Expert Details
Industrial Design, Product Design, Injection Molding, 3D Design, Expert Witness
ID: 724882
California, USA
Expert has been involved with all manner of ornamental designs as well as mechanical inventions for such varied products as an eye drop dispensing device to a wireless networking product.
Expert has been a degreed practicing Industrial Designer since 1970 having earned a BSID from San Jose State University in that year. He has worked for IBM, LOCKHEED, NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR, FAIRCHILD CAMERA & INSTRUMENTS and he was a founder and Director of Design and Design services for COMPRESSION LABS before starting his own Industrial Design + Product Design firm in 1982. As sole owner of ID-3D Design, formerly Expert Design & Engineering he has personally designed or directed the design on over 250 products ranging in complexity from a single dose eye dropper for InSite Vision to the Mac Classic for Apple Computer. He has been granted 13 design & 4 functional patents which are consigned to his various clients. He has been a member in good standing of Expert (Industrial Design Society of America) since 1978 and has won their national IDEA Award. He has served on the Advisory Board for Industrial Design and Product Design for The Academy of Art in San Francisco CA and has served on the Advisory Board for The Enterprise Network (TEN) where he mentored Silicon Valley start-ups.
Expert formed his consultancy in 1981 to help companies create
professionally designed products in a condensed time to market. Since this
time, Expert has coordinated and managed engineering and design
activities for well over 250 successful projects. At the central core of
Expert Design is an experienced management and design team, which is capable of solving the many complex issues of designing and developing products. Expert Design has successfully integrated the computer in the design process. This integration enables Expert Design to create virtual products. These virtual designs not only allow for a clearer understanding of the designer's intent but enable the design team to visually and mechanically evaluate a product's form and style as well as physical characteristics early in a product's development.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1970 | Degree: BSID | Subject: Industrial Design | Institution: San Jose State University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1982 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President/ CEO | Department: |
Responsibilities:He has had his own industrial design and product design firm since 1982 to current.Expert's company has designed and brought to market over 200 products. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1979 to 1982 | Employer: Compression Labs Inc. | Title: Director of Design | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for all industrial and mechanical design as well as documentation including PCB design |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1976 to 1979 | Employer: Fairchild Camera and Instruments | Title: Manager of Industrial Design / Graphic Design | Department: Exetron Division |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for the industrial design of the first micro processor base video game and all the interchangeable game cartridges. Also he designed video cameras and smoke detectors. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1974 to 1975 | Employer: National Semiconductor | Title: Manager Industrial Design / Graphic Design | Department: Novus Consumer Products |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for the industrial design of one of the first lines of hand held calculators and digital clocks. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1972 to 1974 | Employer: Lockheed Missiles and Space Company | Title: Technology Engineer | Department: Space System Division |
Responsibilities:He worked in the Human Factors group to design various space and terrestrial based systems. Projects included Space Shuttle and Large Space Telescope (Hubble Telescope) |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1970 to 1972 | Employer: Marcune Design Associates | Title: Industrial Designer | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was an subcontractor for a number of design projects. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2004 to 2005 | Country / Region: London | Summary: He traveled to London five times to Simmons & Simmons as an expert witness for LG Philips v Tantung & ViewSonics et al case. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Industrial Design Society of America I.D.S.A member in good standing since 1977 |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Expert has served on both the Product and Industrial Design Advisory Board for The Academy of Art College in San Francisco, the largest private art college in the United States, and The Enterprise Network (TEN). TEN was founded in 1993 to bring together leaders in design, engineering, business, government, and education to promote and mentor new businesses in Silicon Valley. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Has won the national IDEA Award bestowed by the Industrial Designer Society of America. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has been granted 14 US Patents covering all manner of ornamental designs as well as mechanical inventions for such varied products as an eye drop dispensing device to a wireless networking product and 4 mechanical patents. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| 2004-2005 Patent infringement hired to support Plaintiff. Reviewed patents/ reviewed prior art/ wrote expert report/ testified in court in the UK. 2004 Case Patent infringement hired to support Plaintiff. Reviewed Patents / depositions/ patents - case settled. 2004 Reviewed patents/ reviewed prior art/ wrote expert report/ and was deposed. Case settled out of court. 2001 Reviewed patents/ wrote expert - case settled. 1994 Reviewed patents/ and gave testimony at deposition as an inventor. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Expert routinely is instrumental in sourcing and qualifying all manner of fabricators to assemble, build or mold the products his company designs. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Expert routinely works with marketing to bring the products his company designs to market. |
Fields of Expertise
expert witness, product design, trade dress infringement, trademark trade dress, dress, industrial product, 3D design, major appliance, home entertainment system, portable appliance, DVD Player, man-machine interface, camcorder, electric food processor, automotive instrument panel, automotive interior, vacuum cleaner, anthropomorphic, videocassette recorder, toaster, coffee maker, color flat-panel display, ergonomic tool design, household appliance, machine design review, color television receiver, human-factors product safety, computer workstation design, television system, machine design, washing machine, television equipment, stereo amplifier, sporting equipment, man-machine system, human factors engineering, digital audio equipment, anthropometry