a Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer with particular expertise in Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits (MSICs). His subspecialty within this broad category is with Integrated Circuits (silicon chips) used for signal-processing.

Dr. Peruzzi has a Wide ranging experience within the electronics industry, beginning with assembling, then repairing, and designing test equipment. He then moved on to integrated circuits, first testing, then designing subcircuits, and finally modeling and verifying large mixed-signal "systems on a chip".

Dr. Peruzzi has been court qualified as an Electrical Engineering Expert. Areas of practice: Electronic and Electro-Mechanical Systems and Mixed Signal IC Patent Litigation . His services are available to attorneys for both Plaintiff and Defense.

Areas of Expertise:

Design Behavioral Modeling and Verification Expertise Radio Frequency (RF) Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Systems-on-Chip

Circuit Analysis Patent Analysis ICs Modules Electro-Mechanical Systems

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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. 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, .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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Premium Software Consulting Services provided by industry leading experts. Today's software users expect and demand software that is more intelligent, interactive, usable, and reliable than ever before, over a backdrop of continuously evolving technology spanning a range of platforms. To remain competitive, modern applications need to solve complex problems that have never been solved before. This requires more than just programmers. You need experts.

All of our consultants have a Ph.D. in computer science or related discipline and at least ten years of industry experience. All have contributed to the software state-of-the-art, published original work, presented at conferences around the world, and have years of hands-on, practical industry experience. Areas include Software Design, Reliability, OOP, Pedagogy, Algorithms, Vision, Embedded Systems, Knowledge Acquisition, Programming Theory, Formal Methods, Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, and others. They know and work with today's modern programming languages and technologies. Expertise spans all aspects of the software life-cycle.

Offering advanced software development, project management, code review & quality assurance, management consulting, expert witness services, failed project turnaround, usability analysis, and more. Available on or off site anywhere in the United States and Europe. Please see our web site for more information and additional service offerings.

Jacob Sharony, PhD, MBA, has over 25 years of experience in Mobile and Wireless Technologies. He is currently an adjunct professor at Columbia University, teaching wireless technologies and applications. He also served as a faculty member of the electrical and computer engineering department and director of the Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology at Stony Brook University. Dr. Sharony held engineering and management positions in diverse technology disciplines at Time Warner Cable, Motorola, BAE Systems, NEC Research Institute, and IBM Research. He has over 50 US patents (pending and issued) and has served on several government expert panels. Litigation Support - Dr. Sharony provides Patent and Class Action litigation support and expert consulting in mobile and wireless technologies. This includes patent infringement and invalidity analysis, FRAND analysis, writing expert reports, and deposition, and testimony in court. His deep knowledge of target markets, including telecom, healthcare, logistics, transportation, government, hospitality, mobile commerce and supply chain management, combined with extensive expertise in wireless and mobile technologies ensure innovative and successful solutions. Areas of Expertise:

WiFi 4G LTE and WiMAX 5G Access / Backhaul Millimeter Waves (mmWave) 60 GHz Bluetooth / BLE ZigBee MIMO VoIP

RTLS RFID IoT M2M Wireless Sensing Technologies Antenna Issues Small Cell Issues Security Issues

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Joseph B. Matheson, CPA, ABV, CVA, DABFA, FACFEI, CITP, CFF, CFE, is a Certified Public Accountant, with over than 30 years of public and private accounting experience. Mr. Matheson is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA, one of the oldest and most prestigious certification organizations) and is Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He is also a Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute (FACFEI), holds a Diplomate from the American Board of Forensic Accountants (DABFA), and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. In addition, Personal Financial Specialist (PFS), and a Certified Financial Forensics (CFF) all of which are earned from the AICPA. Mr. Matheson has taught various accounting and business classes for the Small Business Development Centers of New Jersey (part of the SBA), continuing education classes to other CPAs, and was a member of the Speakers Bureau for the New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Litigation Support - Joseph Matheson uses Forensic Accounting and Auditing skills to provide an analysis of financial records in conjunction with dispute resolutions, as well as fraud and theft investigation. His damage measurement methods can determine the extent of financial loss and illegal accounting practices. Mr. Matheson is qualified and testifies as an expert witness in New Jersey State and Federal Courts. He also provides analysis to mediation attorneys to assist in settlement.

