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Expert in Bar Coding, Automatic Identification, Printing, and Optics
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Primary Expertise Areas:
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bar code expert
bar coding process expert
bar-code scanner expert
bar-code scanning expert
bar-code printing expert |
Expert has spent many years designing and building bar code equipment and consulting on bar code technology. He has consulted on retail, shipping, medical, manufacturing, electronics, and other industrial and commercial bar coding applications. |
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printer expert
printer technology expert
printing expert
thermal printer expert
thermal transfer printer expert
thermal transfer printing expert
non-impact printer expert
non-impact printing expert |
Over the last 15 years, Expert has built laser, LED array, thermal transfer, and thermal printers. He has studied and evaluated ink jet, electro-static, dielectric, electrographic, magneto graphic, and label printers. He designed label stock, adhesives, labeling systems, thermal transfer, and thermal media. He designed thermal and LED array printer heads including thick and thin films. He also designed electronic drivers, software and print algorithms including data compression.
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infrared absorption gas analysis expert
infrared detection system expert
infrared imaging expert
infrared radiation detection expert
infrared generation expert |
Expert has extensive experience designing and developing pulsed infrared sources using thick film elements. He designed power drivers to increase source life and optics to maximize power output. He ruggedized these sources to make them almost unbreakable and adapted them to many applications such as gas analysis, active infrared motion detection, and many others. This work included studies of high-speed temperature measurement and micro-miniature temperature measurement and generation. He has patents in this area. |
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gas analysis expert
gas analyzer expert
carbon dioxide expert
carbon dioxide sensor expert
oxygen expert
oxygen measurement expert
oxygen sensor expert
respiratory gas analyzer expert |
Over the past five years, Expert designed and developed gas analyzers to monitor pollution, auto gas emissions, blood gas, and respiratory gases including CO2. His activity generated several patents on CO2 sensors including infrared source and detection techniques. This work has evolved into flow sensing, oxygen sensing, and metabolic and cardiac output monitoring. He also worked on pulse oximetry. |
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electrooptics expert
optoelectronics science expert |
Expert spent the last 20 years designing, building, and consulting on electro-optics. He built one of the first single-mode diode laser systems. He designed laser cooling systems, drive electronics, optics and mechanical monitoring. He designed imaging systems, hybrid photo detectors, laser scanners, digital image processing, infrared detectors, gas lasers, and YAG lasers. Recently, Expert worked for two years on the development of an electric toothbrush and related oral hygiene devices. |
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remote sensing expert
photosensor expert |
Expert is currently working in the area of remote sensing for applications such as satellite imaging, unmanned airborne vehicles (UAVs), and aerial photography. He has access to 20 years of expertise in these areas. Specific applications include environmental monitoring and conservation, land use, forest management, violation monitoring (illegal tree cutting, etc), pollution monitoring, energy conservation, agriculture (crop inventory assessment, precision farming, and yield predictions), mapping, communication equipment siting, civil engineering (construction, planning and damage monitoring), transportation, real estate visualization, weather forecasting, urban planning, tourism, and health monitoring. He is particularly focusing on integration of geographic information systems (GIS) with remote data, including georeferencing and orthorectification. The satellite data comes from visible and infrared band images, from multi-spectral, and soon hyperspectral satellites. Data is also available from SAR (synthetic aperture radar). Expert can also be of help on data analysis and image processing of the satellite data. |
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Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Seattle, Washington; Tacoma, Washington; Bellevue, Washington; Everett, Washington; Federal Way, Washington; Kent, Washington; Bellingham, Washington; Lakewood, Washington; and Renton, Washington.
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1979
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Ph.D.
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Physics
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University of Washington
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1975
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M.S.
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Physics
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University of Washington
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1972
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B.S.
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Physics
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University of Washington
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1998 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Novametrix Hospital Division
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Director of Research
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1996 to 1998
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Optiva Corporation
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Director of Research and Development
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1987 to 1996
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Cascadia Technology
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Director of Engineering
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1979 to 2002
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Independent Consultant
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1979 to 1982
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Intermec, Inc.
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Bar Code Optics Systems & Printers
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Research Physicist
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1982 to 1987
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Intermec, inc.
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Non-Impact Printers
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Engineering Manager
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Associations/Societies
Expert belongs to the American Physical Society, the Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers, and the Optical Society of America.
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Licenses/Certifications
PMP
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Professional Appointments
Expert is listed in the Marquis International Who's Who in Optical Science and Engineering and in Who's Who in Technology.
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Publications and Patents Summary
He has 14 patents related to bar code equipment, electro-optics, medical equipment, thermal paper and printing, and energy transfer.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert in bar code laser scanner detector circuit for consulting on Barcode Primer.
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Aerodynamics expert for consulting on inserter binding application for magazine production.
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Bar code expert for consulting on liquor code not working.
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Bar-coding systems expert for consulting on developing a system that is functional and can be integrated with an ERP system.
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As a member of the Intota consultant network,
Expert is a specialist who provides technical consulting to corporate, legal and government clients. Expert provides professional consulting as a Bar Coding Consultant, Automatic Identification Consultant, Printing Consultant, Consultant and Optics Consultant. Expert may consult as an independent consultant or as a member of a consultancy, consulting company,
or consulting firm. Consultants service will be covered by a consulting contract.
Ask an expert initial screening questions and ask the experts services particulars, by simply submitting
an expert request.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Worked for Susman Godfrey on a patent litigation case involving bar code printers and scanners, electro-optics, thermal and other non-impact printing, thermal paper chemistry, and software algorithms. They stated that Expert was very effective at sorting through vast amounts of information to find key pieces that were very helpful to the case. They also said that Expert had an excellent grasp of the case providing very valuable insights.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Laser printer expert for consulting on laser printing process.
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Expert in thermal paper for consulting on bar coding and thermal printing patent infringement case.
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Expert on bar coding for consulting on bar coding.
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Expert in printer feed mechanism for consulting on an ongoing patent litigation.
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Thermal printer expert for consulting on patent case.
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Intota experts can serve as expert witnesses or litigation consultants offering expert testimony, expert advice, litigation support,
forensic services, and related expert witness services. Expert can serve as an expert witness or litigation consultant in intellectual property (patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright),
product liability, and insurance matters. Expert may provide forensic expert witness testimony, litigation consulting services, forensic investigation,
and forensic testing if appropriate in litigation areas as a Bar Coding Expert Witness, Automatic Identification Expert Witness, Printing Expert Witness, Expert Witness and Optics Expert Witness.
Intota provides attorneys and legal professionals the opportunity to ask an expert initial screening questions and
ask the experts services particulars by submitting an expert request.
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French
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Expert can speak, read, and write French.
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Spanish
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He can speak, read, and write Spanish.
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Japanese
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Expert can speak Japanese.
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German
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Expert serves as a resource to
Intota Market Research Services
for customized marketing research in industries or areas related to
Bar Coding, Automatic Identification, Printing, and Optics.
Experts are an invaluable source of overall industry insight as well as insight into specific companies and firms for
custom business to business (b2b) and industrial market research. Intota uses analyst and
consultant resources from Guideline whose Research Directors manage the research and analysis of the qualitative
and quantitative data as well as report writing for the custom studies. The methods and tools
used by Intota market research combine the insights of technical experts and industry insiders with secondary
research to provide the custom b2b and industrial market research you need.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has experience locating vendors of non-impact printers, ink jet printers, thermal and thermal-transfer printers, laser printers, laser scanners, bar code readers, and
electro-optical components and
bar code equipment.
He has access to the following resources: printed materials,
vendor lists, magazine articles, and
databases, and has many personal contacts.
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