David B. Lett mobile (770) 335-8119 lettinnovations@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/David-Lett
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`Expert Witness, CTO
`Technology industry veteran with electronics/software/hardware/video/audio/data expertise.
`IoT | Consumer Electronics | Telecommunications | Cable | Satellite | Broadband |Wireless
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`• Expert witness testimony, technical consulting, and expert reports for renowned patent law firms such as Fish &
`Richardson and Banner Witcoff.
`• 86 Patents and Patent publications. Served on corporate patent boards and as 30(b)(6) witness.
`• Uniquely broad hardware/software/systems technical understanding.
`• Award winning design and development including Best of Show, Technology Emmy, and Best of Innovations of
`over 100 million shipped products, responsible for $1.3B annual revenue.
`• Industries: Consumer Electronics, Cable, Satellite, Internet of Things (IoT), Telematics, Smart Truck Logistics,
`Transportation, Alarm Systems, Smart Tank monitoring & fulfillment, Television, Telecommunications, Video,
`Audio, Wireless, Broadband, OTT Video, IPTV, Payments
`• Technical: hardware design, software design, systems design, mechanical design, embedded systems, cloud
`computing, AWS, Azure, OCS, SaaS, fog computing, edge computing, high speed digital, C, Java, Linux, mobile
`applications (IOS and Android), web applications (Java, JavaScript, HTML), firmware, RTOS, user interfaces, UI/UX,
`video, audio, data, RF, DSP, communications, cybersecurity, encryption, error correction coding, real-time
`systems, cable, CATV, DOCSIS, broadband, satellite, satcom, IPTV, OTT video, video streaming, wireless, cellular,
`3G, 4G, LTE, LTE-M, 5G, NB-IoT, Cat-M1, WiFi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, Bluetooth, LoRa, Internet of Things (IoT), IIoT,
`Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Telematics, AI, ML, networks, payments, consumer electronics, and
`telecommunications.
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`EXPERIENCE
`Nov. 2016-present, Expert Witness/CTO, Independent Consultant
`Technology, product development, organizational, & intellectual property consulting
`• Expert Witness Reports - Declarations, Opinions, Inter Partes Review (IPR) Petitions and Defense
`• Expert Witness Testimony - Depositions, Arbitrations, Trials
`• Intellectual Property/Patent assistance, prosecution/defense strategy, search
`• Technical Consulting
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`Jul. 2019 – June 2022, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Telular, an Ametek Company, Greater Atlanta Area
`• Responsible for global engineering, corporate technical strategy, and technical representation.
`• Developed SaaS, mobile, and hardware products for Industrial IoT (IIoT) businesses including transportation, tank
`monitoring, petroleum logistics, and facility alarm monitoring with 1.4M+ subscribers, sold under the SkyBitz and
`Telguard brands.
`• Led the development of an IoT Toolkit (scalable platform and APIs) to extend the Telular IoT platform for all 60+
`(and growing) AMETEK companies, enabling development of high- value IIoT recurring revenue web and mobile
`applications.
`• SaaS, Cellular, 3G, 4G, LTE, LTE-M, 5G, NB-IoT, Cat-M1, BLE, Satellite, cloud, distributed systems, Azure, Oracle
`Cloud, IoT, AI, ML, M2M, hardware, GPS, solar, low-power design, broadband, firmware, software, systems,
`architecture, video, mobile apps, web apps.
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`Aug. 2011 – Oct. 2016, Vice President of Engineering, Head of the Atlanta R & D Center, EchoStar Technologies,
`Greater Atlanta Area ($3B revenue, Engineering for Dish Network with a common controlling stockholder)
`• Developed products for Dish Network and international customers including highest volume set-top boxes,
`H.265, HEVC, 3D, Satellite, MoCA, transcoding, Embedded C Linux applications, mobile applications (IOS and
`Android), SaaS, and web applications (Javascript, HTML). Provided product lifecycle support of contract
`manufacturers, test methodologies, customer service, QA, marketing, and sales.
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`• Led the architecture and global development of a huge end-to-end secure IoT cloud/fog/edge Platform for the
`consumer security & smart home market and other adjacent markets. Established the unique TV and mobile UI
`and MyLocal911 patented self-monitored security paradigm. System architecture consisted of 32 cloud systems
`and 24 CPE products. Systems included BSS/OSS, AWS cloud storage, 2-way video/audio streaming,
`authentication, provisioning, software download, command and control, customer service, online storefront, 911
`emergency VoIP, logistics, CPE, and mobile applications. Represented the platform at trade shows.
`• Functioned as a general manager in roles and responsibilities including vision, operations, business results,
`product management, program management, complex projects and services, hardware/software/systems
`product development of video, Internet of Things (IoT), and mobile application products.
