Expert Details
Intellectual Property, Patents, and Medical Devices
ID: 733118
California, USA
His experience spans a variety of industries and applications, including medical devices, consumer electronics, imaging, biometric security, and electric power delivery.
Expert has accrued significant IP experience spanning patent development, analysis, licensing and strategy. His diverse industry experience includes multinationals like GE, Medtronic, Samsung, Fujifilm and Siemens, as well as several startups.
As a technical consultant, Expert is currently advising startups on patent strategy, product positioning and business strategy. He is also undertaking system design for a wearable cancer monitoring device. He is advising on portable point-of-care imaging as well as beam formation design and image reconstruction techniques for medical imaging and surgical guidance. His currently consulting work also addresses acoustics and transducer design for medical industrial applications. He has also undertaken the design of MEMS signal processing and front-end electronics for pediatric otitis diagnosis.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1987 | Degree: D. Phil (equivalent to Ph.D) | Subject: Materials Science | Institution: Oxford University |
| Year: 1984 | Degree: MA and BA | Subject: Physics (with First-Class Honors) | Institution: Oxford University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2012 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Technical Consulting and Expert witness | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert consults on ultrasound, MEMS, electronics, patent strategy, and expert witnessing. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2011 | Employer: Cephasonics | Title: Chief Scientist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert is responsible for the technical direction of a startup seeking to commoditize front-end and beam formation electrics. He advises the CEO on all technical matters and is deeply involved in angel and VC fundraising. He undertakes extensive customer interaction with marketed products to imaging and non-traditional customers. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2011 | Employer: Siemens Healthcare | Title: Senior Manager, Engineering | Department: Ultrasound Division |
Responsibilities:Expert delivered 3 ASIC's on a tight schedule to support the new Silicon Ultrasound product line. He managed a team of 8 engineers to design, test and manufacture all electronics needed for the introduction of Silicon Ultrasound transducers. He also served as a technology evangelist, in which sphere he presented weekly to customers at Siemens' Innovation Center. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2005 | Employer: Sensant Corporation | Title: Manager, R&D; Senior Staff Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert served the corporation as Manager of Research and Development from 2003 to 2005, in which sphere he oversaw the group creating electronics for the first 2D and 3D images using a silicon ultrasound transducer. He also co-authored a successful grant proposal to DARPA on battlefield ultrasound imaging and surgery.Prior to this role, Expert was Senior Staff Engineer, in which capacity he was responsible for the design of new types of imaging systems using capacitive micro-fabricated ultrasound transducers. He co-authored several successful SBIR grant proposals during this time. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1990 to 2000 | Employer: General Electric Company | Title: Physicist | Department: Corporate R&D |
Responsibilities:Among other achivements, Expert designed algorithms for IC implementation. The resulting beamforming IC constituted the heart of GE's successful entry into the premium ultrasound market. During this time, Expert also developed now-patented statistical methods for the robust simultaneous design of transducer and imaging systems to Six Sigma quality standards. He undertook significant transducer design, acoustic field simulation and measurement throughout this role. He also conducted signal processing research for improved image quality and blood flow estimations, of which several signal processing innovations are used in current GE products. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1990 | Employer: University of Illinois | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert conducted research in scanning laser acoustic microscopy to characterize tissue. He also researched applications of neural networks to ultrasonic imaging. He taught courses in circuit theory, medical imaging and acoustics. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Senior Member, IEEE (1987 to present) Member, Board of Directors, IEEE Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium Associate Member, American Bar Association (2016 to present) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Six Sigma Certified Green Belt, GE Global Research |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Expert has three years' teaching experience for electrical engineering and computer engineering. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Expert has won grans from the National Institute of Health and DARPA. He has also been recognized as Senior Key Expert by Siemens AG. He has earned GE Global Research's Willis R. Whitney Technical Achievement Award for participating in the development of a Six Sigma software toolkit. He has earned GE Global Research's Dushman Award as well. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| A serial inventor, Expert holds 22 U.S. patents with several more pending. He is well-published with 3 invited papers and 22 other papers. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert is currently consulting on litigation involving medical devices, imaging systems wearable electronics patents, and trade secrets. He was deposed in the imaging systems case in February 2018. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| SEAK Expert Witnessing seminars attended (each course is 14 hours, on-site): o How to Start, Build, and Run a Successful Expert Witness Practice o How to be an Effective Expert Witness o How to Excel at Your Expert Witness Deposition o Advanced Testifying Skills fs o How to Write a Bulletproof Expert Witness Report o How to Excel and Succeed as an Expert Witness in Patent Cases: Special Techniques Expert Witness Conferences attended: o Forensic Expert Witness Association National Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2016 o National Expert Witness Conference, Clearwater, FL, 2017 |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert has been a Project Manager of a nonprofit Silicon Valley business and professional network organization from 2013 to present. |