Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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* Available for analysis, research, due diligence, and expert witness testimony in software- and hardware related litigation, including patent and copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets, breach-of-contract, and other matters. * Experience as a consulting expert on several patent litigation cases. * Over 20 years of hands-on experience developing software in languages such as Perl, C, C++, java, javascript, php, ... * Experience with server, desktop, embedded and mobile software and embedded systems and firmware. * Experience with operating systems such as Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. * Designed, developed and engineered the hardware and software of multiple successful consumer electronics audio and wireless products, sold worldwide. * Academic researcher and teaching assistant at Leuven Catholic University (KUL) and Brussels Free University (VUB), writing and publishing papers on audio signal processing and human-computer interaction research topics, presenting papers at international conferences and teaching students. * Previously founded a consumer electronics company, Percussa, in the pro-audio industry. * Designed award-winning consumer electronics products, such as Percussa AudioCubes, a tangible user interface system (Qwartz Max Mathews Award). * Presented products at international pro-audio tradeshows to industry press, distributors and retailers (NAMM, MusikMesse, Superbooth, etc). * Fellow of the Belgian-American Educational Foundation (BAEF), a honorary Fullbright fellow, and a recipient of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Educational Foundation Grant. * Fluent in English, Dutch and French. CV and career highlights available at http://www.bertschiettecatte.com/