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ROGER ATKINSON
RFA Design Inc.
Satellite Communications, VoIP, Network infrastructure, TDM circuit switching, packet & circuit convergence, analog & digital network interfaces, telephone signaling & transmission, CPE, system design, standards compliance, and product design.

NEWTON BALL
Orbic Energy Conversion
Very experienced in diverse forms of energy conversion, and in interfaces between energy transducers and control or measuring electronics. Technical evaluations of energy and/or electromechanical proposals.

H. CLARK BELL
HF Plus
Product design, prototyping, trouble-shooting & product assessment, new business development, technical marketing, patent consulting, and forensic engineering.

PHIL BIGGS
Mountain Pass Communications
Consulting and subcontracting for satellite/wireless/CATV applications. System specification & analysis, RF circuit simulation & design, RF problem consultation, EMI/RFI, digital design, digital signal processing, FPGA coding, embedded software, product design.

MICHAEL BIRCH
Consultant
Software Engineer and Sr. Manager with over 30 years of experience including 7 years as Director of videogame design and development. Available for consulting and strategic planning re games and online learning or as an expert witness.

EDWARD BOSS
Sigma Solutions
Embedded systems, computer performance, mathematica training and development.

JAY C. BOWDEN
Ensemble Engineering, Inc.
Electronic design and programming for Embedded Systems, Xilinx FPGAs in VHDL, AVR processors in C, IP integration and testing.

MICHAEL BRYANT
Software Synergistics
Computer Network Configuration and Diagnostics, OS configurations, Software Integration, Windows to Linux Interoperability.

JESSE CABLE
Cable Consulting
Experience negotiating the system and Integrated Circuit component specifications Customer Interface System Design Integrated Circuit CAD Layout PCB Layout CMOS Integrated Circuit digital and mixed signal designs FPGA Design Microcontroller Design Integrated Circuit debugging Project Management Digital and Analog Design

LARS S. CARLSON
LSC Consulting
Semiconductor devices & processes: design, development, characterization. Idea to Product. Device physics, modeling. High-speed devices, photodetectors: solar, UV to IR, ultra-low noise. Si, Ge, III-V,II-VI. Program Management. Technical & persuasive writing/editing, patent document drafts. Teaching & training. FA. Surface Analysis

ROBERT P. COGAN
Continuum Law
Legal work for the business of high tech. Contracts, government contracts, patent-trademark-copyright, consulting agreements, software development and licensing, manufacturing agreements, technology deals, and intellectual property valuation. We understand that you have a budget, and we keep our eye on your business objectives and bottom line.

WAYNE D. CORNELIUS
Scientific Solutions
New product development, radio & microwaves, magnets and magnetic systems, ion & electron beam systems, vacuum systems, cryogenics, and plasmas.

JAMES CRAWFORD
AM1 LLC
Wired and wireless communications expert, with 12+ years consulting in the greater San Diego area. RF system engineering, modems, digital signal processing, algorithms.

KENT DEINES
Doppler, Ltd.
System Concept Design, Design Review and Troubleshooting of any kind of electronic device; mentoring of your technology team.

UPKAR DHALIWAL
Future Wireless Technologies
Wireless RF System Architecture Engineering Business Consultant Wireless Chair IEEE MTT-20 Wireless Communication Chair IEEE 802 Working Group Voting Member Cellular 3GPP 3GPP2 UMTS HSPA GSM EDGE 802 WiFi RFIC WLAN Radio WiMax LTE MIMO OFDM CDMA LEO BAN UWB M2M Femtocell Medical Devices SUN Smart utitly Networks

RICHARD L. DOYLE
Doyle & Associates
Reliability studies, thermal analysis, performance and verification testing, mechanical stress & dynamics analysis, mechanical reliability, expert witness.

MERLE EBBERT
Merle Ebbert Consulting
Diagnostics, troubleshooting, debugging, design & redesign of Electronics & software systems. * Embedded systems with / without processors. * C, C++, Python, assembly, shell scripts, bash, ksh, sh, csh, awk, etc. * Programming Unix, Linux, QNX, DOS, proprietary OS' & no OS. * Serial comm. * Move signals backwards in time.

JOHN ELDON
Consultant
VLSI design (ASIC and FPGA) of digital signal processing systems-on-a-chip, using MatLab, SystemVerilog, VHDL, etc. Extensive teaching, technical, and management experience in the semiconductor industry, building video and communications systems. 3 patents, numerous technical publications.

