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.

Michael L. Scruggs, FCA, ACAS, MAAA is an Actuary practicing in the Property and Casualty Insurance space for over 40 years. He gained industry experience working for three insurance companies from1976 to 1987. After that, Mr. Scruggs consulted through two "big-eight" accounting firms until he established his own consulting practice in 1991. Mr. Scruggs has worked in a variety of fields including Reinsurance, Actuarial, Information System / Information Technology, E-Commerce, Data Mining, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management Consulting, and Business Process Outsourcing.  His many accomplishments include analyzing loss and loss adjustment expense reserves for regulatory authorities, insurance companies, self-funded non-insurance entities (WC + GL), including a multi-billion, domestic and international, direct and reinsured (inward and outward) book of both traditional and special risks. Clients have also included the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the United States Attorney.

Areas of Expertise:

Financial Modeling Ratemaking Loss Reserving Data Hygiene

Insurance Administration Systems Product Development Captive Insurers Regulatory Matters

Litigation Support: As a Property and Casualty Insurance Actuary, Mr. Scruggs has been retained in over 30 cases around the country. He provides a broad range of litigation support services to attorneys representing both plaintiff and defendant.  Mr. Scruggs is comfortable providing expert witness services to parties, attorneys, and triers of fact. 

Degrees / Certifications:

• Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (2003 – Present) 
• Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (1989 – Present) 
• Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (1989 – Present)

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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Dr. Istvan Jonyer is an expert in Computer Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Smart TVs and Phones, Telecommunications, Digital Video and Multimedia, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and High Performance Computing. Dr. Jonyer is a scientist, engineer, educator, investor, and serial entrepreneur, with extensive research, development, and management experience in various areas of computer science with leading technology companies. 

Background Experience: Dr. Jonyer has been a venture capitalist with three different funds with responsibilities covering machine learning, autonomous vehicles, AR/VR, and mobile and streaming media delivery, among others. At Google he was responsible for launching Google TV devices with device OEMs and SoC vendors, such as Sony, Logitech, LG, Sharp, Samsung, Vizio, Intel, Marvell, and MediaTek. He has designed mobile communication systems for Nortel Networks and evaluated numerous telecommunications technologies as a venture capitalist. 

Dr. Jonyer is a serial entrepreneur with two startups under his belt, and continues to be involved with the startup ecosystem by both investing in and advising early stage startups. He has published extensively in machine learning and telecommunications, and has presented numerous times to a wide range of audiences, such as boards of directors, at conferences, and as a regular investor panelist.

Litigation Support: Dr. Jonyer offers testifying expert witness services to both defendants and plaintiffs with local presence in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. Services include source code analysis, deposition, trial testimony and second chair. 

Areas of Expertise: 

Technical Due Diligence Intellectual Property and Patent Infringement Software Design Software Architecture Enterprise Valuation

Source Code Review Breach of Contract Computer Forensics Invalidity Damages Assessment

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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 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.

Scott Cooper, Principal at Pegasus Squire, is retained by corporate and legal clients to deliver successful experience-based proactive and reactive solutions involving Electronic Discovery and Computer Forensics, Tactics and Strategy, and Expert Witness testimony and related services. He has over 30 years of experience in this space and has been recognized as an Industry Leader by the Southern California Business Journal, and have been featured in the New York Times.

Mr. Cooper's clients have included The White House, The US Department of Justice, General Electric, Exxon, Kirkland & Ellis, O’Melveny & Myers, Skadden Arps, and many other large national and international corporations and law firms dealing with litigation and internal (and external) investigations.

Litigation Support - A nationally recognized Expert in both Federal and State courts, Mr. Cooper has been utilized as a special master and designated as a court-appointed referee. He has also been involved in successfully supporting no-notice ex-parte computer evidence seizure motions and orders. Mr. Cooper's cases involve major corporate, financial, and oil & gas entities. His forensic services help companies and their lawyers through the steps associated with internal inquiries, governmental investigations, and litigation matters.

 Mr. Cooper's most notable engagement includes working with the prevailing party on the nation’s largest corporate Intellectual Property Theft case, which created numerous Federal precedents in the area of Electronic Discovery.

Areas of Expertise: 

Electronic Discovery Electronic Recovery Computer Forensic Analysis Intellectual Property Theft Industrial Espionage / Corporate Theft

Computer Systems Electronic Infrastructure Services Government Investigations Business Fraud Family Law Matters

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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.