Engineering Leader and Technical Expert

I specialize in high growth startups and intellectual property litigation support. With more than 20 years in the industry, I provide tailored guidance to high-growth startups navigating business, product and technical challenges. Additionally, I offer technical analysis and expert witness services to attorneys, their clients and other experts involved in intellectual property matters.

I have led engineering at venture capital-backed startups for over 10 years, at companies backed by top-tier venture capital firms such as a16z, Goldman Sachs, GV, Index Ventures, and Menlo Ventures.

This experience has given me a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that startups face navigating rapid growth and product iteration, providing insights into software architecture, development, infrastructure, security, compliance, team management and organizational growth.

Looking for a full time engineering leader and need some help in the meantime?

Fractional VPE/CTO

I’ve spent more than a decade delivering technical analysis and expert testimony to top-tier law firms such as Arnold & Porter, Covington & Burling, Fenwick & West, Hueston Hennigan, Kellogg Hansen and Quinn Emanuel.

My work on patent infringement, software copyright, trade secret and other technology-related matters has been trusted by many high-profile clients, including Fortune 100 companies.

I have authored over a dozen expert reports and declarations, and have testified at deposition, arbitration and federal district court.

My areas of expertise include source code, reverse engineering, mobile applications, embedded software, cloud infrastructure, consumer and B2B software, Software as a Service (SaaS), media technologies, computer networks, information systems and Internet security.

Expert Witness

Are you seeking dependable technical analysis to inform your expert opinions?

I deliver the backing you need to proceed with confidence.

I have written software in over two dozen different programming languages and analyze source code written in virtually any language. I’ve worked with all major operating systems and have extensive experience analyzing software built for desktop, embedded, mobile, server and web platforms.

Analysis for Experts