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Software Engineering Expert Witnesses

Software sits at the center of high-value commercial disputes because modern businesses depend on it for operations, revenue, and competitive advantage. Enterprise customers sue integrators and vendors when ERP and other large implementations run over budget or fail to go live, while developers and licensors litigate over copied source code, misappropriated trade secrets, infringed patents, and license terms that one side contends were exceeded. Disputes over defective deliverables, missed acceptance criteria, and service-level failures arise in nearly every industry that outsources development. The underlying question is typically technical: what the code actually does, how it was built, and whether the process and result met contractual and professional expectations.

A software engineering expert translates code, architecture, and development records into evidence a fact-finder can evaluate. Depending on the dispute, the expert may conduct source code comparison and filtration to separate protectable expression from functional or public-domain elements, map accused functionality against patent claims, or reconstruct a failed project's history from requirements documents, change orders, defect logs, and test results. That analysis can show whether delays stemmed from shifting requirements, flawed architecture, inadequate testing, or poor project management. With those findings, counsel can allocate responsibility under the contract, support or rebut infringement and misappropriation claims, and give damages experts a reliable basis for remediation costs, lost profits, or reasonable royalties.

Software engineering covers distinct specialties, and the expert who can dissect embedded firmware may not be the right person to evaluate a failed enterprise rollout. The experts we can provide include professors and researchers in software architecture, testing, programming languages, and human-computer interaction, some funded by government agencies and industry partners such as Microsoft Research, along with practitioners in SAP implementation, aerospace and defense systems, and embedded software who hold issued patents. Many have testified on patent infringement, copyright infringement, trade secret theft, software licensing, and failed IT projects. Round Table Group has completed more than 75,000 expert searches for litigators, and you can start building the technical team for your software engineering case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.

Kinds of Cases We Work On

Round Table Group helps our clients find a wide variety of Software Engineering expert witnesses for cases like:

01

Source Code Theft Alleged by Former Employer.

A software company sued a former senior engineer and his new employer alleging he copied substantial portions of proprietary backend architecture code before departing to a competing firm. We identified experts with experience in software forensics, code architecture comparison, and trade secret damages analysis. The software forensics expert's code comparison found substantial structural overlap, supporting the company's motion for a preliminary injunction.
02

SaaS Platform Outage Breaches Enterprise Service Agreement.

A logistics company sued a SaaS vendor alleging repeated platform outages during peak shipping season breached the parties' service level agreement's uptime guarantees. We identified experts with experience in SaaS platform reliability engineering, cloud infrastructure architecture, and service level agreement compliance. The reliability engineering expert's uptime audit confirmed the outages exceeded the agreement's allowable downtime, supporting the logistics company's claim for service credits.
03

Custom Software Development Contract Dispute Delays Rollout.

A retailer sued a custom software development firm alleging chronic missed milestones on a point-of-sale system rebuild delayed a company-wide rollout by nearly a year. We identified experts with experience in software project management, agile development methodology, and custom application architecture. The project management expert's milestone audit found the delays stemmed from the vendor's understaffing, supporting the retailer's claim for delay damages.
04

Software Code Audit Reveals M&A Technical Debt.

A technology acquirer sued the sellers of a software company alleging a post-closing code audit revealed extensive undisclosed technical debt and outdated dependencies that materially reduced the platform's value. We identified experts with experience in software code quality auditing, technical due diligence, and application architecture assessment. The code quality expert's audit quantified the remediation cost, supporting the acquirer's indemnification claim.
05

Software Vendor Accused of Known Vulnerability Negligence.

A financial services company sued a software vendor alleging it knowingly shipped an application with an unpatched vulnerability that was later exploited in a breach affecting the company's customer data. We identified experts with experience in application security engineering, vulnerability disclosure practices, and software security testing standards. The application security expert's patch-history review confirmed the vendor's prior knowledge of the vulnerability, supporting the company's negligence claim.
06

Open Source License Violation Disputed by Vendor.

A software company sued a competitor alleging its commercial product incorporated open source code under a copyleft license without complying with the license's required source disclosure obligations. We identified experts with experience in open source license compliance, software composition analysis, and code provenance auditing. The license compliance expert's composition analysis confirmed the copyleft code's presence, supporting the company's claim for injunctive relief.
07

Software Patent Dispute Names Cloud Platform Provider.

