Expert Details
Smart Phones; Wireless Mesh; PLD, FPGA, ASIC, DSP; Semi Packaging; Home Automation; Streaming Video
ID: 726593
Washington, USA
As of April 1, 2012, Expert holds 38 US patents and has more than 15 pending applications.
Expert spent 20 years in the programmable semiconductor industry and is considered an expert in PLDs FPGAs, ASICs, and DSPs. He was an expert witness for AMD in a patent litigation with four defendant companies. He has 20 issued patents related to these technologies.
Expert has worked with two companies in the field of wireless mesh networking, and has one issued patent and one pending application related to wireless mesh networking technology.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1970 | Degree: BSEE | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: Cornell University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2005 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2005 | Employer: MeshDynamics | Title: CEO | Department: |
Responsibilities:Ran the company;Drafted patent applications |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2004 | Employer: Jig Saw Tech | Title: VP Marketing | Department: |
Responsibilities:Program manager for semiconductor advanced package development |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1995 to 2002 | Employer: Lightspeed Semiconductor | Title: CEO, Chairman | Department: |
Responsibilities:Executive, Ran the patent program;Lightspeed was the first Structured ASIC company |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1995 | Employer: SunRise Imaging | Title: VP Marketing | Department: |
Responsibilities:Marketing and Sales;Drafted patent applications |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1990 to 1993 | Employer: Aptix Corp. | Title: VP Marketing | Department: |
Responsibilities:Marketing and applications |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1989 | Employer: Actel | Title: Marketing and technical consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Applications for FPGA |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1985 to 1987 | Employer: P-CAD | Title: VP Advanced Products | Department: |
Responsibilities:Managing director for PLD software products |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| IEEE |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Chairman at Lightspeed Semiconductor |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| 38 Patents issued; 15 Patents pending |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Key Witness for Patent Validity, 1989-1993 - AMD v. Atmel - AMD v. Samsung - AMD v. Cypress Semiconductor - AMD v. Gazelle Microcircuits; Reviewed prior art and performed validity analysis; Reviewed depositions; Gave deposition in AMD v. Atmel |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Many seminars for PLD design; Seminars for Image processing |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Quoted in articles as industry expert regarding: - Programmable logic - Image processing - ASICs - Wireless Mesh Networking |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Validity and infringement analysis - presenting to an audience (jury) |
Fields of Expertise
3G mobile phone, camera telephone, programmable logic device, combinational circuit, field-programmable gate array, field-programmable logic array, gate array, logic circuit, programmable array logic, programmable gate array, programmable logic array, programmable logic device design, sequential circuit, 802.11x, search engine optimization, 802.16x, wireless voice over IP, wireless communications service, fixed-mobile convergence, ultra wideband, fixed wireless access, wireless internet, e-tailing, ecommerce, Internet marketing, search engine, Internet commerce, online publishing, Advanced Research Projects Agency, programmable chip, mobile telecommunication, digital telephony, programmable logic control, wireless communication, aperture card, time division multiple access, automatic control device, electronic device design, electronic circuit design, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory, telecommunication, control process, Internet, electronic circuit, semiconductor chip, programmable controller, device, integrated logic circuit, digital circuit, computer memory, cellular mobile radio