This expert witness has 30 years experience in the engineering, manufacturing and marketing of fully integrated and automated process machinery, electronic products and consumer products.  He holds more than 20 US and international patents and is a Registered Professional Engineer.  As Principal Engineer at two leading consulting firms, he provides expert engineering services and testimony relating to intellectual property protection and patent related matters and on product design and safety.

 As Engineering Director, he was a leader in the development and construction of patented computer-controlled process machinery used worldwide for making CD, DVD and CD-R discs.  He is experienced in developing products for compliance to US and international standards, including European CE marking.  He has extensive experience in the design of automated machinery for safe operation.  This expert witness is experienced in intellectual property and patent protection, and has broad and diversified engineering skills.  These include technical problem solving, electrical and mechanical systems, fault and failure analysis, design for compliance, safety, risk analysis and product and project management.

§         Automated Assembly Machines

§         CD \ DVD \ CDR Technologies

§         Coating Machinery

§         Failure analysis

§         Injection Molding Machinery

§         Ionization Systems

§         Optical Disc Manufacturing Equipment

§         Optical Inspection

§         Patents and Intellectual Property

§         Physical Vapor Deposition

§         Process Machinery

§         Product Design

§         Robotics

§         Safety and Risk Analysis

§         Sensors

§         Sputtering

§         UV Curable Coating Systems

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude

Expert Witness Services;

• Deposition
• Expert Witness Reports
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Analysis 
• Technical Consultant
• Trade Secret