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This expert is a certified master electrician, commercial electrical inspector, licensed electrical contractor, and NEC expert. He also completed an OSHA 30 hour construction safety training course. He is a member of both the National Fire Protection Association and the International Association of Electrical Inspectors. He has spent multiple years as a foreman and journeyman electrician on multiple electrical projects, and is currently an education projects manager with a vocational teaching credential instructing electronics, electrical wiring and theory, and electrical contracting.

This highly qualified expert is a semiconductor memory industry analyst with a strong engineering background. He received his B.A. in Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech and his M.A. in Business Administration at the University of Phoenix. He is a patent holder in cache memory design, has published 50+ articles in the field, and is the creator of two independent blogs that frequently cover both memory and SSD technologies. He has strong ties with all major memory chip makers (Samsung, Micron, SK hynix, SanDisk, Toshiba, Intel, Macronix, Spansion, etc) other members of the memory ecosystem (Kingston, PNY, Applied Materials, etc.) and SSD makers and users (IBM, Western Digital, Seagate, Kingston, etc.) This expert has 32 years professional experience and deep technical knowledge in the semiconductor space. He has worked at Intel Corporation, National Semiconductor, Siemens, Integrated Device Technology, and other leading firms. As Director and Chief Analyst at Dataquest, he was responsible for all memory forecasts, models, and analysis. As Senior Director of Corporate marketing at a major technology firm, he implemented marketing programs to sell SST’s flash memories. As Director of a flash memory research firm., he developed key analysis of memory markets and led the analysts team's research efforts in chip and application markets. Currently, he is the President of a semiconductor market research firm, where he is the leading analyst for the semiconductor memory and SSD markets.

This expert is globally known for his expertise in telecommunications and wireless networks, a field he has worked in for the past 40 years. He has worked for military contractors, universities, Fortune 500 companies, and start-ups. Having earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Communications from Purdue University, his counsel is frequently sought by business ventures in the wireless electronics field.

This professor and entrepreneur earned his BS in Engineering and Applied Science from Caltech and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California. An active researcher, he has authored and co-authored nearly 100 peer reviewed technical papers; his scholarly work focuses on the intersection of acoustics, psychoacoustics and audio signal processing. Twenty years ago, he founded his university's Immersive Audio Laboratory, as well as an Integrated Media Systems Center funded by the National Science Foundation. His research has been supported by the US Army, DARPA, and several industry sponsors. He is the recipient of the World Technology Network Award.

This registered Professional Electrical Engineer and Professional Control Systems Engineer earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He holds more than 25 US patents and is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers as well as the National Fire Protection Association. For a number of years he served as the Chief Engineer at the Tyco Corporation, developing heat tracing technologies. Since 2008, he has operated an independent San Francisco Bay Area consultancy specializing in electrical and mechanical engineering.

This expert is very well qualified the field of electrical engineering and power source design and qualification. He received his BS and ME in Biomedical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Power Sources Manufacturing Association and several branches of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers including IEEE Consultants Network and Chairs the San Francisco Bay Area IEEE Power Electronics Society. This expert specializes in analog/digital power and design as well as hardware failure analysis, manufacturing, and market analysis. He is currently a Principal at a power design consultancy that specializes in enterprise-level and consumer applications.

This highly qualified expert received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University University. He is the primary inventor of 11 patents and has reviewed 20+ cases on patent validity and infringement since 1998. He is a Fellow of several professional organizations in the field including the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, American Physical Society, and The Optical Society of America. Formerly, he was at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he researched novel sources of ultraviolet and soft X-ray coherent radiation, advanced lithography, picosecond optoelectronics, semiconductor physics, surface physics, MOS device physics, and integrated circuit process technology. He held management positions as Head of the Laser Science Research Department and Head of the ULSI Technology Research Department at AT&T Bell Labs. He has also done technical consulting for Rodel Inc., Alpha Golf, Inc., University Technology Ventures, Inc., and Veeco Metrology Group. Currently, this expert is the Associate Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Chair of the EE Division, College of Engineering at a high-ranking major university.