A software startup sued a major cloud platform provider alleging a core feature of its managed database service infringed the startup's patented data replication method. We identified experts with experience in software patent claim construction, distributed systems architecture, and database replication technology. The patent claim construction expert's technical analysis found the accused feature implemented a materially different replication approach, defeating the startup's infringement claim.
08

DevOps Vendor's CI/CD Pipeline Failure Disrupts Deployment.

A software company sued its DevOps tooling vendor alleging a defect in the vendor's continuous integration pipeline silently corrupted build artifacts, causing a faulty release to reach production for several client accounts. We identified experts with experience in CI/CD pipeline architecture, software build systems, and DevOps tooling quality assurance. The build systems expert's pipeline audit confirmed the artifact corruption, supporting the company's breach of warranty claim.
09

Software Escrow Release Dispute Follows Vendor Bankruptcy.

An enterprise licensee sought release of escrowed source code after its software vendor entered bankruptcy, disputing the escrow agent's determination that the release conditions had not been triggered. We identified experts with experience in software escrow agreements, source code completeness verification, and software maintenance standards. The software escrow expert's code review confirmed the release conditions were met, supporting the licensee's claim for escrow release.
10

API Integration Failure Breaches Platform Partnership Terms.

A fintech company sued a banking-as-a-service platform alleging repeated API integration failures prevented the company from launching a payments feature within the partnership agreement's committed timeline. We identified experts with experience in API integration architecture, fintech platform engineering, and software partnership agreement compliance. The integration architecture expert's technical audit traced the failures to undocumented API changes made by the platform, supporting the fintech company's breach of contract claim.

Here are a few of our favorite Software Engineering Expert Witnesses:

Maryland Human-Computer Interaction Expert #150

Areas of Computer Science expertise Ph.D., New York University, Computer Science Dept. New York, NY M.S., New York University, Computer Science Dept. New York, NY B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science Dept. Troy, NY Experience in field Developer and designer of novel computer user interfaces for desktop and mobile (PDA and phone) devices. Have done work resulting in patents, open source, and commercially licensed software. Have been funded by government and private industry including a significant multi-year contract with Microsoft Research. While working academically, have also worked privately as a consultant, a legal expert, and by running my own small…

 

Texas Software Engineering Expert #834

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of information technology (IT) with specific knowledge in the areas of project management, software development and IT governance. I have published on such topics as risk management in IT, risk management in the sales cycle. I have testified on software development, project management and corporate IT structure.

 

Florida Software Engineering Expert #875

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of software engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of imaging, video and embedded systems. I have testified on scanning systems.

 

Software Engineering Expert #3105

I have 28 years of experience, and specialize in the field of ubiquitous computing with specific knowledge in the areas of software architecture, distributed systems and software testing. I have published on such topics as testing adaptive applications for mobile devices, scalability of software systems and Internet-scale publish and subscribe communication. I have a unique mix of experience in both academic and industrial positions, with the latter including positions in research, advanced product development and technology leadership.

 

Virginia Software Engineering Expert #5489

I have 15 years of experience and specialize in the field of software engineering, with specific knowledge of software design, software architecture and software economics. I have published on such topics as software architecture, programming languages and component integration.

 

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Colorado Software Licensing Expert #5773

I have 35 years of experience and specialize in the field of information technology with specific knowledge in the areas of software engineering, project management and intellectual property. I have published on such topics as developing and marketing technology, IT project management and object-oriented development. I have testified 20 times on topics such as patent infringement, trade secret theft and failed IT projects.

 

Massachusetts Software Engineering Expert #7382

I have 40 years of experience and specialize in the field of engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of embedded software and systems, signal processing and RF networks. I have published on such topics as automotive telematics. I am listed as inventor on 14 issued and 10 pending patents.

 

Georgia Software Engineering Expert #16977

I have 35 years of experience and specialize in the field of software development, with specific knowledge of software engineering, software process and programming languages. I have published on such topics as software maintenance, software design and human-computer interaction.

 

Texas Software Engineering Expert #17740

I have 24 years of experience in the field of computer science, with specific knowledge of software engineering, information technology management, and information technology in financial markets. I have published on such topics as distributed systems, Web protocols, and software testings.

