• 3D Laser Scanning
• Artificial Intelligence
• Image Processing
• Intellectual Property
• Multimedia
• Patents
• Photography
• Software
• Trade Secrets
• Video
• Virtual Reality

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A:
Ph.D. in Computer Science
- University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA | 2008–2011
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Controlling the Appearance of Specular Microstructures

M.Sc. in Computer Science
- University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA | 2006–2008
- M.Sc. Thesis: Photorealistic Rendering of Human Hair Fibers

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering
- Sharif University of Technology | Tehran, Iran | 2002–2006
- B.Sc. Thesis: Optimal Point Removal in Closed-2PM Labeling

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A:
Memberships:
- University of California San Diego Alumni Association
- ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
- ACM TOG: ACM’s Transactions On Graphics
- ACM SIGGRAPH: ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
- University of California San Diego’s ACM Team in Southern California Regional Contest | 2007
- IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IEEE Computer Society

Filed Patents:

Google | 2014
- Event Grouping Using Time Zones · GP-21579-00-US · US 2016/0027037 A1
- Cross-Campaign Event Attribution · GP-21577-00-PR
- Late Conversion Event Attribution · GP-21580-00-US
- Event Attribution Using Backfill Operation · GP-21581-00-US
- Event Attribution and Frequency Grouping · GP-21578-00-US

Walt Disney Animation Studios | 2010
- System and Method for Artist Friendly Controls for Hair Shading · US 8,674,988 B2

Movie Credits:

Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Tangled | Look Development, Hair Rendering Development | 2010

Select Employment:

Quandary Peak Research | Los Angeles, CA | June 2023–Present
- Principal Software & Technology Consultant

Google | Santa Monica, CA & Venice, CA | 2011–2017
- Researcher / Software Engineer
- Machine Learning [2015–2017]
- Advertisement [2013–2015]
- Image Processing [2011–2013]

ILM: Industrial Light & Magic | San Francisco, CA | 2010
- Research & Development Engineer

Walt Disney Animation Studios, | Burbank, CA | 2008 & 2009
- Research & Development Engineer / Consultant

CISA3: Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology | La Jolla, CA | 2007–2008
- Graduate Researcher & Developer

Calit2: California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology | La Jolla, CA | 2007
- Computer Graphics Engineer

Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | 2007–2011
- Graduate Research Associate

IPM: Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics | Tehran, Iran | 2005–2006
- Undergraduate Research Associate

Pinscreen | Santa Monica, CA | 2017
- Vice President of Engineering

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A:
University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA | 2007–2011
- Teaching Assistant | CSE 20: Discrete Mathematics | Spring 2011
- Senior Teaching Assistant | CSE 21: Mathematics for Algorithms and Systems | Winter 2011
- Senior Teaching Assistant | CSE 8A: Introduction to Computer Science: Java | Fall 2010
- Teaching Assistant | CSE 167: Computer Graphics | Fall 2010
- Teaching Assistant | CSE 20: Discrete Mathematics | Spring 2010
- Senior Teaching Assistant | CSE 101: Design & Analysis of Algorithms | Winter 2010
- Senior Teaching Assistant | CSE 100: Advanced Data Structures | Fall 2009
- Senior Teaching Assistant | CSE 167: Computer Graphics | Fall 2007

National Ministry of Education | Tehran, Iran | 2005
- Teaching Discrete Mathematics for the Olympiad of Informatics to high school students.

Young Scholars Club | Tehran, Iran | 2004
- Teaching Combinatorics and Informatics at Farzanegan High School
- Sharif University of Technology | Tehran, Iran I 2003–2006
- Senior Teaching Assistant | CE254: Design & Analysis of Algorithms | Fall 2006
- Senior Teaching Assistant | CE364: Programming Languages | Fall 2005
- Teaching Assistant | CE443: Computer Networks | Spring 2005
- Teaching Assistant | CE417: Artificial Intelligence | Fall 2004
- Senior Teaching Assistant | CE115: Discrete Mathematics | Fall 2003

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A:
No.

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A:
Retained as an expert for Litigation and Intellectual Property Consulting on at least seven engagements.

Litigation Consulting:

D4D Technologies, LLC v. Medit Corporation | Mar 2024–Present
- Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Case Number: 6:21-cv-01176
- Counsel: Scheef & Stone, LLP
- Nature of Suit: Patent

InQuisient Inc v. ServiceNow, Inc. | Mar 2024–Present
- Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Delaware
- Case Number: 1:22-cv-00900
- Counsel: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Nature of Suit: Patent

Artec Europe S.A.R.L. v. Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co., Ltd., et al. | Feb 2024–Present
- Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Case Number: 1:22-cv-01676-OEM-VMS
- Counsel: Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP
- Nature of Suit: Patent

Electronic Devices Including Smartphones, Computers, Tablet Computers, and Components Thereof
- Dec 2023–Present
- Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission (ITC)
- Counsel: Alston & Bird, LLP
- Nature of Suit: Patent

3D Systems, Inc. v. Ben Wynne, et al. | Sept 2023–Present
- Jurisdiction: United States District Court Southern District of California
- Case Number: 3:21-cv-01141-LAB-DEB
- Counsel: Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
- Nature of Suit: Trade Secrets

Avelardo Rivera and Yasmine Romero v. Amazon Web Services, Inc. | July 2023–Present
- Jurisdiction: Western District of Washington
- Case Number: 2:22-cv-00269-JHC
- Counsel: Edelson P.C.
- Nature of Suit: Class Action

Intellectual Property Consulting:

Security First Innovations, LLC | Sept 2023–Present
- Nature of Consultation: Intellectual Property
- Retained by: Security First Innovations, LLC
- Technology: Security, Encryption, Storage, Cloud and Big Data Infrastructure

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A:
Qualified and available to provide deposition/trial testimony, declarations, and reports in the fields of computer graphics, 3D rendering, 3D animation, 3D geometry processing, software engineering, system architecture, algorithms, and data structures, as well as source code analysis for software litigation.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A:
Retained as an expert on behalf of the plaintiff in approximately half of engagements.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A:
Retained as an expert on behalf of the defendant in approximately half of engagements.

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A:
Given expert testimony in a deposition for at least one engagement.

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?

A:
March 2024.

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A:
Since June 2023.

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A:
Consulting, source code analysis, expert reports/declarations, and deposition/trial testimony.

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A:
Hourly rate is competitive and the same for all services.

Available Upon Request.