Expert Details
Connected Vehicle & Telematics: Safety Systems, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Sensors & Technology, and Data Analytics
ID: 733746
California, USA
Throughout his career, leadership roles have been held at major automotive manufacturers, global navigation and mapping companies, and technology startups. Responsibilities have included overseeing research and development programs, managing product and program portfolios for advanced driver assistance systems, leading telematics and safety groups, and directing strategy and business development initiatives. Expert has also served as chief executive officer of a startup focused on high-precision mapping solutions for automated vehicle applications and has advised emerging companies on technical vision, product strategy, and commercialization of automotive technologies.
Expert maintains an active consulting and expert witness practice focused on connected vehicles, vehicle data systems, and automotive intellectual property. He has supported numerous litigation matters involving patent infringement, invalidity, trade secrets, and vehicle safety liability, contributing technical analysis, written expert reports, inter partes review declarations, depositions, and trial testimony. This litigation experience spans telematics, remote diagnostics, navigation and mapping systems, fleet management platforms, and advanced safety technologies. He is also an accomplished author and presenter, holding multiple U.S. patents, contributing to industry publications and reference texts, and delivering presentations to technical and automotive industry audiences.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1982 | Degree: PhD Candidate | Subject: Astrophysics | Institution: University of California, San Diego |
| Year: 1981 | Degree: BA | Subject: Physics | Institution: Princeton University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2012 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant, Intellectual Property and Connected Vehicles | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Provides consulting services related to connected vehicle technologies, telematics systems, and intellectual property matters.• Supports litigation and advisory engagements involving vehicle safety, data systems, and automotive technologies. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2018 to 2019 | Employer: Mapper.ai | Title: Strategy & Business Development Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Supported development of camera-based mapping systems.• Provided strategic and business development guidance for mapping technologies. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2016 to 2016 | Employer: ATG Risk Solutions | Title: Vice President, Business Development | Department: |
Responsibilities:Led development of telematics-based risk assessment systems for insurance applications. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2013 to 2016 | Employer: Vehicle Data Science Corp. | Title: CEO | Department: |
Responsibilities:Led a startup focused on kinematic mapping solutions for automated vehicle applications.• Responsible for all strategic decisions, algorithm development, and fundraising. • Operationalized several big data analytics algorithms. • Developed and obtained funding from the National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, and both vehicle manufacturers and insurance companies. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2011 | Employer: TomTom BV | Title: Director of Program & Product Management | Department: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems |
Responsibilities:• Responsible for the definition, development and production of map content to support new vehicle applications.• Oversaw ADAS product management and R&D initiatives related to navigation, mapping, and safety systems. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 2008 | Employer: DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology North America Inc. | Title: Vice President, ITS Strategy & Programs | Department: |
Responsibilities:Responsible for multiple programs developing technology, suppliers and ecosystems to enable advanced safety systems. Worked with many national and international industrial partners leading the development of communications and mapping technologies, and their acceptance by regulatory agencies.Other roles have included: • Group Manager, Telematics & Safety (1998-2002) • Senior Research Scientist (1996-1998) |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1995 | Employer: TRW Inc. | Title: Senior Systems Engineer / Program Manager | Department: Advanced Technology |
Responsibilities:• Led development of navigation, communications, and collision notification systems for TRW's automotive group.• Developed traffic management systems, open source data analysis systems (machine learning) and satellite tracking systems. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1986 | Employer: GTE Government Systems | Title: Systems Engineeer | Department: Reconaisance Systems |
Responsibilities:Developed and operated Over-The-Horizon radar technology and various satellite and missile telemetry systems. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Extensive litigation experience as a testifying expert and consultant in matters involving connected vehicles, telematics, vehicle safety systems, navigation, mapping technologies, fleet management systems, and automotive intellectual property. Engagements have included patent infringement, invalidity, trade secret disputes, and personal injury and product liability cases involving ADAS, remote diagnostics, vehicle data processing, collision avoidance systems, fleet monitoring, and pedestrian safety technologies. Expert has prepared over 100 expert reports, participated in more than 40 inter partes review proceedings, over 25 depositions, and has provided trial testimony in one matter. In addition, he has provided technical tutorials, written declarations, and testified regarding causation, system functionality, and industry standards. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| • Member, National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists • Member, Accreditation Commission for Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR) • Member, California Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists (CA2RS) • Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) • Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) • Member, Institute of Navigation (ION) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| • Accident Reconstruction Certificate, Society of Automotive Engineers • CodeSuite Certification (use of software tools to detect software copying and copyright infringement in software) • Advanced coursework in business, strategy, and technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Training in software forensics (copyright infringement, software theft) |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Patents: 10 U.S. patents related to vehicle positioning, vehicle data processing, and analytics, with numerous corresponding foreign patents. Publications: • Authored an article on intelligent vehicles and infrastructure for a scientific reference publication • Contributed a book chapter on probe data for an industry handbook on intelligent vehicles • Frequently cited in technical and industry publications • Delivered numerous presentations to automotive and technology industry groups |
Fields of Expertise
telecommunications system design, vehicle bus (communications), navigation, radar, mapping, Global Navigation Satellite System, automotive safety, Connected vehicles, vehicle telematics, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), automotive safety systems, vehicle sensors, radar lidar camera systems, vehicle data analytics, navigation mapping, vehicle diagnostics, automotive litigation, intellectual property, accident reconstruction, fleet management