Electronic Memory Product Development, Analysis and Patent Expert Witness

Expertise

• Semiconductor memory circuit expert, including DRAM, SRAM, EPROM, EEPROM, Flash, DDR, DDR2, SDRAM, Rambus and DLL.
• Skilled in market analysis for memory devices.
• New electronic product definition and development.
• Product to market analysis and cycle time reduction.
• Patent protection, validity and infringement; experienced as an expert witness.
• Memory, application specific, digital and analog circuit design.

Experience

President, Consulting Firm 1993 - Present

• Provide patent consultation services for the semiconductor industry.
• Support clients with expert consultation and/or testimony in International Trade Commission and Federal District Court litigation.

Harris Corporation 1989 - 1994

Senior Scientist - Director of Engineering, Military and Aerospace

• Planned and directed new product development and characterization. Managing the R&D and up to 60 exempt professionals.
• Gave balanced consideration to technology capability, development cost and market reward.

General Electric 1982 - 1989

Manager, Integrated Circuit Dev., Reliability and QA

• Planned and directed new product and technology development and characterization, including computer-aided design tools.
• Led up to 40 exempt professionals related to product quality and reliability effort for this military-oriented semiconductor business.

Bell Telephone Laboratories 1962 - 1982

Supervisor - Member of Technical Staff,

• Managed and guided design and development of large scale, high density integrated circuits.
• Coordinated circuit design, technology development, test program and package development, electrical and reliability characterization, and transfer to manufacture.

Honors & Publications

• Registered Professional Engineer in Florida and North Carolina
• Senior Member, IEEE
• Member, Industrial Advisory Board, Clemson University,
• Three patents in areas of integrated circuit design and characterization

Education

D.Sc. - Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

M. S. - Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University

B. S. - Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh