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Software expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, software development, and data analysis. Some of the most common specialties among software expert witnesses also include network architecture, database management, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud computing. They can opine on the effects of data breaches, intellectual property disputes, software patent infringement, system failures, and software design flaws.

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Average Software Expert Witnesses Court Fees

$425/hr

Review Fee

$475/hr

Deposition Fee

$500/hr

Court Fee

Review Fee $300/hr
Deposition Fee $300/hr
Court Fee $300/hr

This qualified computer science expert earned his BS in physics and computer science from Rutgers University before earning his MS in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology. He has experience with several programming languages and software programs, including Python, Java, and Amazon Web Services. He formerly served as a software engineer for CSF Corporation. Currently, this expert serves as the co-founder and CTO of a community assistance non-profit based in New Jersey, as well as a venture associate for a venture capital firm and a developer evangelist and a venture startup mentor for an enterprise software firm, both based in New York.

Venture Capital Associate, An International District Fund

Juris Doctor (JD), Northwestern California University School of Law

Edison |

New Jersey

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Deposition Fee $300/hr
Court Fee $300/hr

This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the fields of data science and artificial intelligence, specializing in the numerical modeling of complex physical systems and in the modern methods of machine learning. He earned his DEA in fluid mechanics and transport phenomena from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in France, his MSc in hydraulic engineering from the University of Cagliari in Italy, and his PhD in geophysics from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. This expert is active in his field as an author of numerous scientific publications and he currently holds two patents. Among his former positions, he served as a research geophysicist for ION Geophysical, a principal data scientist for GE Oil and Gas, and the chief data scientist for both Pioneer National Resources and Belmont Technology. Currently, this expert serves as a senior technical advisor of data analytics for an energy company.

Senior Technical Advisor, Data Analytics, An energy company

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Texas

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Review Fee $600/hr
Deposition Fee $600/hr
Court Fee $600/hr

This expert has been working as a mechanical engineer and testifying expert witness for over 30 years. He holds both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a BES from Georgia Tech. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Member of SAE and ASM. This expert is a licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer (PE), providing expertise across a wide range of engineering topics and fields. He has deep experience in medical devices including cardiovascular, orthopedic, and spinal applications and applications of nitinol shape memory materials. He has experience as an Expert Witness, has testified in trial and deposition, and authored expert reports and IPR declarations. He works in patents and product failure analysis and forensics. He was previously Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University as well as a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.

Principal, An independent engineering consultancy in CA

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Stanford University

Sunnyvale |

California

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Review Fee $450/hr
Deposition Fee $450/hr
Court Fee $450/hr

This highly qualified software professional is an expert in software and computing technology with 20+ years of experience as an inventor, engineer, and programmer. He designed and built the web's first online bookmark site, and belongs to the IEEE Computer Society and the Application Developers Alliance. This expert has worked as a programmer, software development manager, technical analyst, CTO, software engineer, and mentor in a wide variety of industries including enterprise software, digital entertainment, and web-enabled government. He also launched a number of Internet startups using cutting-edge technologies like cloud-based server scaling, machine learning (AI), and personalized social ad targeting. His first startup, created significant prior art used in multiple patent cases. He currently serves as a consulting and testifying expert where he provides software analysis and computer forensics.

Software Consultant, Private Consulting Firm

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Indiana University

Los Angeles |

California

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Review Fee $400/hr
Deposition Fee $600/hr
Court Fee $800/hr

This expert earned his BA in Mathematics and Physics from the University of California - Berkeley. He went on to earn his MS and PhD from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. After receiving his PhD, the expert has held positions as a professor at major universities in the field of computer science and as an executive in private sector companies working on software development. He is also active in his field as a member of numerous software development societies including the Association for Computing Machinery, the Open Source Initiative, the Institute for Software Research, and the International Federation of Information Processing. In addition, he has published over 60 journal articles and has edited 11 books. His awards include being selected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE). Currently, he is a Professor of Software Management Practice in the Integrated Innovation Institute within his top-tier engineering university's campus. The expert is the director of an open source research program at the same top-tier engineering university.

