Zaydoon Jawadi
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`Summary
`Thirty-nine years’ experience in software development, engineering, technology, consulting, and
`management, specializing in software, Internet/Web, data storage, data networking, and
`telecommunication. Twelve years’ technology litigation expert experience in over 40 cases (16
`patent cases involving 34 patents, 18 IPRs/CBMs/PGRs, eight copyright / trade secret cases, and
`six contract dispute / fraud cases). Seasoned technical instructor; taught thousands of technical
`professionals worldwide in industry and academia.
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`Industry Experience
`2006 – Present, Independent Expert Consultant, Los Altos, California
`Expert for plaintiffs and defendants in intellectual property cases involving software and
`technology
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`2009 – Present, President and Cofounder, Rate Speeches, Inc., Los Altos, California
`Rate Speeches provides online services, resources, and technologies for creating, rating,
`evaluating, and enhancing public speaking, presentation, and communication skills. The
`company operates the RateSpeeches.com website and the Speech Evaluator online software. The
`system includes a database (implemented using MySQL) of speakers, speeches, ratings,
`evaluations, and half a million speech topics.
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`2001– 2007, President and Cofounder, CoAssure, Inc., San Jose, California
`CoAssure was a provider of Web-based technology services and solutions for automated speech-
`recognition and touchtone / DTMF telephony applications. The company’s technology included
`software for XML-based automated test generation, automated test execution, phone call
`placement, DTMF and voice generation, automated audio management, Web-based test results
`analysis and reporting, and database. The system utilized the Intel / Dialogic telephony platform.
`Web-based technology included ASP, JavaScript, Perl, SQL, and HTML.
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`1999 – 2001, CEO (1999-2000), Chairman, and Cofounder, Can Do, Inc., Sunnyvale, California
`CanDo.com was a startup Internet eCommerce company targeting people with disabilities. The
`extensive website had over 10,000 items for sale, and extensive consumer features, such as news,
`chat, messages, and product information. The company was funded by the leading venture
`capital firms. Technology included sound adaptation software to make websites more accessible
`and usable by hearing-impaired people.
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`1997 – 1998, General Manager, Data Networking Business Unit, Xyratex, San Jose, CA
`Xyratex International (previously NASDAQ: XRTX, now part of Seagate Technology,
`NASDAQ: STX) was a data storage and data networking company, which used to be an IBM
`UK division. Managed data networking analysis tools business unit that produced Gigabit
`Ethernet protocol analyzer and network monitoring system, which, through an OEM agreement,
`was sold by the leading supplier of network analyzers.
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`1996 – 1997, General Manager, Northern California, Xyratex, San Jose, CA
`The Xyratex test division was a major supplier to each of the top five disk drive manufacturers.
`In charge of the San Jose group, and responsible for the data storage interface (SCSI and
`ATA/IDE) test product line within Xyratex. The Xyratex test division was a major supplier to
`each of the top five disk drive manufacturers at the time. Other customers included
`manufacturers of tape drives, CD-ROM drives, removable drives, and RAID. Also involved
`with business, product, and technology strategy of the test division, which included SCSI,
`ATA/IDE, Fibre Channel, and SSA test systems, quality assurance systems, development
`systems, and protocol analyzers / monitoring systems.
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`1992 – 1996, President and Founder, Zadian Technologies, Inc., San Jose, California
`Zadian was the largest supplier of interface production test systems (SCSI and ATA/IDE) for
`data storage devices (disk, tape, removable, CD-ROM, and RAID), with over 50,000 units
`installed worldwide in mission-critical customer operations. The systems were used by
`manufacturers in their high-volume production and QA processes, and by their customers to
`certify their products. Other products were SCSI, ATA/IDE, Fibre Channel, SSA, and PCMCIA
`quality assurance systems and development systems for data storage devices and flash. The
`systems included an embedded operating system, scripting language, Ethernet networking, and
`host/server GUI The business was sold to Xyratex in 1996.
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`1984 – 1994, Software and Data Storage Consultant, San Jose, California
`- Architected software for validating SCSI and ATA/IDE implementations, as well as software
`for emulating ATA/IDE hosts, SCSI initiators (hosts), and SCSI disk, tape, and optical
`emulation with error injection simulation.
