Expert Details
Video Conferencing Market, Telepresence Video, Desktop Video, Unified Collaboration Systems, and Audio
ID: 725749
Texas, USA
As Founder of his technology firm, he has been providing Technology Due Diligence, Strategic Development, Technology Transfer and Interim Management to small and medium size Companies, Capital Investment Bankers and Hedge Fund Managers seeking to expand their products and services. The company often works with private and public companies as well as universities looking for help in the commercialization of research and innovations. The company has published over a half dozen market research papers and is regarded as an expert in video conferencing and digital compression.
His video experience dates back to the first Video on Demand trial with Hong Kong Telecom in the early 1990’s.
Expert has held executive positions in R&D, Executive Management, Business Management and Development at a number of Fortune 500 and Startup companies. He mostly served as VP of Engineering at Polycom where he delivered the company’s first High-Definition Video Conferencing systems (HDX 9000). In addition to the HD systems, the industry leading telepresence solution was created by this engineering team and now is the fastest growing product in Polycom history. As part of the Polycom Unified Collaboration Suite of products, he led the team to integrate the industry leading Polycom Conference Room phone into the collaboration suite allowing the launch of a video call from an active audio conference. Later, the team moved video to all IP phone at the end users office. These technology leadership advances makes Polycom the recognized world leader in videotelephony as well as leader in broadband communication.
His background includes CTO and VP of Engineering at VTEL Communications and Forgent Networks where he led the $125M patent portfolio strategy and M&A and drove the strategy and direction to create the first heterogeneous Video Network Management Platform before the company software business was sold to Tandberg. The systems network management software allows Tandberg to interoperate with all video conferencing solution providers, and allows seamless integration into data management tools like Hewlett Packard Openview and IBM's NetCool.
Most recently, Expert has spent the past 3 years with Personalized Media Communications as the Vice President of Licensing, where his duties included the production of Claim Charts and asserting patent claims in the area of multimedia, broadcast television, streaming audio and video, and data storage of digital media. He met directly with the largest of the world's Television, broadcast, and Streaming Media providers.
His had numerous assignments in his 18 year career at IBM including HQ assignments and delivery of IBM’s PowerPC, the first High Availability Cluster Multi-Processor (HACMP) Fault Tolerant System, IBM’s Broadcast Media Streamer, Digital Ad/Spot Insertion System, Video on Demand System, and VideoCharger the Streaming Audio and Video over the Internet system.
His holds a BS degree in Computer Science and a MS degree in Computer Engineering and was selected by IBM to attend the Duke University Fugua School of Business Management for Executives.
Action oriented and Results-driven operations & technology executive with expertise in leading multi-million
dollar revenue and R&D initiatives grounded solidly on business value. Charismatic leader with demonstrated
ability to build peak-performing teams and achieve cross-functional business objectives. A valued member of
senior executive teams at both Fortune 500 and Startup companies contributing a seasoned perspective on
implementing and managing technology and operational programs.
OVERVIEW OF ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT APTITUDE
Program & Project Management
Business Process Improvement
Critical Thinking
Product Marketing
Roadmap of Products/Services
Competitive Analysis
Consensus & Team Building
Marketing <->Engineering
Marketing <-> Sales
Strategic Planning
Strategy Execution
Life Cycle Centric
Organizational Leadership
Hardware & Software Architecture
Detail-Oriented
New Product & Technology Launch
Go To Market Development
Market Segmentation
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
• Company Founder, CTO, CIO, VP Hardware & Software Engineering, at Start-ups, and Fortune 500 Companies
• Collaboration Expert in real time communications – audio, video, conferencing, OTT, STB, gateway, GK, IPTV
• Program Management, Workflow Automation, Operational Process Simplification at Largest Service Provider
• Managed worldwide development and marketing budgets of more than $100M
• Managed WW Software development and support team of 700 engineers across 6 research laboratories at IBM
• First High Availability – High Availability Cluster Multi Processor (HACMP at IBM)
• Streaming Video – 1st VOD Broadcast Server, 1st Internet Streaming Video Player
• Founded First Mover Internet Appliance Co turned Security Intrusion Detection/Prevention (sold to 3Com)
• RS6000 Hardware and Software (first IBM Unix Workstation and Software)
• First Rich Media Management Networking Product (sold to Tandberg)
• First 1080p High Definition Video Conference System at Polycom
• Industry Leading Polycom High Definition Video Conferencing Hardware Software, Video Exchange/Cloud
He consulted with Banking client to understand the global market landscape of video conferencing players, especially in Europe and Asia. He consulted with Hedge Fund managers to understand the differentiation between Tandberg and Polycom video conference codecs. He helped the managers understand the product differences, the marketing challenges, the sales channel differences, and the margin issues and the impact of the global financial market meltdown on video conference sales.He helped a investment banking firm understand distance learning, K-12 video conferencing products. He helped provide a balanced view of the leading desktop providers versus video conference enterprise products. He provided pricing information to help determine proper usage model and investment strategy.Banking members wanted to understand industry trends and directions and if the current positive market sales trends could continue for the video conferencing and telepresence industry. They needed to understand the gross margin analysis and why this industry does not seem more competition.Hong Kong financial company was looking for due diligence prior to making an investment in a video company. They requested information and an understanding of the competitive landscape to see if the subject company had a true value proposition or if they witnessed 30 pages of marketing fluff. It was a good discussion that saved them lots of $$ as the value proposition was greatly exaggerated.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1984 | Degree: Master of Computer Engineering | Subject: Computer Engineering | Institution: State University of New York (SUNY) |
