For counsel
Semiconductor expert witness and litigation consulting.
Testifying and consulting expert work for patent and trade-secret matters involving semiconductors, chip design, and EDA software.
Services
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Testifying expert
Infringement and invalidity analysis, expert reports, declarations, deposition, and trial testimony.
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Consulting expert
Technical analysis and advice for counsel, without testimony.
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Prior art, claim charts, and tutorials
Prior-art searches, infringement and invalidity claim charts, technical tutorials for the court, and source-code review under a protective order.
Art areas
- GPU physical design at leading-edge process nodes
- Physical verification and EDA software, including tool internals
- Source code for physical design and EDA software
Credentials
- PE, Electrical
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- Licensed Professional Engineer, California, BPELSG #25324
- Licensed Professional Engineer, Texas, TBPELS #160905
- USPTO
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- Registered patent agent, Reg. #80626
- Education
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- PhD in progress, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCLA
- MS, Computer Engineering, USC (2022)
- BS, Computer Engineering, UCLA (2021)
- NCEES
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- Subject Matter Expert, PE Electrical and Computer exam standard-setting committee (2025)
- Societies
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- Member, National Society of Professional Engineers
- Affiliate member, National Academy of Forensic Engineers
Industry background: GPU physical design engineer at Apple, June 2023 to September 2026; R&D intern on the Calibre tools at Mentor Graphics, now Siemens EDA. About the principal.
Contact
Conflicts are checked before any discussion of a matter, so please include the parties' names and nothing confidential. The first call is free and does not create an engagement. A CV is sent on request.