Experienced Information Technology Expert Witness
Software, Internet/Web, Data Storage, Telecommunication
Patent, IPR/CBM/PGR, Copyright, Trade Secret, Contract Dispute
Overview
Technical Expertise
Expert Witness Litigation Expertise
Industry Experience
Education
Teaching
Personal
- Over 40 years’ experience in software development, engineering, consulting, and management
- Over 18 years’ technology expert witness litigation experience with over 90 cases
- Over 20 patent infringement cases
- Over 40 IPRs/CBMs/PGRs
- Over 10 copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation cases
- Multiple contract dispute / fraud cases
- Inspected tens of millions of lines of source code and tens of very large websites and mobile apps
- Wrote tens of reports and declarations
- Generated over 100 claim charts
- Testified at depositions, trial, and arbitration
- MS, Computer Science, Columbia University
- California Community Colleges lifelong instructor credential in computer science
- Seasoned technical instructor
- Excellent communication, writing, and public presentation skills
- Business Software
- C, C++, Java, Assembly Language
- Call Center Software and Monitoring
- Client/Server Systems
- Data Networking
- Data Storage
- Data Storage Devices and Systems: Disk Drives, Tape Drives, Removable Media Drives, Disk Arrays, RAID, Tape and Optical Jukeboxes / Libraries, Optical Drives, CD-ROM Drives, Storage Systems
- Data Storage Interfaces: SCSI, SAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, ATA / PATA / IDE / EIDE, ATAPI, SATA, SSA, PCMCIA / PC Card
- Data Storage Testing, Analyzers, Monitors, and Development Systems
- Data Management
- Database/DBMS: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL, Access, etc.
- Device Drivers
- Diagnostics
- Disk Drive Software and Firmware
- Embedded Software
- Embedded Systems
- Enterprise Software
- Ethernet
- Firmware
- Geolocation and Mapping
- Internet / Web Technologies and Languages, including HTML, CSS, XML, Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, ASP, Microsoft IIS, Joomla, WordPress, and Search Engine Optimization
- I/O Interfaces
- I/O Devices and Subsystems
- LTO (Linear Tape-Open) / LTFS
- Monitoring Software and Systems
- Network Analyzers and Monitors
- Networking Protocols
- Online Advertising
- Operating Systems: Windows, Unix, MS-DOS
- Protocol Analyzers
- Quality Assurance
- Real-Time Embedded Software
- Real-Time Embedded Systems
- Software as a service (SaaS)
- Software Design, Development, and Testing
- Speech Recognition, IVR, Call Center
- TCP/IP
- Telephony System Testing
- User Interface
Expert Witness Litigation Expertise
- Patent Infringement
- Copyright Infringement
- Trade Secret Misappropriation
- Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs)
- Covered Business Method (CBM) Reviews
- Post Grant Reviews (PGRs)
- Contract Disputes
- Expert Reports, Declarations, and Claim Charts
- Testifying at depositions, trial, and arbitration
- Software Comparisons
- Software Inspections
- Source Code Comparisons
- Source Code Inspections
- Prior Art Searches
- Public Art Searches
- Patent Validity
- Patent Invalidity
- Anticipation, Obviousness, and Section 101 / Alice
- Indefiniteness, Means-Plus-Function
- Enablement
- Markman Construction
- Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison (AFC)
- Structure, Sequence, and Organization (SSO)
Industry Experience
2009 – Present, President and Cofounder, Rate Speeches, Inc., Los Altos, California
Rate Speeches provides online services, resources, and technologies for creating, rating, evaluating, and enhancing public speaking, presentation, and communication skills. The company operates the RateSpeeches.com website and the Speech Evaluator online software.
2001 – 2006, President and Cofounder, CoAssure, Inc., San Jose, California
CoAssure was a provider of Web-based technology services and solutions for automated telephony speech-recognition and touchtone applications. The company’s technology included: XML-based automated test generation software, automated test execution and phone call placement software, automated audio management software, Web-based test results analysis and reporting software, and database.
1999 – 2001, CEO / Chairman / Cofounder, Can Do, Inc., Sunnyvale, California
CanDo.com was a startup Internet eCommerce company targeting people with disabilities. The extensive website had over 10,000 items for sale, and extensive consumer features, such as news, chat, messages, and product information. The company was funded by the leading venture capital firms. Technology included sound adaptation software to make websites more accessible and usable by hearing-impaired people.
1997 – 1998, General Manager, Data Networking Business Unit, Xyratex, San Jose, California
Xyratex International (previously NASDAQ: XRTX, now part of Seagate Technology, NASDAQ: STX) was a data storage and data networking company, which used to be an IBM UK division. Was responsible for data networking analysis tools business unit.
1996 – 1997, General Manager, Data Storage Interface Business Unit, Xyratex, San Jose, California
The Xyratex test division was a major supplier to each of the top five disk drive manufacturers. Other customers included manufacturers of tape drives, CD-ROM drives, removable drives, disk arrays, and RAID systems. Was in charge of the San Jose group, and responsible for the data storage interface (SCSI and ATA/IDE) test product line within Xyratex.
1992 – 1996, President and Founder, Zadian Technologies, Inc., San Jose, California
In 1996 Zadian was the largest supplier of interface production test systems (SCSI and ATA/IDE) for data storage devices (disk, tape, removable, CD-ROM, and RAID), with over 50,000 units installed worldwide in mission-critical customer operations. The systems were used by manufacturers in their high-volume production and QA processes, and by their customers to certify their products. Other products were SCSI, ATA/IDE, Fibre Channel, SSA, and PCMCIA quality assurance systems and development systems for data storage devices and flash. The systems included an embedded operating system, scripting language, Ethernet networking, and host/server GUI. Customers included Fujitsu, Conner, Quantum, Seagate, HP, DEC, IBM, EMC, Intel, Tandem, and Unisys. The company had distribution channels in the US, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Europe, as well as sales and support offices in Colorado and Singapore. The business was sold to Xyratex in 1996.
1984 – 1994, Software and Data Storage Consultant, San Jose, California
Software, system, and data storage design and development for Fortune-1000 top technology companies.
1981 – 1983, Software Engineer, Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, California
Amdahl Corporation (previously AMEX: AMH, now subsidiary of Fujitsu) was a major supplier of mainframe computers, UNIX and open systems, data storage subsystems, and other computer products.
1978 – 1980, Telecommunication / Electrical Engineer, Emirtel
Education
MS, Computer Science, Columbia University, New York
- Taught SCSI and other data storage topics to thousands of engineers from top technology companies worldwide
- Taught data structures at San Jose City College
- California Community Colleges lifelong instructor credential in computer science
Personal
Mr. Jawadi is a classical music enthusiast, with a deep penchant for Mozart. His favorite classical music instrumentalists include Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern, Mischa Elman, Hilary Hahn, Murray Perahia, András Schiff, and Julian Bream. He also loves classical jazz, especially by Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Johnny Smith, and Stephane Grappelli. Previously, Mr. Jawadi played electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, accordion, harmonica, and eventually classical guitar. Currently, he only plays jazz guitar. He also enjoys daily exercise, especially bicycling and walking, as well as audiobooks, reading, and perpetual learning.