Experienced Technology Expert Consultant
Software, Internet/Web, Data Storage, Data Networking
Overview
Technical Expertise
Litigation Expertise
Industry Experience
Education
Patent Authorship
Personal
- Over 40 years’ experience in software development, engineering, consulting, and management
- Over 9 years of technology litigation expert consulting experience in 9 cases
- Patent infringement, copyright infringement, and trade secret misappropriation cases
- Inspected tens of millions of lines of source code
- Designed, developed, and managed successful, large, complex websites, software products, computer products, data storage products, data networking products, and systems
- BA, Computer Science, UC Berkeley
- AJAX
- Amdahl UTS
- Apache
- Apple products
- Assembly languages
- ATG Dynamo Application Server
- AWK
- C, C++, C#
- CGI
- ClearCase
- Client-Server
- CSS
- Data Management
- Data Networking
- Data Storage
- Database/DBMS
- DEC PDP 10 / PDP 11
- Device Drivers
- Diagnostics
- DTD
- Embedded Systems and Software
- Ethernet
- Fibre Channel
- FileMaker Pro
- Firmware
- FPGA Programming
- Geolocation and Mapping
- HP-OS
- HTML
- HTTP
- I/O Devices and Subsystems
- I/O Interfaces
- IBM System370 Mainframes and Compatibles
- Interwoven TeamSite
- Java
- JavaScript
- Joomla
- Lex
- Linux
- Mac OSX
- Microsoft ASP and IIS
- Microsoft SQL
- Motorola M68000s
- MS-DOS
- MySQL
- Network Analyzers and Monitors
- Network Devices
- Networking Protocols
- Oracle
- Perl
- PHP
- PIX5 and Checkpoint Firewall
- Quality Assurance and Testing
- Rational
- Real-Time Embedded Systems and Software
- SCCS
- Screaming Media
- SCSI
- SED
- Servers
- SH
- Shell
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Software Design, Development, and Testing
- Solaris
- SQL
- SunOS
- TCP/IP
- UDP
- User Interface
- Website Development: Front End, Back End, Database Schema
- Unix
- Windows 95 / 98 / XP / NT / 2000 / Vista / 7
- Wintel PCs and Compatibles
- Workstations
- XML
- XSL
- Yacc
- Source Code Inspections
- Patent Infringement
- Copyright Infringement
- Trade Secret Misappropriation
- Contract Disputes
- Custom Software Tools for Analyzing Software and Data
Industry Experience
2009 – Present, CTO 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.
2003 – 2009, Independent Consultant, San Francisco Bay Area, California
Independent consultant providing website development and software development services.
2003 – 2006, Software Developer / Project Team Lead, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, California
Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) is a provider of data and storage networking products.
2001 – 2003, Web Software Developer / VP of Engineering, 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, Web Software Development Manager / VP of Engineering, 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.
1996 – 1999, Software Development Manager / Technical Team Lead / VP of Engineering, 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.
1994 – 1996, Software Development Manager / Technical Team Lead / VP of Engineering, 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.
1994, Quality Assurance Engineering Manager, Cisco Systems Inc., Santa Clara, California
1979 – 1993, Embedded Unix Software Engineer and Project Lead / Unix Operating System Development Manager, 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.
1975 – 1979, Embedded System Software Developer, Institute for Advanced Computation (NASA/AMES), Sunnyvale / Santa Clara, California
Education
BA, Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1976
Patent Authorship
Coauthor of US Patent 4,894,828
Coauthor of US Patent Application 20120042274
Personal
Mr. Guyon is an active choral singer and soccer player.