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Expert in Optics Engineering, Optical Design & Fabrication, Optically-Based Products, Optical Metrology
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert's expertise includes the design of electro-optical systems optical metrology instruments, interferometers, infra-red systems, and optical inspection devices. He is familiar with the manufacture of optical metrology instrumentation, including MTF measurement and lens measurement products for the measurement and characterization of contact and intraocular lenses.
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Expert is an expert in the field of optics. His work centers around optical engineering, including the design of optical systems products and optical inspection equipment. He has extensive experience in the areas of lens design, design of optical coatings, optical fabrication, lens testing and computer based optical metrology. Expert has designed a wide range of optics for research and medical institutions and for commercial use--the latter includes optics for photography, video systems, toys, laser scanners and sensors. Expert's company, Expert's Firm, provides a wide range of optical engineering services including design, prototype fabrication, production of optical components, systems, and testing equipment. Optikos has four business activities: a line of optical metrology instrumentation for characterizing the performance of optical systems, a line of metrology equipment for assessing the quality and performance of ophthalmic components (contact lenses, eyeglass lenses, and intraocular lenses), custom optical engineering and design services, and optical product development.
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Expert is an expert in optical elements, prisms and diffraction, filters, polarizers, optical microscopes, telescopes, interferometry. He has had extensive experience working with optical films and the optical properties, analysis, and applications of thin films. He is also knowledgeable regarding glass drilling. Expert has been involved with the development of a wide range of optically-based products. He has developed and licensed technology and products into consumer and industrial markets and has developed an impressive collection of optically-based intellectual property.
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Expert has extensive experience in a broad range of optical designs and geometrical optics. These include zoom lenses, condensing systems, polarization components, reflective imaging systems, plastic optical components, laser and image scanners, holographic systems and diffractive elements for microscopes, telescopes, endoscopes, photographic systems, electronic imaging systems, and projection devices. At Optikos, his designs have been incorporated into consumer products, toys, reconnaissance systems, and industrial test equipment. He frequently works with customers from conception to production by defining their product requirements, developing appropriate designs, building a prototype, assisting in production start-up, then developing post-production test equipment, if necessary. He maintains in-house prototyping capability and often helps customers find or develop vendors for production.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Boston, Massachusetts;
Worcester, Massachusetts;
Springfield, Massachusetts;
Lowell, Massachusetts;
Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Brockton, Massachusetts;
New Bedford, Massachusetts;
Hartford, Connecticut;
Manchester, New Hampshire;
and Providence, Rhode Island.
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1979
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Ph.D.
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Optics
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The Institute of Optics - University of Rochester - NY
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1974
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S.B.
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Electrical Engineering
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MIT
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1974
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S.B.
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Management
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MIT
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1984 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Founder/President
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1978 to 1984
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Polaroid Corporation
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Optical Engineering Department
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Senior Principal Engr.
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1981 to 1982
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Frank Cooke, Inc.
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Chief Engineer
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Associations/Societies
He has been a member of the Optical Society of America (OSA) since 1973 and was made a Fellow in 1985. He is very active in both local and national sections of the OSA. He is also a member of SPIE.
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Professional Appointments
He has served as Treasurer of OSA since 1996 and serves on a number of governance committees. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Benthos, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company until its sale to Teledyne Technologies, Inc. in early 2006. He currently serves as a director of a global manufacturer of high power lasers and a leading optical metrology company. He is also a Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT.
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Awards/Recognition
Expert received the Optical Society of America's Distinguished Service Award (2007) , The Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Rochester's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Expert received the Hertz fellowship (1975-78). In 2008, Expert's Firm was named the Massachusetts Exporter of the Year by the US Small Business Administration.
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has been awarded 50+ US Patents and has written 20+ articles.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Photonics Spectra
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- Optics News
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert has served as an expert witness on at least 6 patent infringement or trade secret cases and has testified in both federal and state courts.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert for consulting on actual vs. computer generated glow stick light - Truth in Advertising Case.
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Expert has been involved in the development of many optically based products including medical instrumentation, consumer products, toys, and industrial test instrumentation.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has experience locating vendors of the following products:
lenses, prisms, mirrors, coatings, optical test equipment, photographic equipment, light measurement equipment, optical design software, and
injection molding of plastics.
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Other Skills and Services
Expert has served as the Treasurer of the Optical Society of America since 1996, and serves on the board of directors of Rofin-Sinar Technologies, a leading global manufacturer of industrial lasers, and Zygo Corporation, leading optical metrology company.
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