`- Provided technical consulting services in SCSI, ATA/IDE, software design and development,
`system software, driver software, data storage, tools, testing software, protocol development
`systems, protocol analyzers / monitoring systems, manufacturing software in the US and
`Japan.
`- Designed and developed a quality assurance system with database and graphics to aggregate
`and analyze production yield and other manufacturing data.
`- Was lead developer and project leader of a relational database that was designed and
`implemented from scratch for a major computer company.
`- Developed software for internationalization of PC BIOS, operating system, user interface,
`graphics, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software.
`- Programmed in C and assembly, under Unix, DOS, Windows, and other operating systems.
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`1981 – 1983, Software Engineer, Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, California
`Amdahl Corporation (previously AMEX: AMH, now subsidiary of Fujitsu since 1997) was a
`major supplier of mainframe computers, UNIX and open systems, data storage subsystems, and
`other computer products.
`- Software design and development, diagnostics, testing software, software tools, disassembler,
`and defect tracking database software based on the Ingress relational database.
`- Programmed in C and IBM assembly, under Unix, VM, and MVS.
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`1978 – 1980, Telecommunication / Electrical Engineer, Emirtel
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`Emirtel (formerly Cable and Wireless, now Etisalat) was a national telecommunications
`company providing local and long-distance telephone service, satellite communication, telex,
`and telegraph.
`- Maintenance and installation of computerized (DEC) telephone and telex exchanges
`- Programmed and maintained software in assembly and Basic
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`Teaching Experience
`- 2008-present: Adjunct professor at Foothill College then at Menlo College, adjunct instructor
`at Peak Presenter, courses taught include: public speaking, presentation skills, technical
`presentation skills, and nonverbal communication
`- 1984-1994: Trained thousands of engineers and technical professionals worldwide from
`Fortune-500 companies:
`o Created and taught three SCSI seminars: SCSI the Nuts and Bolts (three-day course),
`Introduction to SCSI (one-day course), and Non-technical SCSI (half-day course)
`o Created and taught Introduction to I/O Interfaces course
`o Co-created and taught ATA/IDE course and SSA course
`o Taught Fibre Channel course
`o Authored and published SCSI training video and manual
`o Authored and published SCSI Quick Reference Guide
`o Taught data structures at San Jose City College.
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`Education and Certification
`- 1981, M.Sc., Computer Science, Columbia University, NY; Dean’s Honor Student
`- 1977, B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Mosul University
`- California community college computer science lifelong instructor credential
`- Numerous technical courses in data storage, data networking, operating systems, and
`programming at Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and others.
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`Litigation Support Experience
`2017, September: Expert for Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP in New York, NY, in a patent infringement
`case involving two patents related to image analysis and optical character recognition
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`2017, August-present: Expert for Baker Botts L.L.P. in New York, NY, in a patent infringement ITC
`investigation related to magnetic tape cartridges
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`2017, August-present: Expert for Farney Daniels in Georgetown, TX, in a patent infringement case
`involving three patents related to digital signage and data networking
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`2017, July: Expert for Keesal, Young & Logan, in Long Beach, CA, in arbitration case involving
`telephone call logs
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`2017, May-June: Expert for Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in Indianapolis, IN, in a copyright case
`involving metal detector embedded software
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`2017, March-April: Expert consultant for Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC, in Birmingham, AL, in
`breach of contract case involving two patents related to multifunction cards
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`2017, March: Expert consultant for Quarles & Brady LLP, in Chicago, IL, in inter partes review related
`to telephony captioning and speech recognition
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`2017, February-March: Expert consultant for Kent & Risley, LLC, in Alpharetta, GA, in two
`inter partes reviews related to digital content, encryption, distribution, and subscription
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`2017, January-present: Expert for Farney Daniels in Georgetown, TX, in two inter partes reviews
`related to digital signage and data networking
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`2016, December - present: Expert for Fish & Richardson P.C. in Austin, TX, in covered business
`method review related to accomplishing multi-component Internet tasks
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`2016, October - 2017, May: Expert for The Law Offices of David J. Shapiro, P.C., in New York,
`NY, in a contract dispute case involving commercial business software
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`2016, August - November: Expert for Fish & Richardson P.C. in Redwood City, CA, in inter
`partes review related to automated information aggregation and delivery over the Internet
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`2016, April - August: Expert for Keesal, Young & Logan, in Long Beach, CA, in arbitration case, to
`perform telecommunication, PBX, call accounting software, and call logs