Consultant, A software development business in CA

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Wisconsin, Madison

San Francisco |

California

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Review Fee $650/hr
Deposition Fee $650/hr
Court Fee $650/hr

This qualified expert earned his BS in computer engineering from UC Santa Barbara and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has over ten years of experience in technical analysis for software intellectual property matters and two patents. This expert has been published over five times and has presented at various conferences in his field. He is a former firmware developer for Theranos, Inc. and a former project manager and research engineer for Zeidman Consulting. Currently, he serves as the principal and intellectual property technical advisor for a software development and analysis consulting firm.

Principal, A Software Development and Analysis Consulting Firm in CA

Bachelor of Science (BS), University of California Santa Barbara

Mountain View |

California

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $350/hr
Court Fee $350/hr

This expert has been involved with software development for over 30 years, and he currently runs his own consulting business. He received his BS in information systems management from the University of San Francisco as well as training through the National Security Agency’s National Cryptologic School. Prior to his position as a consultant he worked as an analyst for the US Air Force, a lead planner with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a senior system engineer at IBM and was a regional vice president at LANsystems. He holds nine patents, and is a member of the Project Management Institute and the PMI College of Scheduling.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, A Business Consulting Firm in FL

Bachelor of Science (BS), University of San Francisco

St. Augustine |

California

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Review Fee $500/hr
Deposition Fee $500/hr
Court Fee $500/hr

This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of professional experience in software engineering and information technology. He received his BS in electrical engineering from Princeton University and is certified in international relations and public policy by the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. Formerly, this expert has served as an analyst at Booz Allen & Hamilton, the vice president of technology at American Express, the chief technology officer at Brierley & Partners, a principal at First Manhattan Consulting Group, and the former managing director for United Airlines and Novantas LLC - Logicsourcing, as well as the founder of his own consultancy. He has published three major publications on topics in information technology. Currently, he is the officer of business technology and a senior information technology project manager of a nationally-recognized bank.

Vice President and Product Manager, A Central Bank in NY

Bachelor of Science (BS), Princeton University

New York |

New York

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This highly qualified computer software expert has over 25 years of professional experience in his field. He received his BS in mathematics from C.C.S. University in India and his MA in computer applications from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute. He is a certified AWS developer, solutions architect, and SysOps administrator. Additionally, he is a certified professional and azure developer by Microsoft. Formerly, he has held roles as a software engineer at Newgen Software, a development lead at Citigroup, a senior developer at Microsoft - BizTalk Server,a senior development manager at Microsoft - Azure, a product architect at Fiserv, and a principal engineer for both Rackspace and Yahoo. Currently, this expert is a senior architect at a major search advertising company.

Senior Architect, A Major Search Advertising Company

Master of Arts (MA), Harcourt Butler Technological Institute

California

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Review Fee $200/hr
Deposition Fee $200/hr
Court Fee $200/hr

This software expert has over 23 years of experience, specializing in source code review. He has extensive experience working on patent infringement cases involving major tech companies including Google, Microsoft, and Apple. He has received grants from the US Department of Education to develop course material on .NET Internationalization and Java Programming Internationalization. Prior to his position as CEO of his consulting firm, he was a professor of programming at Waukesha County Technical College, where he taught courses on web design, HTML, JavaScript, Java, and Enterprise Java.

CEO and Senior Developer, A Programming, Development and Intellectual Property Consulting Firm in Wisconsin

Oconomowoc |

Wisconsin

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Review Fee $200/hr
Deposition Fee $400/hr
Court Fee $500/hr

This highly qualified expert has nearly 40 years of experience in his field. He received his BS in mathematics from Denison University and his MBA in finance from the University of Michigan. He was the founder and CEO of three successful insurance software companies over the course of nearly 30 years. He has also formerly served as the VP of national accounts for Republic Hogg Robinson, the senior VP of strategy and CIO of Adjustco, and the president of the claims software division for Insurity. Currently, this expert serves as the managing director for an insurance software consulting company in Connecticut.