BILL EWING
Consultant
Design and development of electronic products and software. Extensive experience with analog and digital circuit design, embedded systems, PC software, databases, GUI design, serial and USB communication, PC board layout, graphics, product literature, Agile/XP methods, and manufacturing support.

ANDREAS FALKENBERG
DR FALKENBERG
Reduction of Time to Market for new software, FPGA and ASIC products through the application of modern software and hardware design methodologies. Considerable reduction in R&D cost due to an integrated software and hardware architecture design approach in the early phases of a project.

D. LEE FUGAL
Space & Signals Technologies,
Technical Consulting and contracting.

LARRY GACH
Redpoint Engineering, LLC
Mechanical design and development of electronic products. CAD design, industrial design, structural and thermal analysis, prototyping, and transition to production. Expertise in plastic, sheet metal, and cast part design, keypads, displays and EMI shielding.

JOHN R. GELM
BluePebbles
A provider of management and technology solutions with a quality minded approach to systems, processes, and practices. Consulting and execution; working with you until it is solved!

JERRY G. GONICK
Strategic Litigation Solutions
Product consultant for complex litigation.

GERMÁN GUTIERREZ
Integrated Circuit Design Consultants
Analog and Radio Frequency. Phase-locked loop (PLL) and Oscillator (VCO) expert. Legal research and witness.

ALAN JACK HERR
MicroIndustrie Inc.
Product definition and design, CAD/CAE/CAM, electronic design, embedded system design (HW/SW), RF design, antennas, telecommunications and telephony signaling & transmission, VoIP, TCP/IP, UDP, embedded internet servers and clients, digital signal processing, technical support, and due diligence for corporate investors.

RALPH HILEMAN
Hileman & Associates
Management consulting, project management, business development, system engineering for real time issues in networks for command and control including communications, technical support, test, training and performance monitoring systems.

MURAT F. KARSI
TosiaComm
Communications systems engineering design, baseband and MAC algorithms and blocks design, end-to-end or block based Matlab, C, C++ simulations, transceiver SW/HW partitioning and architecture design, technical due diligence, patent development, radio and digital hardware implementations, FPGA, DSP, ASIC, RF systems and circuit board design.

KOJI KIMURA
Consultant
Expert in implementation of digital signal processing

RAYMOND KOOSHA
Consultant
Analog and Mixed-signal Design and Development

GRAZYNA KRAJEWSKA
AmberDot LLC
Web design & development, database: PHP/mySQL, JavaScript, HTML, Flash, graphic design. Engineering approach to functional design, project management and problem solving.

GERALD B. LESTER
Session Control LLC
Specialist in System Design, Digital Design, FPGA and Embedded Software design and implementation. 20+ years experience with hardware (PCB design to high level HDL coding) and software (driver level to large OO projects; C,C++). Consulting since 2002. Strong history of on-time, on-budget project completion.

PHIL MARSH
Mechanical Product Design Consultant
Design of the mechanical parts and products which include Plastic, Sheet Metal, Extrusions, Metal Castings, EE and PCB Designer interface, GUI's, visual concepts, analysis, and prototyping. I have a long history of Commercial, Industrial, Medical, and Military product design experience.

SCOTT MCDERMAID
Talon Communications, Inc.
We are focused on full service WIRELESS electronic product development from concept to manufacturing. Products built for Medical, Consumer, Industrial and Defense clients.

RAYMOND MOBERLY
Consultant
Design, development, and test of embedded systems for radio communication and networks. Experienced with Matlab and bit-level simulations. Implementation experience in C, C++, VHDL, and Ada. Commercial and Defense industry experience with various microcontrollers, DSPs, FPGAs and test equipment.

JOHN MORING
Consultant
Systems engineer (MSEE) with 20+ years' experience developing advanced communications systems from integrated circuits to international networks. Specializing in all aspects of wireless.

AYDIN NARGES
RONSAC
Communication and RF system design, real-time embedded software development for DSP and ARM. PMR, HF Communications, and cellular standards CDMA2000/EVDO, WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, IEEE802.11, Bluetooth, GSM/EDGE. Discrete and hybrid event systems Control Modeling. Digital/mixed signal simulations with C, C++, SystemC, Matlab, Simulink, Java.

RANDY NORRIS
NORgate Engineering & Assoc.
VHDL, Verilog, Altera and Xilinx FPGA, MATHCAD, MATLAB, Keil 8051 C and assem ler, DSP, digital video, embedded hardware and software, Intel X86 and 8051 processors, ARM processors, ORCAD for circuit board design, digital and mixed signal design, SPICE, PCB Artist for schematic capture and printed circuit board layout.