 

Software Engineering Expert #17808

I have 8 years of experience in the field of software testing, with specific knowledge of model-based software testing, unified modeling language design for testing, and testing techniques evaluations. I have published on such topics as unified modeling language based software testing, stress testing, and security testing.

 

Colorado Software Engineering Expert #19277

I have 25 years of experience in the field of computer science, with specific knowledge of software, intellectual property and management. I have published on such topics as artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction and pedagogical applications of computing.

 

Illinois Software Engineering Expert #22154

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of software engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of programming, software methods and copyright. I have published on such topics as object orientation, software engineering and computer and information security. I have testified on copyright infringement, programming methods and style.

 

Georgia Software Engineering Expert #22460

I have 14 years of experience, and specialize in the field of computer science with specific knowledge in the areas of software engineering, enterprise application development and electronic commerce. I have published on such topics as software architecture, electronic commence and pattern-based software design.

 

Texas Software Engineering Expert #26792

I have 24 years of experience and specialize in the field of software engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of object-oriented programming, multimedia and web applications. I have published on such topics as software development timelines, declarative programming languages and the deployment of Web applications.

 

Maryland Software Engineering Expert #27079

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of software engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of computer networks, the software development process and e-learning systems.

 

Pennsylvania Web, Software Engineering Expert #27126

I have 12 years of experience, and specialize in the field of software engineering, enterprise application development with specific knowledge in the areas of C++, .NET,, Web and Internet technologies. I have published on such topics as C++ programming, software engineering and Web traffic.

 

California Software Engineering Expert #28838

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of computer science with specific knowledge in the areas of intelligent systems, software development and natural language processing. I have published on such topics as lexical ambiguity, tree adjoining grammar and agile teaching.

 

Indiana Software Engineering Expert #30003

I have 25 years of experience in the field of computer science, with specific knowledge in the areas of computer vision, computer systems, and software systems. I have published on such topics as enhanced reality visualization, third reconstruction from large image sets and home health monitoring systems. I have testified on the first web server and browser, and automated wafer inspection machines.

 

Arizona Software Engineering Expert #31836

I have 30 years of experience and specialize in the field of contract software engineering, with specific knowledge of aerospace, defense, networks and combat software systems. I have published on such topics as analyzing traffic flow in a Mobile Ad hoc Networking (MANET) environment.

 

New York Software Engineering, Paging Expert #32880

I have 10 years of experience and specialize in the field of programming languages, with specific knowledge of memory management, run time systems and virtual memory systems. I have published on such topics as quantifying application performance, improving garbage collection performance and limits of application run times.

 

Software Engineering Expert #37450

I have 14 years of experience, and specialize in the field of software engineering with specific knowledge in the areas of object-oriented programming, C++ and software design. I have published on such topics as software modelling, software architecture and software design.

 

Georgia Software Engineering, Retail Expert #39336

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of software development with specific knowledge in the areas of retail point of sale, organizational development and artificial intelligence. I have published on such topics as trends in the convenience store industry, leadership in technology and technical advances. I made a complete career change from vice president of a large organization within a mature industry to a high-risk start-up with unknown potential.

 

California Software Engineering Expert #42669

I have 15 years of experience, and specialize in the field of SAP with specific knowledge in the areas of SAP consulting, SAP training. I have published on such topics as SAP asset management and general SAP topics.

 

Florida Software Engineering, E-Business Expert #43724

I have 27 years of experience, and specialize in the field of information technology with specific knowledge in the areas of software engineering, telecommunications and Internet technologies. I have published on such topics as cellular and wireless forensics. I have testified on cellular and wireless forensics, software licensing disputes and telecommunications call center practices.

 

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Questions Attorneys Ask About Software Engineering Expert Witnesses:

A software engineering expert is needed whenever the outcome depends on what software does, how it was developed, or whether it met specifications. Failed implementation and outsourcing disputes, source code copyright and trade secret claims, software patent litigation, and license compliance disputes all require this analysis. Early retention allows the expert to guide source code discovery protocols, repository preservation, and inspection requests.
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Software Engineering Workshops

A few of the courses and workshops led by our Software Engineering experts:

  • Industrial Strength Software Measurement
  • Software Architecture
  • Software Product Line Engineering: Why and How
  • User Interface Design: Desktop, Mobile, and Social
  • Using New Computational Methods to Optimize Complex Systems

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