Curriculum Vitae
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`Dean Willis
`Principal, Softarmor Systems LLC
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`June 1, 2016
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`Contact Information
`3100 Independence Parkway #311-204, Plano, TX 75075
`Voice +1 214 504 1987
`Mobile +1 214 282 1376
`Fax +1 214 291 2568
`Email: dean.willis@softarmor.com
`Summary
`Industry leader in the research and development of communications systems employing
`Internet technologies and in the development of supporting international standards.
`Strong entrepreneurial background, including management responsibility in two
`successful technology startups and technical leadership in both telecommunications
`operator and equipment provider sectors. Consulting and project management with
`special emphasis on patents and infringement defense (especially with VoIP and
`multimedia), technology analysis, and systems architecture and integration.
`Education
`Master of Computer Science, Texas A&M University
`Minor in Industrial Engineering (Human Factors / Ergonomics). Research in hypertext
`systems and computer-supported collaborative work. Developed hypertext authoring and
`collaboration environment for engineers. Research work supervised by Dr. John Leggett,
`leggett@tamu.edu. Graduated May, 1994.
`Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science, Texas A&M University
`Minor in Civil Engineering (Engineering Design Graphics). Primary interest in graphical
`display, rendering, and design. Developed large-scale predictive model for residential
`utility power planning with Dr. Dennis O'Neal. Modeling system was subsequently used
`commercially by several major electric utility providers. Graduated May, 1986.
`Employment History
`Technology Consultant and Owner, Softarmor Systems LLC
`Technology assessment, intellectual property rights, patent development and patent
`defense with special focus on VoIP and multimedia. Network design and operations.
`Business development, resource planning, and bootstrapping of technology startups.
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`Training and process development. Systems integration and planning. June 2007 to
`present.
`Systems Architect, Cisco Systems
`Architect for service-provider voice systems. Duties included requirements analysis,
`specification, design, and integration of VoIP routing and service elements and
`corresponding clients. Frequent meetings with customers at executive and senior-planner
`levels. Represented company at numerous standards forae and trade shows including
`Voice on the Net, Open Mobile Alliance, Packet Cable, Internet Engineering Task Force.
`Consulted inside Cisco as expert on VoIP protocols and related systems such as the
`Internet Multimedia System (IMS). Oct. 2004 to June 2007.
`Fellow, Office of the CTO, dynamicsoft Inc.
`Senior individual contributor reporting to CTO. Represented company in multiple forae
`including OMA (Open Mobile Alliance), IETF, and PacketCable. Served as company
`intellectual property officer and head of invention review committee. Established
`invention program. Responsible for preparation, submission, and tracking of patent
`applications. Managed budget for company participation in standards. Served as technical
`lead in intellectual property due diligence work related to merger with Cisco. Jan. to Oct.
`2004.
`Vice President, Network Engineering, dynamicsoft Inc.
`Responsible for industry relations and technical standards with supporting roles in
`product strategy and systems architecture. Opened Dallas office, recruited and led team
`of approximately 30 development and consulting engineers during organizational phase.
`June, 2000 to Jan. 2004.
`Advisory Engineer, MCI WorldCom
`Responsible for concept, design, and implementation of VoIP infrastructure, systems
`architecture, security, and technical standards. Reported to Director of VoIP Architecture
`in Internet business unit during design phase, transitioning to Director of Multimedia
`Services Engineering in Telecom business unit for implementation phase. June 1998 to
`June, 2000 (and earlier consulting). MCI WorldCom, 400 International Parkway,
`Richardson TX.
`Consulting Analyst / Branch Technical Manager, Sprint Paranet
`Field consulting and consulting management for wide variety of customers in ISP,
`Telecom, Defense, and other sectors. Expertise in network design, construction,
`management, operations, and security. Active in recruiting and management while
`expanding Paranet's consulting practice from 50 analysts in Dallas and Houston to 2,500
`staff members worldwide and an eventual merger with Sprint. Projects included online
`shopping, business-to-business, networked gaming, network video and audio
`conferencing, multicast, Internet firewalls, help desk management, commercial-scale ISP
`design and deployment, national defense systems. March 1994 to June 1998.