| Year: 1982 | Degree: Bachlor of Science in Computer Science | Subject: Computer Science | Institution: Wilkes University |
| Year: 1994 | Degree: Business School for Executives (IBM Sponsored) | Subject: Business Administration | Institution: Duke University Fugua School of Business |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2007 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Industry Consutant and Technology Commercialization Specialist | Department: President and Managing Partner |
Responsibilities:He is the President and Managing Partner for a technology management company, focused on technology transfer, commercialization, and technology due diligence. Video technology is a core competence specializing in video conferencing, telepresence systems, desktop and executive video, unified collaboration systems. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2007 | Employer: Polycom Communications | Title: Vice President of Hardware Software Engineering | Department: Video and Networking |
Responsibilities:He was the Vice President selected by the GM to lead the division with a new high definition video conference system that would be the market leader. The system also spawned a derivative and industry leading telepresence system that would compete with industry titans HP and Cisco Systems. Expert led the team in all unified collaboration products and company partnerships. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2002 to 2005 | Employer: Forgent Networks | Title: Chief Technology Officer, VP Engineering | Department: Video Network Management and IP Licensing |
Responsibilities:Expert was the CTO and VP of Engineering. He led the licensing of patents that contribued to $125M over 4 years of licensing. He led the creation of the first industry heterogeneous rich media network management platform that connected Polycom, Tandberg, Lifesize, PictureTel, Sony, Cisco, HP, Radvision, VTEL, products under a single common management architecture. Company later sold off to Tandberg. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2002 | Employer: VTEL Communications | Title: CTO and VP Engineering | Department: Video Conferencing |
Responsibilities:He led the delivery of new standard definition video conference room products and targeted K-12, Distance Learning, and Education Systems. Expert created Document Cameras, Smart white board technology, etc. Company was sold to Gores Group. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2001 | Employer: Netpliance | Title: Company Founder, VP Engineering | Department: Internet Appliance |
Responsibilities:Expert started a startup company that went public in 2000 and generated 200,000 subscribers in the first year of public operation. He sold the business to Earthlink in 2002. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1982 to 1998 | Employer: IBM | Title: Director of Engineering | Department: Multimedia |
Responsibilities:Expert had numerous assignments in his 18-year career at IBM, including HQ assignments and delivery of IBM’s PowerPC, the first High Availability Cluster Multi-Processor (HACMP) Fault Tolerant System, IBM’s Broadcast Media Streamer, Digital Ad/Spot Insertion System, Video on Demand System, and VideoCharger the Streaming Audio and Video over the Internet system. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2007 to Present | Agency: NASA | Role: Technology Transfer and Commercialization | Description: Expert is a consultant who looks at new technology ideas and screens them for viability, performs detailed assessments on the market readiness for NASA technology commercialization, and performs commercialization licensing for NASA. |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2007 to 2007 | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: He worked at BMW to help consult and provide information and industry trends and directions. |
| Years: 2007 to 2007 | Country / Region: Singapore | Summary: He worked on Technology Due Diligence Purchase of a Singapore based video company. |
| Years: 2006 to 2007 | Country / Region: France | Summary: He worked on Technology Due Diligence on the purchase of a video company. |
| Years: 1993 to 1995 | Country / Region: Hong Kong Telecom | Summary: He worked on the delivery of the first VOD Broadcast Media Server from IBM to Hong Kong Telecom. |
| Years: 1995 to 1997 | Country / Region: Tokyo Japan | Summary: He worked on the delivery of the first massively scalable supercomputer for VOD to Tokyo in the new island. This was a next generation city with a next generation view of tomorrow. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC), IMCCA, IEEE, Polycom Users Group, SHARE, AMA AFFILIATIONS • International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium Director (IMTC) • Director Quality of Service (QoS) IMTC • SHARE Customer Feedback IBM Program Chairman |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Board of Directors, Destin Resorts |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Awards & Honors • Corporate Award for Excellence – Successful Multimedia Introduction, IBM, Austin, Texas • Division Award for Excellence – Successful Shipment of AIX 4.1, IBM, Austin, Texas • Division Award for Excellence – Successful Shipment of First RS/6000, IBM, Austin, Texas • Corporate Award for Excellence – Successful Unix Communication Offload Engine, IBM Endicott, NY |
| Medical / Professional |