Managing Director, An insurance software consulting company in CT

Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Michigan

Ridgefield |

Connecticut

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Review Fee $300/hr
Deposition Fee $300/hr
Court Fee $300/hr

This highly qualified expert has over 35 years of experience in healthcare and over 45 years of experience in information technology. He received his BBA in quantitative methods and his MBA in economics and finance from the University of Missouri. He then earned his PhD in healthcare administration at Anderson University. His former positions include executive vice president and general manager of Unicomp Corporation, chief information officer of Aldus Corporation, co-founder and CTO of Health Systems Technologies, and executive director and co-founder of eMRnet. He was also an associate professor and director of eHealth at Mercer University. Currently, this expert serves as the founder and principal of a business consulting firm in South Carolina.

Founder and Principal, A business consulting firm in SC

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Anderson University

Beaufort |

South Carolina

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Review Fee $500/hr
Deposition Fee $550/hr
Court Fee $550/hr

This highly-qualified expert has 25 years of experience in the field of computer software and telecommunications. He currently holds 11 patents. This expert has developed several mobile phone applications and is credited with developing the first VOIP application. He has held a number of distinguished positions throughout his career, including chief technology officer of Inforum Communications, O1 Communications, and Vysk Communications. He has also served as the vice president of voice over IP for Go2Call.com. Currently, this expert is a senior software developer for an audio and video product manufacturer in California.

Chief Executive Officer, A Technology Company in TX

Burleson |

Texas

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $300/hr
Court Fee $300/hr

This qualified expert has extensive experience with patents and software-related intellectual property as an IT litigation consultant and attorney. He received his BS in biology and chemistry from Stony Brook University and his MS in chemistry from SUNY Stony Brook before earning his JD from Georgetown University. He also earned his MML in international business and economic law from Georgetown University. He is a member of the state bar of California and is a registered patent agent. He has formerly served as a patent agent for Marjama, Muldoon, Blasiak, & Sullivan and law clerk for the Office of Unfair Import Investigations of the United States International Trade Commission. Currently, this expert is a software analyst for a technical consulting firm based in Maryland.

Software Analyst, A Technical Consulting Firm in MD

Juris Doctor (JD), Georgetown University

Kensington |

Maryland

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $350/hr
Court Fee $450/hr

This highly qualified expert earned his BSc in computer science, mathematics, and statistics from The Australian National University and his MS in computer science and machine learning from Carnegie Mellon University. He speaks Chinese in addition to English and is well-versed in the legal system from his prior experiences self-representing. This expert has experience in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, natural language technologies, computer science, software engineering, programming, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. He previously held positions as a lead inference engineer at Scaled Inference and as software engineer in research at Google. He also started his own operating system, PotatOS while still in school. Currently, this expert is the founder and CEO of an automated community intelligence company in California.

Founder & CEO, An Automated Community Intelligence Company

Master of Science (MS), Carnegie Mellon University

Mountain View |

California

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Review Fee $300/hr
Deposition Fee $300/hr
Court Fee $300/hr

This expert earned his BS in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and went on to found a music education company called LessonUp. He then began his career in software as a teacher in residence at Hack Reactor and went on to work as a software engineer at Hint Health. He has demonstrated experience with back-end web technologies for technology startups and is skilled in numerous software languages, including Ruby, Python, and Javascript. Currently, this expert is a senior software engineer at the leading digital currency exchange in the United States.

Senior Software Engineer, A Digital Currency Exchange in CA

Bachelor of Science (BS), University of Pennsylvania

San Francisco |

California

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Review Fee $600/hr
Deposition Fee $700/hr
Court Fee $800/hr

This expert has 30 years of experience in computer engineering with a specialization in digital signal processing and speech. He has demonstrated experience with telecommunications, cellular networks, speech and audio compression standards (codecs), video codecs, computer software and hardware, packetized networks, VoIP, streaming audio and video, smartphones, location methods, human interface, realtime systems, speech recognition, and web systems and applications. He received his BSc in electrical and computer engineering from Ben Gurion University and his MSc in electrical and computer engineering from Drexel University. He then completed his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California Santa Barbara. He is active in his field with several publications and as a member of IEEE. He holds several international patents and has won the Ericsson-Nokia Best Paper Award. He is fluent in a number of programming languages. Throughout his career, he has held several DSP roles including serving as a DSP consultant at AT&T Bell Labs and as an audio group manager at Optibase - VCON. Currently, he is the founder of a DSP and R&D implementation startup in California.

Founder, A DSP and R&D implementation startup in CA

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California Santa Barbara

Los Altos Hills |

California

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $250/hr
Court Fee $275/hr

This well-credentialed expert has 25 years of experience as a technologist with experience in government and finance with specific cybersecurity domain expertise as a CTO, CISO, and systems architect. He is skilled in cybersecurity, compliance, computer and data forensics, data and log analysis, evidence extraction, electronic discovery, network security, hacker breach detection, and evidence gathering. Formerly, he has served as a senior architect for TrueCar, a senior consultant for Non-fat media and a chief technical systems architect for the City of Los Angeles. Currently, he is the chief technology officer for a group of financial companies in Florida.

Chief Technology Officer, A mortgage lender in FL

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Pepperdine University

Sunny Isles Beach |

Florida

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Review Fee $250/hr
Deposition Fee $250/hr
Court Fee $250/hr

This Georgia-based expert received his BS in management and economics from Western Carolina University. Over his lengthy career in information technology and project management, he has mastered over 12 programming languages, 6 operating systems, several web design, and development tools, and has been awarded with 10 patents in his field. Previously, he served as a senior manager for various transportation consulting projects, a project manager and lead developer for SAIC/The Louisiana State Health Department, the president of Webnet Media, and a project manager at B.E Technology. He has also served as a project manager and developer for Shelby County Trustee and ServiceMaster. Currently, he serves as a project manager and developer for a technology firm in Georgia.

Programmer, A technology firm in GA

Bachelor of Science (BS), Western Carolina University

Kennesaw |

Georgia

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Review Fee $400/hr
Deposition Fee $400/hr
Court Fee $600/hr

This expert has 40 years of experience in mechanical engineering, specializing in engineering simulation, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics. After earning her BS in math and physics from Heidelberg College, she earned her BS in engineering physics and MS in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo. She also obtained her PhD in mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Virginia before beginning a highly successful career in mechanical engineering research and engineering software. She is active in her field as a member of numerous professional organizations and as the author of over 80 journal articles, technical reports, web articles, and seminar presentations. Some of her former positions include serving as the president of Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc., as the vice president of product development for Compuflo, Inc., and as a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Virginia. In these roles, she conducted extensive research and directed technical simulation software development for 3 companies. Currently, this expert is a senior architect for a technology company.

Senior Architect, A technology company in VA

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Virginia

Franklin |

Tennessee

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FAQs for Software Expert Witnesses

What is the role of a software expert witness in legal proceedings?

A software expert witness provides technical expertise in court cases involving software-related issues. They can analyze code, identify bugs, and testify on software standards.

What types of cases might require a software expert witness?

Cases involving intellectual property disputes, patent infringement, data breaches, or software failure often require the insights of a software expert witness.

Can a software expert witness assist in cases related to cybersecurity?

Yes, many software experts specialize in cybersecurity. They can help identify vulnerabilities, trace cyber attacks, and provide testimony on best security practices.

How does a software expert witness contribute to patent litigation cases?

In patent litigation, a software expert can analyze the disputed technology, compare it with the patent claims, and provide an informed opinion on potential infringement.

Are there subspecialties within the field of software expert witnesses?

Yes, some experts may specialize in specific areas like mobile app development, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, or cloud computing.

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