This former technology executive is a longtime innovator with significant contributions to the wireless telecommunications industry. Over the course of his career, he filed 2,066 invention applications worldwide; the expert has been issued 187 U.S. patents and has 200+ pending applications. His experience spans wireless technology, systems, and networks, including 5G and IoT. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California and is a Senior Life Member of the IEEE. From 1990 until 2016, the expert worked for Qualcomm Technologies and was most recently the Vice President of Technology, with 22 engineers reporting to him. He now runs his own wireless technology consulting firm.

This expert has almost 10 years of technical experience with traffic signals. He is a certified senior field technician and certified in work zone safety by the International Municipal Signal Association. He spent 8 years as a traffic signal technician at Siemens. In this role, he was responsible for maintaining multiple cities and counties traffic signals, installing and programming video detection cameras, conflict monitor testing, and signal turn-ons. His training in video detection cameras includes Iteris and Econolite brand cameras. He currently serves as a traffic signal technician for a traffic signal contracting firm. This firm is contracted by municipalities/public works departments to provide maintenance and repair services for traffic signals.

This expert on Electrical Engineering has over 28 years of experience. He is experienced in lighting, power, fire alarm and communication design for institutional, medical, commercial and design/build projects. He has performed analysis of electrical systems for hospitals, military and industrial facilities. His background in electrical engineering provided a solid platform for performing Forensic Services. Over the past fifteen years, he has given testimony at arbitration and deposition for Superior and Federal Court cases. His cases have involved residential construction defects, fire investigations, product defects, electric shock, overhead and underground building systems, lighting surveys, electrical failures, code analysis, personal injury and electrical design. This expert also performs commissioning of electrical and lighting systems, electrical design and construction document reviews and is LEED AP certified.

This electric engineer has over 40 years of experience and is active as a consultant. He earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from Heald College and is licensed in California as a professional electrical engineer. The expert started his career as an electrical engineer with RE Corp., where he estimated electrical construction projects and earned his electrical contractor's license. He spent several years running his own firm that specialized in the design and construction of facility automation systems, HVAC systems, and lighting control systems. He is now an independent consultant, primarily working on litigation matters.

This qualified expert earned his BS in computer engineering from UC Santa Barbara and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has over ten years of experience in technical analysis for software intellectual property matters and two patents. This expert has been published over five times and has presented at various conferences in his field. He is a former firmware developer for Theranos, Inc. and a former project manager and research engineer for Zeidman Consulting. Currently, he serves as the principal and intellectual property technical advisor for a software development and analysis consulting firm.

This expert has over 30 years of experience in the field of wireless communications and GPS. He earned his BS and MS in electrical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He previously served as the vice president of research and development at Nokia Corp. and as the president and CEO of Arcwave, Inc., Vidient Systems, Inc. and Datarunway, Inc. He is currently the operating partner of a global venture capital firm in California.

This expert has over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity. He received his BA in applied mathematics from UC Berkeley and his MS in applied and computational mathematics from Johns Hopkins University. He also earned his MBA in entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland. He is a certified information systems security professional. For many years, this expert worked for the NSA in varying roles. He began as a software and electrical engineer in the engineering solution branch, the link systems branch, and the radio frequency branch. He then served as an applied research mathematician for the cryptanalyst development program before becoming a project manager for the sustained operations branch and the security manager for the vulnerability analysis branch. After his work with the NSA, this expert went on to be the founder and CEO of Passrock Inc, an enterprise security technology company. He then went to be the cybersecurity lead for MITRE Corporation and the chief information security officer for AirMap. He has received multiple awards for his work, including two NSA special achievement awards and Certified Information Security Officer of the Year from the Los Angeles Business Journal. This expert is currently the CEO of an online interactive cybersecurity training company based in California.

This highly qualified expert has over 15 years of experience in the field of bioengineering. He earned his BS in electrical engineering, two MS degrees - one in mechanical engineering and the other in electrical engineering - and his PhD in bioengineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is certified in deep learning with MATLAB and as a Level 1 chartered market technician and DTR international securities exchange trader. He is active in his field as a member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the IEEE Communications Society, and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He is also highly involved in research, having received multiple grants for his research and authored numerous publications. This expert currently holds 21 patents. He has held a number of distinguished positions throughout his career serving as the chief technology officer for 4-D Imaging, the chief risk officer of Carlyle Blue Wave Partners, and the chief science officer of Heart in Your Hand LLC and Endovantage LLC. Currently, this expert serves as an associate professor of engineering at a well-known university in Arizona, an associate professor of radiology at a medical university in Arizona, and the lead of camera software for a leading technology company.

