Technology, Product Dev., Software & AI Expert

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Bruce Weiner is an expert in technology, product development, and software engineering with 37 years of experience applying industry-standard design, testing, and post-deployment evaluation methods to determine whether technology products and features achieve their stated objectives. His career includes leading initiatives for Fortune 100 companies and government agencies, directing cross-functional teams to design, implement, and validate technology products across financial services, loyalty and affiliate platforms, e-commerce, and large-scale internet infrastructure. Since 2012, he has held progressive technology and product leadership roles at a large financial services institution, including large-scale platform modernization and delivery of mission-critical systems — most recently serving as Vice President and Chief Product Owner. Through Weiner.net LLC, Bruce has been retained as a testifying and consulting expert in 25 matters since 2011 across U.S. District Courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, state courts in multiple jurisdictions, AAA arbitration, NAA arbitration, and a New York City administrative proceeding. He has been deposed nine times and has provided trial or hearing testimony on three occasions — one AAA arbitration trial, one NAA arbitration trial, and one New York City administrative hearing. Three additional trials are scheduled in 2026 in federal and state courts. His expert declarations are cited by name in a published Federal Circuit opinion, 986 F.3d 1367 (cxLoyalty, Inc. v. Maritz Holdings Inc.). He has been retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel in patent infringement, trade secret, antitrust, complex commercial litigation, class action, gig-economy platform disputes, and criminal defense matters. Representative matters include evaluating AI-weighted model governance and product development methodology in a large-scale federal multidistrict litigation involving over 3,000 consolidated cases; analyzing airline and loyalty program technology in federal court and PTAB proceedings; assessing SDLC and PDLC governance in enterprise software disputes; evaluating consulting billing substantiation using Function Point Analysis and ISO 20700; and reviewing e-commerce, affiliate, and web API technology across patent, trade secret, and contract matters. His opinions are anchored to internationally recognized standards, including ISO/IEC 12207, ISO 31000, ISO/IEC 25010, IEEE 730, ISO/IEC 42001, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, IETF RFC specifications, and OWASP. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, from Princeton University, with a certificate from the Woodrow Wilson School. He maintains active memberships in the ACM and IEEE, holds the Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) and Certified Agile Leader 1 (CAL I) credentials from the Scrum Alliance, and holds an active Federal Secret Security Clearance — DCSA Tier 5 Investigation. He is a named inventor on U.S. Patent No. 7,203,734. He participated as a panelist at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt (October 2, 2025) on transformation and governance in global financial services technology.