`Research Associate, Energy Systems Lab, Texas A&M University
`Developed network supporting energy management research, data acquisition, and
`analysis. Designed and implemented data collection network. Provided IT support and
`systems management for research lab including one of the first academic web servers in
`the US. Helped edit and produce journals and academic articles. January 1990 to
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`December 1993. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
`http://www-esl.tamu.edu/
`Technical Specialist, JCPenney Co.
`Designed and implemented IP network, Internet firewall, and commercial Web
`applications including first Web catalog sales at JCPenney (1994). Developed security, e-
`commerce, and groupware applications. Specified, evaluated, and selected IT software
`systems. May, 1988 to March, 1994. JCPenney Company, 12712 Park Central Place,
`Dallas Texas.
`Developer, Omron Tateisi Electronics, Omron Financial Systems
`Developed automatic teller machines and point-of-sale components. Development of
`custom device driver, embedded communications, user interface, and graphics. Lead
`developer for world's first color touch-screen ATM with full-motion video (1988).
`January, 1986 to May, 1988.
`Industry and Professional Participation
`Chair, SIP Working Group, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
`Founding co-chair of the working groups for the Session Initiation Protocol, which is
`used for the establishment and control of multimedia sessions over the Internet.
`Responsible for coordinating efforts of approximately 300 participants in most active
`area of IETF. Chair meetings, maintain charter, agendas, WIKI, and web site. 1999-2009.
`Liaison to the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) from the IETF
`Coordinate and maintain working relationship between OMA and IETF, including
`brokering information and assisting in the mediation of disputes between groups with
`substantial work overlap. Process and route liaison statements. 2004 to 2010.
`Chair, WIDEX Working Group, IETF
`Founding chair of the working group for Widget Exchange Protocol, which was used to
`remotely present user interfaces described using XML. Responsible for coordinating
`efforts of approximately 20 participants. July, 2005 to July 2007.
`Chair, SIPPING Working Group, IETF
`Founding chair of the working group for general application of the Session Initiation
`Protocol, focusing primarily on requirements analysis and documentation of examples.
`Responsible for coordinating efforts of ~300 participants. August, 2002 to March, 2006
`Participant, IETF
`Active in multimedia transport and signaling, security, instant messaging, presence, and
`mobile systems work. Authored numerous Internet Drafts and several RFCs. 1998-
`present
`Director, Open Mobile Alliance
`Served on OMA Board of Directors for 2005-2006 term, representing Cisco Systems.
`Delegate, Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
`Technical participant in Instant Messaging, Presence and Push-to-talk specifications,
`2002-2006.
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`Delegate, Third Generation Partnership Program (3GPP Mobile Phone Standards Body)
`Technical participant in Requirements, Architecture, and Core Network working groups
`for Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).
`2001-2003.
`Delegate, 3GPP2/ANSI TR45.2 (Mobile Phone Standards Body)
`Technical participant in Multimedia Domain and Multimedia Messaging Service focus
`groups, 2001-2003.
`Professional Societies and Speaking
`Numerous appearances at trade shows and forae including Voice over Net), International
`Engineering Consortium, Supercomm, Mobile Wireless Internet Forum, and many others.
`Member of IEEE and the Internet Society (ISOC).
`Educational Support
`Frequent guest lecturer and advisor on research and graduate studies, including serving
`on graduate student committees at Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas.
`Patents and Publications
`draft-ietf-p2psip-concepts-07: “Concepts and Terminology for Peer to Peer SIP”, May
`2015
`US Patent 8,134,999 “Generic provisioning of voice over internet protocol (VoIP)”,
`assigned to Cisco Systems. Mar 13, 2012
`US Patent 7,822,406 “Simplified dual mode wireless device authentication apparatus and
`method“, assigned to Cisco Systems. Oct. 26, 2010
`RFC 5875: “An Extensible Markup Language (XML) Configuration Access Protocol
`(XCAP) Diff Event Package”, May 2010
`RFC 5839: “An Extension to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Events for Conditional
`Event Notification”, May 2010
`RFC 5785: “An Extensible Markup Language (XML) Configuration Access Protocol
`(XCAP) Diff Event Package”, May 2010
`RFC 5373: "Requesting Answering Modes for the Session Initiation Protocol",
`November 2008
`RFC 5360: "A Framework for Consent-Based Communications in the Session Initiation
`Protocol", October 2008
`Paper: “Cryptographically Transparent Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Proxies” with
`Vijay Gurbani and Francois Audet. Presented at IEEE ICC 2007.