`• Winner of the prestigious Best of Show award at the 2013 CES for the Hopper because of the Hopper Transfers
`functionality and mobile applications.
`• Won 2015 CSI award “Best smart home product, technology or service”.
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`Aug. 1990 – July 2011, Vice President of Engineering, Cisco / Scientific Atlanta, Greater Atlanta Area
`($35B / $1.9B revenue companies respectively. Cisco acquired Scientific Atlanta Feb. 2006)
`• Intellectual property – served on the corporate patent board, provided patent assistance, and testified in patent
`litigation cases including as a 30(b)(6) witness representing the corporation.
`• Responsible for the hardware/firmware/software/mechanical/systems/architecture/ASIC requirements design
`and development of several generations of high volume set top boxes and other products with extensive data
`communications and multimedia capabilities and advanced features including DOCSIS 1/2/3 and hybrid
`gateways, 802.11, IPTV, DVR, cable modems, ADSL, VDSL, DVB-T/C/S, bootloaders, factory diagnostics,
`application frameworks, Nagra, DRMs, conditional access, secure microprocessors, device management, Android,
`Adobe Flash, Linux, DVD play/record, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, H.264, NTSC, PAL, DAVIC, MoCA, high-performance
`CPUs, cablecards, network processors, HDMI, multiple video/audio display interfaces, 2D/3D graphics, multiple
`RF tuners, and full spectrum tuners.
`• Products developed supported worldwide video, audio, power supply, and regulatory standards.
`• Developed products manufactured in company factories, contract manufacturers (CMs), Original Design
`Manufacturers (ODMs), and Joint Design Manufacturers (JDMs).
`• Developed processes and practices to ensure success in high quality, high volume, low cost, and fast time-to-
`market product development.
`• Architected Video-On-Demand (VOD) systems.
`• Architected robust software download system to ensure network disaster recovery to avoid truck rolls. Received
`some of the industries’ first downloadable software patents and an electronic program guide patent.
`Developed the downloadable software system, enabling the applications software development business which
`evolved into a major corporate strategic business objective.
`• Responsible for the total value proposition strategy internally in the organization through process design and
`externally facing customers to propose innovative solutions that add value and differentiate our offering.
`• Established and managed department capex and opex budgets and manpower planning.
`• Achieved unprecedented 3%/qtr product cost reductions for all products during the product lifecycle.
`• Highly reliable products never had a field recall, which would have been disastrous to the business due to truck
`roll costs.
`• Established software development department and software development practices including software
`processes, code reviews, networked version control and defect tracking, unit test teams, coding standards, and
`release processes.
`• Reduced product development time to market for set top boxes from 14 months to 6 months through
`continuous process improvement
`• Scaled organization from supporting $10M to $1.3B in sales
`• Accounted for more than 70% of the revenues for Cisco’s Service Provider Video Technology Group and for
`Scientific Atlanta Corporation.
`• Award winning design and development of over 100 million shipped products
`• Winner of Technology Emmy in 2012 for Pioneering Development of Multi-Room DVR.
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`• Winner of 2006 CES "Best of Innovations" award for DVR/DVD Recorder/Player.
`• Winner of Motorola/EE Times Excellence in Innovation Award in 1994.
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`Nov. 1985 - July 1990, Hardware Engineering Manager / Senior Engineer, Wegener Communications, Inc., Greater
`Atlanta Area
`• Managed product development of video, audio, and data satellite receivers, modulators, graphics display
`systems, DSP-based compandors, FSK and PSK satellite modems, multiplexers, forward error correction (FEC)
`codecs, RF upconverters and downconverters, and baseband analog and digital processing components.
`Disciplines managed included hardware, ASICs, FPGAs, RF, digital, microprocessors, analog, mechanical, and
`embedded software.
`• Architected and designed forward error correction (FEC) coding systems, PSK modems, and analog control
`systems for RF modulators and PSK demodulators.
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`Mar. 1983 - June 1985 (while working at Scientific Atlanta), Assistant Professor, DeVry Institute of Technology,
`Greater Atlanta Area
`• Taught evening school courses in microprocessor hardware/software and Electronics
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`June 1982 – Oct. 1985, Scientific-Atlanta, Engineer II/Engineer I, Greater Atlanta Area
`• Designed software and hardware including addressable data transmitters, video sync suppression scramblers,
`transaction format converters, and data channel monitors for addressable Cable Television systems and Set Top
`Boxes.
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`EDUCATION
`• MSEE course work in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
`• BSEE, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, with High Honors. Specialization in Computer Engineering.
`GPA: 3.53/4.00.
`• Georgia Institute of Technology Scrum Leadership Certificate, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum
`Product Owner (CSPO), Certified Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) Practitioner
`• Many short courses in business and engineering.
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