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`2016, June-July: Expert for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, in Los Angeles, CA, in a false
`advertising and fraud case related to online advertising
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`2016, February-August: Expert consultant for Quarles & Brady LLP, in Madison, WI, in six inter
`partes reviews and a post grant review related to telephony captioning and speech recognition
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`2016, January-February: Expert consultant for Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner in a
`covered business method review related to telephony, speech recognition, data networking, and monitoring
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`2015, December: Expert for Farney Daniels in Austin, TX, in a patent infringement case involving
`three patents related to digital signage and data networking
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`2015, June: Expert for Direction IP Law in Marshall, TX, in patent infringement case related to
`data networking
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`2015, April-June: Expert for Jones Day in Palo Alto, CA, in inter partes review involving two
`patents related to monitoring technology
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`2014, October - 2016, November: Expert consultant for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in
`Denver, CO, and Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles, CA, in a trade secret and copyright case
`related to property management and accounting software
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`2014, October: Expert consultant for Morris, Nichols, Arshtx & Tunnell in Wilmington, DE, in a patent
`infringement case involving two patents related to management and tracking of sales force information
`by financial services companies
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`2014, August-September: Expert for Tadlock Law Firm in Plano, TX, in a patent infringement case
`related to synchronization of distributed database technology
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`2014, August; 2015, July: Expert consultant for DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy in Austin, TX, in a
`patent infringement case involving two patents related to ecommerce loyalty rewards software
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`2014, April; 2015, July; 2017, May: Expert for Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear in patent
`reexamination related to organizing and compressing spatial data for geolocation and mapping
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`2014, March-April: Expert consultant for Buether Joe & Carpenter LLC in Dallas, TX, in a patent
`infringement case related to Internet web-based technology
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`2014, January-April: Expert consultant for Shiboleth in New York, NY, in a trade secret and copyright
`case related to contact list management, messaging, and social networking software
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`2013, May-December: Expert DLA Piper in San Diego, CA, in a patent infringement case involving
`two patents related to SCSI, data storage, and jukeboxes
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`2013, January-December: Expert consultant for Mount, Spelman, and Fingerman in San Jose, CA, in a
`patent infringement case related to web-based geographic search technology, geolocation, and store
`locators
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`2013, July-December: Expert consultant for McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff in Chicago, IL,
`in a patent infringement case involving four patents related to web-based sports event simulations
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`2013: Expert consultant for Cooper Scully in San Francisco, CA, in a trade secret case related to
`hospital and medical software
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`2012: Expert consultant for Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner in Palo Alto, CA,
`in a trade secret and copyright case related to Internet/Web server load balancing, switching,
`routing, and networking device software and hardware
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`2012: Expert consultant for Stradling Yocca in Newport Beach, CA, in a patent infringement case
`related to business intelligence software
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`2009: Expert for Winston & Strawn LLP in San Francisco, CA, in trade secret and breach of
`contract case involving protocol analyzers and traffic generators
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`2009: Expert consultant for The Lanier Law Firm in Palo Alto, CA, in a patent infringement case
`related to pace maker software
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`2009: Expert consultant for Kenyon & Kenyon in San Jose, CA, in a patent infringement case
`involving two patents related to automatic test equipment and disk drive testing
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`2008 –2009: Expert consultant for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York, NY, in
`a copyright case related to database administration software
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`2007: Expert consultant for Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor in Wilmington, DE, in a trade
`secret and breach of contract case related to Internet tax preparation software
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`2006-2007: Expert consultant for Rohde & Van Kampen and Susman Godfrey in Seattle, WA, in
`a patent infringement case involving five patents related to database, data transformation,
`business intelligence, and data mining software
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`2006: Expert consultant for Ashby & Geddes and Heller Ehrman in Menlo Park, CA, in a patent
`infringement case involving five patents related to Internet technology and computer monitoring
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