PIERS O'HANLON
Software Consultant
Software Team Lead and Manager, with over 15 years experience in real-time embedded software development gained within the mobile and satellite communications industries. Expertise in wireless protocol stack and wireless network stack development, specifically GSM infrastructure, geo-mobile satellite radio handsets, and WiMAX subscriber terminals.

KNUT ODMAN
Consultant
Embedded Software and Systems consultant. Over 20 years experience in wired and wireless communication protocols and standards.

DALE OSBORN
ThinkGroup, Inc.
ThinkGroup is an engineering services company that complements or serves as its clients engineering department for equipment design and Product Development to allow its clients to stay lean, agile, focus on core competency, and reduce costs.

ALAN PAKETT
Consultant
Automatic test, labVIEW programming, data acquisition, analog & RF system design, circuit design, and antenna range testing.

RAVIN PERINPANAYAGAM
Blue Mountain Consulting
Systems architecture as well as design and development of hardware and software. Areas of specialization include communication systems and digital signal processing.

ALEXANDER PERRY
PAMurray
Development of Linux based solutions.

PAUL F. ROBUSTO
Robusto Reliable Product Design Consulting
Expert in the development of World Class Electro-Optic/Mechanical Products and Devices with have High Reliability. Highly knowledgeable in Accelerated Life Testing for Materials and Products and in generating Qualification and Reliability plans. Key contributor for HALT/Failure Analysis and Corrective Actions. Product Development Design Review.

VINCENT RUGGIERO
Technology Business Solutions
Business & strategic planning, product development & marketing, manufacturing operations and corporate transactions.

VLADIMIR L. SAFONOV
Mag and Bio Dynamics Inc.
Multi-Disciplined Expert and Inventor. Modeling and Simulation. Projects, devices and technologies evaluation. R&D Strategy. Literature search. Training.

JORGE SANCHEZ
JPS Engineering
Embedded systems (Atmel, Microchip, Freescale and more), Software/Firmware (C, C++, VB, PC Apps, ATE), Power Electronics, EMC/ESD, Control Systems, Analog design, Mixed Signal, Fiber Optics.

RICH SCHERMERHORN
Mission Design and Development, Inc.
MDDI provides electronic HW development from specification, through design and into production and testing. Specializing in: FPGA design and verification, Embedded systems HW(incl. SW drivers), CCD and CMOS video camera front-ends, Biomedical device design environment, Compliance testing and troubleshooting.

EMANUEL SCHNALL
ES Engineering
Power electronics and control systems engineering for product design, design review & development. New and upgraded product design.

R. LOWELL SMITH
Physics/Engineering Consultant
Computer simulation & modeling, reliability studies, materials, failure analysis, acoustics, mechanical reliability, data acquisition, test equipment/systems, technical writing, and new product development.

TOM STOCKFISCH
Stockfisch Consulting
Statistical prediction modeling (artificial neural networks, decision trees), software development cost reduction and source-based quality improvement, and custom algorithm design.

W. ROSS STONE
Stoneware Ltd.
Expert witness, cell phones, telecommunication systems & networks (wired and wireless), antennas, propagation, satellites, computational electromagnetics, microwave & RF, real-time measurement & process control, invention completion and development, patent support, prior art discovery, due diligence, business start-up & management consulting.

NORM SWANBERG
Dome Resonators
Dome Resonators provides RF/Microwave consulting and contracting services for the Microwave Industry.Design experience has covered low frequency Analog and RF up to mm Wave frequencies as high as 200 GHz.I have covered topics from basic hardware component through system level analysis. I use a full suite of RF Software including Genesys

MOE TANK
Sagacious Research LLC
Our business-focuses on Intellectual Property Research and Analysis. Help businesses to understand their competition and identify avenues for investment, research and market-expansion. We offer Patentability Search, Freedom2Operate search, Technology Landscape, Competitive Intelligence In Aerospace to genes, med devices to Micro Electronics/RF

PATRICK TWOHIG
Namazu Studios LLC

JERRY TWOMEY
Effective Electrons Inc.
Analog, Mixed Signal, RF circuit design, semiconductor modeling, foundry models, technical training seminars, interference noise solutions, technical oversight & troubleshooting, due diligence investigations, technical specifications and documentation.