`US Application 20060047822 “System and method for optimizing publication of
`operating states”, assigned to Cisco Systems. Mar 2, 2006
`RFC 4453: “Requirements for Consent-Based Communications in the Session Initiation
`Protocol”, April 2006
`US Patent 6,745,237 “Method and apparatus for managing delivery of multimedia
`content in a communications system”, assigned to MCI (Verizon) . June 1, 2004
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`RFC 3608: “Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension Header Field for Service Route
`Discovery During Registration”, October 2003
`US Patent 6,584,082 “Apparatus, method and article of manufacture for transmitting data
`over a satellite”, assigned to MCI (Verizon). June 24, 2003
`RFC 3427 / BCP 0067: “Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)”,
`December 2002
`RFC 3327: “Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension Header Field for Registering
`Non-Adjacent Contacts”, December 2002
`draft-willis-sip-congestsafe-00: “An Extension to the Session Initiation Protocol to
`Assure Congestion Safety”, June, 2002
`US Patent 6,389,453 “Method and System for Routing Unidirectional Multicast Data”,
`assigned to MCI (Verizon). May 14, 2002
`US Patent 6,385,647 “System for Selectively Routing Data via Either a Network That
`Supports Internet Protocol or Via Satellite Transmission Network Based on Size of the
`Data”, assigned to MCI (Verizon). May 7, 2002
`draft-willis-sip-infopackage-00: “Packaging and Negotiation of INFO Methods for the
`Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)”, Jan 2002
`draft-willis-sip-cookies-00: “SIP Cookies”, July 2001
`US Patent 6,230,205 “Method and Apparatus for Managing Delivery of Multimedia
`Content in a Communications System”, assigned to MCI (Verizon). May 8, 2001
`Technical Report: “BONKERS – A System for the Collaborative Review of Building
`Energy Data in the LoanSTAR Program” Willis, E. D., Leggett, J., Hypertext Research
`Lab, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University December 14, 1993,
`College Station, TX
`Paper: “A Collaborative Support System for the Review of Building Energy Data in the
`LoanSTAR Monitoring Analysis Project”, Willis, E. D., Haberl, J. S, 8th Symposium on
`Improving Building Systems in Hot and Humid Climates 1992, May 13-14, 1992, Dallas,
`Texas, pp. 213 – 221
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`References
`Direct client information is typically protected by non-disclosure agreements.
`Counsel and professional services organizations I recommend include:
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`Klarquist Sparkman LLP, Andrew Mason, andrew.mason@klarquist.com
`Greenberg Traurig LLP, James DeCarlo, DeCarloJ@gtlaw.com
`Harness Dickey LLP, Gary Yacura gyacura@hdp.com
`IMS Expert Services, http://www.ims-expertservices.com/
`Irell & Manella LLP, Annita Zhong, hzhong@irell.com
`James J. Sterling, PL , Jim Sterling, jamesjsterling@gmail.com
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`McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, Jeffrey Armstrong,
`armstrongj@mbhb.com
`Nixon Peabody LLP, Ronald F. Lopez, rflopez@nixonpeabody.com
`Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, Michael McNamara,
`MMcNamara@mintz.com
`Ostrolenk Faber LLP, Alan Federbush, afederbush@ostrolenk.com
`Pepper Hamilton LLP (no specific counsel)
`Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Sayuri Sharper ssharper@sharperlaw.com
`Proskauer Rose LLP, James Shalek, jshalek@proskauer.com
`Reitler, Kailas, & Rosenblatt LLC, Joon Yoon, jyoon@reitlerlaw.com
`Stevens Love PLLC, Todd Brandt, Todd@stevenslove.com
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