Software Intellectual Property (IP) Expert Witnesses

In addition to our expert witness services regarding large-scale software, systems, and ERP project failures, WSRcg provides expert testimony in high-tech and IT intellectual property (IP) matters: evaluating, analyzing the appropriate documents, testimonies and criteria for determining whether and to what degree a software copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, idea theft and/or patent infringement has taken place. We also apply special tools when needed and provide forensic services (such as code comparisons) through managed sub-contractors.

Because today’s software and hardware development environments are dominated by fourth-generation languages, code-generation tools, CASE tools, open source code, expiring patents and reusable objects & components and more, this work requires more skill and judgment than ever before.

WSRcg consultants draw on their broad and deep experience, expertise and education in the programming areas, project estimation, software engineering arenas, among others, along with the proper forensic automated tools and a proprietary step-down methodology to flush out critical “similarities” that can uncover and address the tipping points in a case and to determine how, whom, when, what and how much intellectual property may have been misappropriated, infringed, stolen or compromised.

We have been designated and/or testified in several IP misappropriation and infringement disputes. Information will be provided about these matters as necessary.

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WSR Consulting Group, LLC specializes in the areas of: Computer Failure and Software Failure Litigation and Expert Witness Testimony • Computer Crisis & Software Project Turnaround and Information Technology Consulting • Technology & Software Intellectual Property Disputes & Misappropriation • Internet litigation. We provide computer expert witnesses, expert deposition and expert testimony. Our computer and software experts and consultants specialize in: computer system and software analysis • software project management & estimation • software project quality assurance • computer software selection • system and software requirements gathering & design • software development & coding • computer system and software testing & defect management • data base, data warehouse & file conversions • computer system and software implementation, go-live and maintenance activities • computer system and software failure analysis and root causes. These services are performed for Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP ) systems, CRM systems, manufacturing and distribution systems and software, commercial applications, POS (Point Of Sale) systems, ticketing systems, government and military systems and software, Payment Card Industry (PCI-DSS), Cloud-Computing architectures, MIS based systems and more. We have been designated and/or testified as computer failure experts, software failure experts, system failure experts, ERP failure experts, ERP system experts, software project failure experts, system development life cycle (SDLC) methodology experts, software implementation methodology experts, systems integration methodology experts, software testing and acceptance experts, IT contract interpretation experts (from technical and industry practice standpoints), software project management experts, software and systems development & maintenance estimation experts, system valuation and software company valuation experts, and IP experts in U.S., Canadian, Asian, and European courts. Very deep and strong experience in assessing, selecting, implementing, maintaining and assessing and SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards,,Retek, Cerner and i2 ERP systems (including multiple generations and versions; e.g., SAP R/3 and MySAP.com).

WSR Consulting Group, LLC consultants have been employed in following capacities/engagements: computer expert witness, computer software expert, computer system failure, computer software expert witness, software testing expert, software failure expert, software development expert witness, computer failure expert, software valuation expert witness, software project expert witness, software project failure litigation, project management expert witness, project management forensics expert witness, software design and architecture expert witness, software and hardware performance experts, project manager, trade secret expert witness, professional liability, unfair competition, illegal kickbacks in government contracts, copyright infringement, arbitration, litigation, mediation, due diligence investigations, computer technology expert witness, technology expert witness, internet expert witness, e-commerce expert, technical architecture expert witness, HIPAA and PCI-DSS technical infrastructure expert, ERP expert witness, CRM. expert witness, information technology expert, information technology outsourcing expert, computer outsourcing expert, software outsourcing expert, IT and Outsourcing Contracts expert

WSR Consulting Group, LLC provides expert analysis re: software project estimates, computer project staffing, quality, mix and number of project team skills, software project management and progress reporting • Organizational Change Management (OCM) and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR (BPR) necessitated by a new system or software • Compliance with applicable commercial and industry standards & methodology (including PMBOK, SWEBOK, IEEE, ISO-9000, Mil-Spec standards, METHOD/1, Big-4 standards, HIPAA and PCI-DSS standards) • Expert in Systems Development/Systems Engineering Methodologies: (Waterfall, Spiral, Evolutionary Prototyping, Code and Fix, Staged delivery, COTS, AGILE Methods including Scrum, eXtreme Programming, Test Driven Development (TDD), DSDM and more • cost-to-complete analysis • software defect management systems • system, performance and functional testing, and tuning • scope creep and scope change analysis • schedule delay analysis • IT best practices consultants use of best practices, consulting industry standards, consultants software development methodologies • consultants' ethics

WSR Consulting Group, LLC provides consulting and expert opinions regarding data centers including: (1) Data Center Management Consulting: selection, outsourcing, migration, monitoring tools, governance plans, staffing, required certifications, (2) Data Center Environment Consulting: power, HVAC/environmental controls, upgrades, infrastructure,(3) Data Center Operations Consulting: systems monitoring, job scheduling, storage management, technical support, training, documentation, help desk, disaster recovery, contingency plans, offsite hotspots, problem resolution priorities, (4) Data Center Asset Consulting: hardware, netware and software performance and scalability, architecture, policies, standards, procedures, replacement approach, maintenance, fault-tolerance, backup / recovery / restart, (5) Data Center Security Consulting: physical, information, personnel, applications and communications security, and (6) other provided Data Center Managed Services.

Summary of Vertical Industry Expertise

Manufacturing | Distribution (international, warehousing, transportation, logistics) | Financial Services (Insurance, Stock Exchange, Banking) | Restaurant & Fast Food Service (front/back office; Point of Sale - POS systems) | e-business (new economy, internet, web, B2B and B2C, Cloud Computing) | Gaming & Entertainment (LOTTO, lottery, casinos, concert/legitimate theatre subscription and ticketing systems) | Hospital/Healthcare systems/HIPAA | Insurance (marketing, policies, agent fees, claims, etc.) | Military (robotics, smart buildings, complex U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) systems) | Retail (all aspects including front/back office, POS, forecasting, merchandise planning) | Payment Card Industry (including PCI-DSS) | Software and high-tech | Telecommunications | Consumer Electronics | Law Enforcement | Energy, Oil & Gas | Government | Automotive | Membership Services | Publishing

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