TAPIO VAHAMAKI
1BIT Wireless LLC
25+ years real-time embedded systems development, HW/SW, wireless, C, proof-of-concept, prototype development, processors: (Atmel, Microchip, TI, Energy Micro, Intel, Zilog, +).

JIM WALKER
Walker Power Design, Inc.
Power electronics design, power supplies, electrical power transformers, reliability studies, telecommunications equipment, analog design, EMI, and expert witness.

JOHN WATSON
Columbus Research, Inc.
For several decades, I've written custom software for industry and produced many commercial apps. Develop software using lean, AGILE/SCRUM techniques. Skills in MySQL, MS-SQL, PHP, ASP, .NET, C/C++/C#, HTML/CSS/JS. I have the ability to develop technology and perform R&D work for start-ups, incl. development of intellectual property.

TOM WATSON
Consultant
Tom Watson Consulting (info@tomwatsonconsulting.com) offers over 25 years professional experience focusing on Lasers and associated optical system development. Specific services include Technical Consulting on R&D projects including device development and characterization.

VIC WINTRISS
Wintriss Technical Schools, Inc.
Java, Object Oriented Programming services using Extreme Programming design and development techniques. MAINTAINABLE SOFTWARE DELIVERED ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET. We love embedded machine tool controls. We design and build prototypes.

ROBERT WITKOP
Consultant
Over 20 years experience design using SA/SD, and OOA/OOD, programming in Java, C, C++, Cache, MUMPS, Assembler on multiple platforms including VAX/VMS, IBM/MVS, HP/HP-UX, SUN/Solaris, PC/Windows, PC/Linux, Z-80/ZPM.

ARAZ YACOUBIAN
Ler Technologies, Inc.
Optics, electro-optics, fiber and integrated optics, optical devices and system.


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ROBERT P. COGAN


Continuum Law
www.continuumlaw.com
10085 Carroll Canyon Rd
Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92131-1138
858-831-9000
Fax 858-397-5715
rcogan@continuumlaw.com

SPECIALIZATION

  • The business of sophisticated electronics, communications, software, and manufacturing.
  • Managing upper and lower tier contractor relationships.
  • Teaming agreements and strategic partnerships.
  • Defense, NASA, and Homeland Security contracting.
  • SBIRs/STTRs, NIH Grants.
  • Cost effective protection and exploitation of intellectual property.

SERVICES

SUMMARY OF PRACTICE AREAS

TECHNOLOGY, LIFE SCIENCES AND INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTS:

  • Drafting and negotiation of contracts;
  • Maintaining relations with suppliers, customers, and upper and lower tier contractors;
  • Specifications,statements of work, and warranties;
  • Contract dispute resolution.

JOINT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Teaming agreements;
  • Strategic partnerships;
  • Joint research agreements.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS:

  • Department of Defense, NASA, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies;
  • SBIRs/STTRs, NIH grants;
  • State agencies;
  • Canadian Department of National Defence, British Ministry of Defence.

SOFTWARE:

  • Software licenses;
  • Development agreements;
  • Consultant agreements.

EFFECTIVE EXPLOITATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:

  • Patent, trademark, and copyright portfolio development;
  • Strategies for cost-effective use of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights;
  • Recognition and protection of trade secrets;
  • Administering worldwide patent and trademark portfolios;
  • Licensing of patented and unpatented technology and products;
  • Intellectual property enforcement through negotiation;
  • Evaluation of business models.

IP VALUATION:

  • Recognition of intellectual assets to strengthen the balance sheet;
  • Formulation of proposed royalty rates for licenses;
  • Evaluation of patents for sale and other purposes;
  • Due diligence for acquisitions and investments.

FDA MEDICAL DEVICES REGULATION:

  • Positioning new products in proper FDA classifications and product codes;
  • Medical device listings;
  • Getting new products on the market in compliance with FDA regulations.

EXPERIENCE

Over thirty years of legal, business, and management experience, representing start-ups and sophisticated, established companies in domestic and international transactions, tailoring legal work to the business model, and development and exploitation of patent and trademark portfolios world-wide.

EDUCATION

Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering - The Cooper Union, 1966 Law Degree from the George Washington University National Law Center, 1970

PUBLICATIONS

Presentations to National Defense Industrial Association, UCSD Supercomputer Center Faculty, Licensing Executives Society, UCSD Rady Business School, Del Mar Electronics Show, and many others.

ASSOCIATIONS

IEEE Consultants Network, National Defense Industrial Assn., CommNexus, Armed Fored Forces Communications and Electronics Assn.