Expert Details
Digital Media Technologies, Digital Copyright, Media Business, and Intellectual Property
ID: 733105
New York, USA
Expert is one of the world's foremost independent authorities on technological issues related to copyright in the digital age. He has written a book on on digital rights management (DRM) as well as several book chapters, whitepapers, articles, etc. and related technologies such as watermarking, content recognition, anti-piracy technologies, etc. He has consulted to many of the vendors in the market as well as to media companies on copyright management issues. He has appeared as an expert witness in several litigations related to digital copyright technologies, and he has advised public policy and regulatory bodies on three continents about digital copyright issues.
Expert has served as an expert witness in several copyright, patent, and other litigations related to digital media, digital copyright, and related matters. He has acted behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in federal litigations. He has testified in federal court and before the Copyright Royalty Board, and has authored dozens of expert reports. He has also acted in patent matters such as IPR and ex parte reexamination.
Expert has been Founder and President of a strategy consultancy for over 15 years.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1990 | Degree: MS | Subject: Computer and Information Science | Institution: University of Massachusetts |
| Year: 1983 | Degree: BSE | Subject: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Institution: Princeton University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2000 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:Founder amd president of boutique strategy consultancy with clients spanning three continents. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2000 | Employer: Fathom Knowledge Network | Title: VP & CTO | Department: |
Responsibilities:CTO of e-learning venture backed by Columbia University, London School of Economics, and otherinstitutions. Fathom.com was an adult continuing education site that featured content from Columbia, LSE, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, and other top institutions and academic publishers, and enabled users to enroll in online courses from several dozen major universities. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 1999 | Employer: McGraw-Hill | Title: VP Technology & New Media | Department: Information & Media Services |
Responsibilities:CIO for vertical market publishing group. Chief architect of AviationNow.com, information portal for aviation industry. Responsible for front and back office IT, managed staff of 30. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 1999 | Employer: Sun Microsystems | Title: Market Development Manager | Department: Computer Systems |
Responsibilities:Market strategy and business development for media & publishing industries. Developed strategicpartnerships, led sales development initiatives, executed marketing plans. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 1997 | Employer: Sun Microsystems | Title: Enterprise IT Architect | Department: Computer Systems |
Responsibilities:Pre-sales strategy consultant to major customers in media/publishing industry. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 1996 | Employer: Times Mirror Co. | Title: Director, Publishing Systems | Department: |
Responsibilities:Corporate technology project director on CIO's staff. Launched and/or managed series of contentmanagement/digital asset management development projects with budgets to 8 figures. Represented company on technology standards initiative for online copyright protection. Did technical due diligence on investment & acquisition candidates. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 1994 | Employer: Moody's Investors Service | Title: R&D Manager | Department: Corporate Ratings |
Responsibilities:Investigated advanced technologies for potential adoption, including Expert Systems (rule processingengines) for corporate billing application; automated software testing tools; and groupware (Lotus Notes). Collaborated with marketing dept. on strategy for pre-Internet electronic publishing of Moody's corporate credit reports using Notes and PDF; built prototype and led effort to build production systems. Led crossdivisional team that rolled out Lotus Notes company-wide. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has served as an expert witness in several copyright, patent, and other litigations related to digital media, digital copyright, and related matters. He has acted behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in federal litigations. He has testified in federal court and before the Copyright Royalty Board, and has authored dozens of expert reports. He has also acted in patent matters such as IPR and ex parte reexamination. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Digital rights management, digital copyright, content management, Digital Disruption of the Book Publishing Business (guest lecture at Carnegie-Mellon Univ.), Dispatches from the Copyright Wars (guest lecture at Rutgers Law School). |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Digital rights management, digital copyright, content management, watermarking, fingerprinting, editorial systems, streaming media solutions, computer aided indexing, file transfer utilities |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Marketing strategy for technology vendors, collateral, whitepapers, event marketing, event production, demo centers |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| German | Proficient |
| French | Basic |