Optimization Expert Witnesses
Optimization expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on optimization. The optimization expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Computers, Information Technology, Risk Management, and Statistics.
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Sanjay Ranka
Computer Science: IPR, Infringement, Invalidity
Distinguished Professor, Computer Science, University of Florida, Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, Florida
Computers, Information Technology
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Databases, Algorithms, Parallel Computing, Distributed Computing, Distributed Systems, GPU Computing, High performance computing, Data Analytics, Big Data, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Expert Systems, Cloud Computing, Marketing, CRM, Advertising, Optimization, Ad Servers
I am a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of Florida, IEEE Fellow, and AAAS Fellow, and I serve as an expert witness in patent litigation and other complex technology matters involving distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, machine learning, GPU-accelerated and high-performance computing systems, and large-scale software architectures.
My work focuses on helping counsel and courts understand how modern computing systems operate in practice—particularly where technical claims, system behavior, and real-world implementation diverge. This includes analyzing how systems behave under scale, latency, partial failure, and distributed coordination constraints. I provide clear, structured, and defensible technical analysis across all phases of litigation, including expert reports, depositions, PTAB/IPR proceedings, and trial testimony.
I previously served as CTO and co-founder of Paramark, an ad-serving optimization platform (PILOT) that opera...
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Bryan L Dodson
Quality & Reliability Engineering Expert
THE WOODLANDS, Texas
Risk Management, Statistics
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Reliability, Quality, Automotive, Chemicals, Lean, Manufacturing, Warranty, Aluminum, Systems Engineering, Failure Analysis, Inventory, Product Development, Data Analysis, Design Verification, FRACAS, FMEA, Product Design, Database, Six Sigma, Optimization
Employment
SKF - Senior Director Quality Systems and Transformation
Collins & Aikman - Senior Director Corporate Quality & Continuous Improvement
Visteon - Associate Director Quality & Reliability Engineering and Senior Technical Fellow
Continental Teves - Manager Reliability Engineering & Quality Information Systems
Alcoa - Reliability Leader & Technical Quality Consultant
Morton Thiokol – Industrial Engineer
Licenses & Certifications
Professional Engineer – Michigan
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Design for Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Awards
Distinguished Alumni Louisiana Tech University
Society of Automotive Engineers Forest R. McFarland Award for Technical Leadership
Fellow – American Society for Quality
Fellow – Society of Automotive Engineers
Publications
Developer of NASA’s standard reliability life data software
Dodson, Bryan, Pat. Hammett and Rene, Klerx, Probabilistic Design for Optimization and Robustness for Engineers, John Wiley & Sons,...