Software Quality Expert Witnesses

Totowa, New Jersey

Information Technology, Software Engineering - Software Testing, Software Quality, Software Defects, Software Failure Analysis, Test Automation, QA Quality Assurance, SDET, Software Engineering, API Testing, CI/CD Pipeline, DevOps Testing, Selenium Automation, Load and Performance Testing, JMeter Testing, Regression Testing, Automated Testing Frameworks, AWS, Agile and Scrum QA

Adam Alburakeh is a Software Quality and Automation Expert specializing in the "Standard of Care" for modern software development. Unlike generalist IT experts, he maintains an active, hands-on practice in high-velocity CI/CD environments, ensuring his analysis reflects current industry realities rather than outdated methodologies. Litigation Support Services: • Root Cause Analysis: Forensic examination of software failures, outages, and data corruption. • Code & Process Review: Assessing the adequacy of regression suites, unit testing, and release procedures. • Negligence Assessment: Determining if development teams followed industry-standard QA practices. • Discovery Assistance: Helping counsel interpret technical documents, Jira tickets, and GitHub logs. Technical Expertise: Mr. Alburakeh designs and audits automated testing frameworks for high-traffic platforms (50,000+ concurrent users). His stack proficiency includes: • Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript. • Aut...

Dallas, Texas

Software Engineering, Human Factors - software project management, software development, software quality, defects/bugs, implementation, software intellectual property, budget disputes, schedule disputes, software disputes, bespoke software, software customization, ERP, SaaS, software workforce, source code analysis, requirements, methodology, contracts, legacy, enterprise

Leon Kappelman is a researcher, author, educator, and consultant to corporations, governments, and attorneys. Dr. Kappelman is a professor emeritus whose work as an advisor and expert witness for attorneys concerns cases that mainly focus on disputes concerning all kinds of software projects (including bespoke, cloud, SaaS, ERPs, packages, integrations, and combinations thereof), as well as intellectual property matters. His research, teaching, publication, and advising work centers on the human and technical dimensions of designing, building, implementing, managing, and operating computer-based information systems (IS). He testified before and submitted written testimony to the U.S. Congress regarding high-tech legislation, cybersecurity, and IS management in the federal government. His management consulting and litigation support clients include Fortune 500 companies (such as AT&T, IBM, Microsoft, Verizon), government entities (Including the White House, the United Nations, the US...