Areas of Expertise:

• Business Valuation for bankruptcy, partner and shareholder disputes, contract disputes, marital disputes
• Valuation of closely held businesses, stock options and restricted stock for capital gain, gift tax and compensation purposes
• Wage and economic loss reports, business interruption loss reports, divorce (lifestyle analysis, tax-effected balance sheet preparation, alimony, and child support analysis)
• Investigative accounting and fraud analysis
• Merger and acquisition negotiation purposes

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Philip J. Isaak, PE, P.Eng., DCDC, RCDD, SMIEEE, is an expert witness, consultant & trainer in the design, construction, procurement, implementation, commissioning & operations of information technology, telecommunications & critical data center facilities. Mr. Isaak provides clear analysis for complex disputes, incorporating industry standards, best-practices and over 20 years of consulting & training expertise working with clients located in 28 countries and territories across 6 continents. In recognition of Mr. Isaak’s professional standing, the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest professional association for advancement of technology, certified him to the grade of Senior Member, a level only 9% of IEEE’s over 400,000 global members hold. Mr. Isaak is also an author of several industry standards published by TIA & ANSI/BICSI, whitepapers published by The Green Grid, and the Data Center Handbook published by John Wiley & Sons.

Expert Witness Services	Areas of Expertise
IP, Trade Secrets, Contracts Analysis Design, Construction, Implementation Claims, Damages, Defects, Delays, Failure & Quality Control Analysis Failed System Analysis Unfulfilled SLA Analysis Technical Investigations Claims Preparation & Analysis Expert Reports Settlement Opinions & Strategies Deposition & Trial Testimony	Cloud Computing Services Colocation Services Construction Data Centers Electrical Engineering Fiber Optic Cabling Forensic Engineering IT Systems Capacity Planning & Forecasting Life Safety Systems Network Systems, Services & Infrastructure Operating Procedures Telecommunications

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Michael Rabinovici specializes in Web and Social Media Marketing. Mr. Rabinovici entered the Internet business in 1994, after practicing law as a commercial litigator. Today, his focus is on leveraging Web and social media marketing strategies to promote clients’ business objectives and deliver defined ROIs.

Mr. Rabinovici is certified with Marketing Experiments, one of the Internet industry’s leading research and testing companies. He has worked with a variety of companies in the areas of Web marketing and social media including IBM, Deloitte, Cisco, PennEnergy, and Fidelity.

Litigation Support - Michael Rabinovici provides expert services on Anti-Spam related issues. Involved in the legislation process, he is conversant with many of the topics inherent in spam marketing. His expertise is available to attorneys representing both Plaintiff and Defense.

Consulting Services: For the past 20 years, Michael Rabinovici has been focused on business-to-business communications, helping some of North America’s leading companies develop copy for virtually every form of marketing collateral, across a huge range of industries. His consulting services include:

• Content Marketing - Blog Posts, e-books, Webinars, White Papers, Info Sheets, Case Studies
• Social Media Marketing - Engage in Network Conversation, Develop Corporate Branded Blogs, Launch Inbound Marketing Campaigns, Build Compelling Mobile Apps

Mr. Rabinovici has appeared on ROB TV and is a sought-after speaker on social media topics and blogs frequently on current developments in Web and social media marketing.

Internet Expert Witness: Peter Kent is the author of "Search Engine Optimization for Dummies," "Pay Per Click Search Engine Marketing for Dummies" and "Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet." He has been online since 1984 and envolved with online marketing since 1990. Mr. Kent has worked as the Vice President of Marketing for a Web-applications development firm. He was also the Vice President of Web Solutions for a national ISP and the founder of a VC-funded e-business service provider. He has a wide range of Online-Marketing experience in many different industries.

Specialties Include:

• SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
• Search Engine "Linking" Campaigns
• PPC (Pay Per Click Advertising)
• Web Hosting
• Web Design
• Web Application Development,
• E-Commerce Site Development
• Web Project Management
• Affiliate Marketing
• Improving Online "Conversions"
• E-Mail Publishing
• Online PR
• "Community" Marketing

C. Matthew Curtin, CISSP  Founder and CEO of Interhack is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. An Expert in Computers and Information Technology, Mr. Curtin and his team at Interhack help attorneys and executives use data and computer technology in high-stakes situations. 

Mr. Curtin's work has been at the cutting edge of the intersection of law and technology. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit relied on Interhack's forensic computing practice and Mr. Curtin's expert opinion when it established standards for application of Federal wiretap statutes to Web technology, In re Pharmatrak Privacy Litigation (see link above). 

Academic references to their work include the Stanford Law Review and university courses throughout the world. Mr. Curtin maintains a regular academic appointment as a Senior Lecturer at The Ohio State University's Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He currently chairs the Recruitment subcommittee of the Business Advisory Network that advises the Ohio Department of Education's standards for technology education in secondary and postsecondary schools throughout the state. 

C. Matthew Curtin's services are available for plaintiffs, defendants, and for the courts directly on technical matters. 

Areas of Forensic Expertise:

• Electronic Discovery
• Preservation and Forensic Analysis of Data
• Complex Analysis of Non-Standard Data Sets
• Investigations
• Data Breaches

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