This highly-qualified expert has nearly 40 years of experience in electrical engineering. He earned his BSEE with a focus in power and control systems from Healds Engineering College. He is a licensed professional electrical engineer in California and Hawaii, a licensed contractor in electrical, plumbing, and HVAC, and a certified forensic litigation consultant. He is active in his field as a member of the Institute for Electrical Electronic Engineers. This expert has formerly served as an electrical engineer for Reliance Enterprises and Control Systems West, an investment broker for Edward Jones Investments, and an engineering and design manager for MCC Control Systems. Throughout his career, he has also been the owner of multiple electrical contracting companies, including Energy Experts and California Energy Experts. Currently, this expert serves as an electrical designer and forensic engineer for an independent electrical design company in California.

This highly qualified expert has 50 years of experience in the field of engineering. He earned his BS in electrical engineering from Rutgers University and has completed a multitude of professional development courses and seminars over the course of his career. This expert is a licensed professional engineer in 5 states and is a certified diver. He is active in his field as a member of numerous organizations, including the National Society of Professional Engineers, the International Association of Forensic Sciences, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He has also previously served as the president of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers. This expert has previously served as a field service engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, electrical project manager for American Biltrite, senior electrical design engineer for Air Products and Chemicals, and consulting engineer for Paul Zamrowski Associates. Currently, he serves as a consulting electrical engineer for an independent engineering consultancy, with experience investigating the causes of electrical malfunctions, failures, or injury in cases of fires, lightning strikes and power surges, electrical shocks and electrocution, shipping damage, and accident reconstruction.

This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in electrical and electronics engineering, rail transit systems design, construction, project management, light rail vehicle, and field wayside maintenance areas. He earned his BS in electrical and electronics engineering from California State University at Sacramento and his MBA in strategic leadership from Amberton University. He is licensed as a registered professional engineer in California. He formerly served as a technologist for Bechtel Power Corporation, a stop and zones technician and acting administrator for Orange County Transportation Authority, a project engineer for DCM Industries and Balfour Beatty Rail Systems. He also served as the associate systems design engineer for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, working with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) team on the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit (SVRT) BART Extension Project. Currently, this expert is a senior systems engineer of rail operations for a local transportation authority in California.

This highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in electrical engineering, with his work focusing on high voltage electric power transmission, distribution, and substation design, construction, operations & maintenance, control centers, and in particular electrical safety. He is also exceptionally familiar with industrial, commercial, and residential electrical systems, including the vast array of industry standards, codes, and best practice applications. He received his BS in electrical engineering from California State University before earning his MS in electrical engineering from the University of Nevada. A licensed professional engineer in the state of California, this expert is also certified by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation as a reliability coordinator and is licensed by the FCC in general radiotelephone, advanced class amateur radio, and as a global maritime distress safety system operator and maintainer. He is active in his field as an author of multiple textbooks and publications on the subject of electric power and is a member of several professional organizations, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers. He worked for NV Energy for 15 years, as a telecommunications operations supervisor, a relay protection operations supervisor, a senior distribution engineer, and a senior substation design engineer. For the past 27 years, this expert has served as an electrical engineering consultant for an electric power engineering and safety consulting firm based in California.

This highly qualified expert from the field of computer science has an MS and a Ph.D from John Hopkins University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of Association of Computing Machinery and Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. This expert has received several awards for his work, including Best Paper awards, Vice President’s Research Excellence Award and Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal among others. He has over 200 publications and is also an editor with International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, ACM Transactions on Sensor Network, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science and Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications. Currently he serves as professor, Director for Center of Geometric Computation and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at a renowned university.

This master electrician has almost 40 years of hands on experience. His areas of expertise include national electrical code compliance, safety code compliance, high voltage electrical safety orders, grounding and bonding of electrical systems, electrical line contact, high voltage contact, power plant wiring, ANSI standards, electrical patent infringement, accident investigation and OSHA standards. He is currently a private electrical contractor in California.