Expert Details
Software Analysis, Software Development, Software Security, Database Development, Data Analysis
ID: 726107
Virginia, USA
Analyzed the security of the newly developed web-based public-facing payment processing system for a US regulatory agency. Developed a report of discovered vulnerabilities and ways to address them. Served as a software security auditor on a number of state and foreign lottery system development projects. Addressed issues in software source code, software development life cycle, and in operations.Analyzed transactional database of a major international retailer to identify all discounts applied to purchases following allegations in non-compliance with price advertisment state laws by a US state. Designed and implementated a formula for a settlement amount distribution in a case of a US State vs. an insurance brokerage firm, based on a large amount of structured data (a number of databases containing data on insurance premiums and broker commissions).Assisted a large publicly-traded US financial institution to analyze, restore missing data and consolidate with deduplicatoins its email archives from different systems: Assentor, Extender, proprietary systems, Exchange server archives. Developed a system written on C# that used MS SQL server as a back-end to process tens of millions of emails.Analyzed software for a defendant in an intellectual property dispute, issued findings in a report. Analyzed software development process and project management methodologies for a defendant (software development company). Was deposed, provided testimony at a jury trial.Following a request from a publicly-traded company investigated by the SEC, rapidly developed a software application to extract emails from multiple versions of an outdated email system (FirstClass email) that could not have been extracted otherwise. Application was developed within the proposed budged, data was processed by the deadline with over 95% accuracy.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1994 | Degree: MS | Subject: Mathematics | Institution: Saint Petersburg State University in Russia |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2004 to 2008 | Employer: | Title: Senior Managing Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Managed cases related to electronic discovery, data analysis, computer forensics, intellectual property (software and patents); served as expert on cases, testified, supervised staff. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2004 | Employer: | Title: Senior Software Security Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Managed software and IT security analysis projects, supervise staff. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2003 | Employer: | Title: Senior Technical Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Communicates with the clients, led software development, designed cryptographic algorithms, designed and developed software code. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2002 | Employer: | Title: Senior Software Developer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Managed development and support of multiple web-based applications, member of the change control board, develop software, manage staff. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 1999 | Employer: | Title: Senior Software Developer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Development hardware drivers, image manipulation software, and web applications. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| District court in Alexandria, VA - testimony at a jury trial, district court in Los Angeles, CA - testimony at a jury trial, depositions, expert reports, rebuttle reports. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Comparative software analysis for intellectual property disputes, security analysis of the software, software development, software development process improvement, electronic discovery, proactive electronic discovery, ediscovery readiness, data analysis, database design. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Russian | Native language. |
| Spanish | He has mid-level knowledge of the language. |
| English | Fluent. |
Fields of Expertise
computer software, software engineering, engineering database, internet fraud, intellectual fraud, fraud, cryptanalysis, computer forensics, Web development, Web design, Internet commerce, World Wide Web programming, database server, World Wide Web application, automated data collection, hypertext markup language, World Wide Web software, database technology, data compression algorithm, text database, open database connectivity standard, SAS programming language, medical database, software certification, software copyright, application development system, computer file, database design, software product development assessment, software product assessment, software design, database searching, computer system integration, Access software, Microsoft Visual Basic, application software, computer data communication protocol, computer language, database programming language, batch programming language, Structured Query Language, BASIC programming language, clinical database development, database management, data management, encryption, software design for safety, object-oriented design, electronic document, application program interface, Internet, object-oriented analysis, data processing, batch data processing, high-level programming language, database management system, Data Encryption Standard, forensics, algorithm, computer technology, computer, software process management, software inspection, software development tool, relational database, procedural programming language, object-oriented programming language, object-oriented development, management information system, information system, database, C programming language