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| DEVELOPMENT HARDWARE/SOFTWARE ENGINEER • Wrote microcode assists for M68000 based on subsystem tuning analysis. • Designed hardware & software experiments for engineering community with leading hardware monitoring equipment. • Taught classes in hardware experiment design and model simulation (via software modeling of subsystems). |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has 5 patents, and 6 papers on Video Conferencing, IPTV Market Directions, Video Conference Barriers, IPTV Market Applications and Customer Loyalty, Digital Adverstising and Telescoping Content, etc. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He was an expert video compression expert. Company depositions, civil court trials, federal trial. He helped license the '672 patent for 4 years with the legal team and generated $125M over 4 years. Litigation ended with a narrow defeat in the federal court system of California vs. Forgent Networks. 1. Currently working on MPEG, MPEG-LA, and ATSC related patents and multimedia content delivery systems. Performing claim mappings to products/services. Expert Reports, License Valuations, License Agreements: Managed patent licensing team whom were experts in commercializing technology, cross licensing, and negotiations. Provided patent mapping of claims, elements to external product specifications to support patent licensing. Drove Patent Licensing Valuation Methods derived from in-house formulas and License Negotiations. Field of use included all areas of PC technology and Internet Usage. 2. Audio and video conferencing patents, including streaming, compression, JPEG, MPEG, video mail, DVR recording. Worked with Baker Botts, Jenkins and Gilchrist, on patent programs. Worked with CEO, CFO to select Jenkins as single counsel to represent Forgent with JPEG and DVR patents. Found JPEG expert (John Villasenor) known as the Godfather of JPEG at UCLA whom the company used as principle Expert. Spoke to Expert Witness and JPEG patent author (Cisco Fellow) – both of whom did not want to speak to the Company or Counsel for involvement. 3. JPEG Patent. $25M Negotiated Settlement. Continued license program for next 3 years generating over $125M in license revenues. 4. Civil case brought by estate of deceased Board Member and Patent Council member. Provided Expert testimony on behalf of Company. Settlement on behalf of Company. 5. JPEG Patent. Litigation against approximately 31 companies for infringement of the '672 Patent in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. License fees totaled over $100M. Unsuccessful claims construction ruling limited patent to video. Final licensing amounts totaled $8M for remaining defendants. 6. Worked on behalf of Alcatel- Lucent Inc. Review of patent portfolio (300+) in the area of teleconferencing that relate to audio and video conferencing equipment, audio and speech coding, echo cancellation, VOIP and video compression standards. The field was narrowed to about a dozen specific patents. Effort ceased with the Cisco acquisition of Tandberg. Many more expert witness examples available. Specific information available upon request. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| He consistently works/consults with enterprise business customers to select suppliers and vendors within the video conferencing business space, as well as IPTV Service Providers. This includes business case, product installation, and business model and rationale for vendor selection. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| He has been a leader in the video area over the past 15 years. He is a former Director of the IMTC (International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium) and was responsible for the IP Packet Performance within the Industry Working Group. He participated with several video standards bodies including IEEE, Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG), H.264 standards, etc. He has held leadership positions at IBM with the first broadcast media server (Hong Kong Telecon in 1994) and VOD servers to ABC, NBC, CBS in 1995. He has held Video Conference leadership positions at the Pioneer in video conferencing - VTEL Communications. Later he was directly recruited to Polycom to join and build their HDX 9000 system - the flagship High Definition 1080p 6Mbs streaming video conference HD system. It is the core engine for Polycom's Telepresence Industry Solution. He built and delivered the content management solutions that integrate with Polycom's industry best HD video conference systems. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| He consults for NASA in areas of video surveillance, remote imaging, compression, computer modeling, and various other areas. He works with their best and brightest rocket scientists and astronauts on technology commercialization. He also is very comfortable speaking and providing market data, trends and directions, and can describe in very layman terms fundamental changes that will impact market growth, competition, and quarterly revenue dynamics. |
Fields of Expertise
video conferencing, broadband communication, telepresence, video-on-demand system, videotelephony, voice over IP, operations management, engineering, conferencing, video compression, video, technology commercialization, wireless voice over IP, IP multimedia subsystem, wireless communications service, unlicensed mobile access, wideband code division multiple access, multimedia messaging service, short message service, 4G mobile network, wireless local loop, ultra wideband, bluetooth, broadband integrated services digital network, Wang Alliance computer, computer reliability prediction, digital camera, telephone electronic equipment, audioconferencing, multimedia software, telephone pole, digital demodulation, digital telephony, intelligent network, multimedia video graphics, multimedia communication system development, mulitmedia communication planning, multimedia display, Microsoft Windows 3.1, personal microcomputer manufacturing, broadband, speech signal processing, digital switching, digital telecommunication, finite difference analysis, personal communication network, video frame camera, television camera, mainframe computer installation, recycled computer room support system, time division multiple access, digital audio broadcasting technology, electronics, satellite communication system testing, memory cache, computer engineering, computer design engineering, CCD camera, audio signal compression, communications technology, digital signal, electronic device design, graphic object, multimedia, data communication, voice communication, radio transmission, telecommunication, computer design, virtual reality, digital communication, telephony, telephone, text, wideband amplifier, video surveillance, nondestructive testing, electronics manufacturing, concurrent engineering, broadband antenna