Information Science (Analysis and Investigation) Consultants: 7

Bruce Weiner is an Information and Internet Technology executive with over 30 years of in-depth experience managing product and software development for contracting companies and Fortune 100 companies.

Mr. Weiner is a Princeton trained computer scientist and electrical engineer, and a patent holder. Over his career, he has gained extensive experience in Information Systems management, program/project management, software development, software architecture, internet delivery, business applications, technology vendor selection, IT Outsourcing, and customer contact center operations.

Litigation Consulting Services: Mr. Weiner has experience as a consulting and/or testifying expert witness in software development, patent infringement, and commercial litigation matters for both plaintiffs and defendants. He is adept at translating complex software, patent, and technology issues for the lay person audience. He consulted on industry transforming anti-trust cases in the travel industry.

Industry Experience:

• Travel Industry Technology - Former technology leader for American Express Travel and Chief Technology Officer of United.com;
• Loyalty Industry Technology - 30 years experience in the technology that powers loyalty programs, working on Membership Miles, Thank You Rewards, Mileage Plus, #1 Gold, eRewards, MyPoints, Blockbuster Rewards, and AAdvantage
• Financial Services Technology – 30 years experience working with Financial Services Companies on credit card and banking technology.

USAForensic is a boutique state-of-the-art forensics company with two labs in Phoenix Arizona and our booking office on the east coast. This helps with an earlier start each day and with overseas cases.

Specializing in forensic Audio, Video, Cell Phones, Computers Photography & ”Cell Tower tracking” debunking.  USAForensic is court certified in Federal, US Military, US District, many State and county courts throughout the United States. International cases are not uncommon. Mr. Neumeister has worked in 23 countries over the past 40 years.

Clients range from the largest Law firms to private firms, large corporations, the Department of Defense, government agencies, advocacy groups, the DOJ to the innocence project.

Technology is flying past the court system. We’re here to work with attorneys to understand how to deal with digital or analog evidence, how to challenge it or how to get it admitted into evidence.

We prefer to work in the background assisting attorneys, even writing out Daubert 702 & 902 issues regarding other parties evidence submissions.

In a recent Federal Daubert hearing USAForensic worked with DOD JAG attorneys to get police cell tower tracking ruled inadmissible. The federal judge rule police cell tower tracking as “Garbage in, Garbage out”. 

Not a verifiable science, not peer reviewed, no scientific white-paper to support its use.

Over 600 cases in the past 3 years. From the very highest profile to simple straightforward forensic cell phone extractions or video and audio clarification for court use.

To us Data is Data & takes no side, but it has to be verifiable data.

Tom Jonaitis, DABT, is a Board Certified Toxicologist and Consumer Product Safety / Regulatory Consultant with 18 years of experience. He has broad expertise in the areas of Safety and Exposure Assessment, Regulatory Compliance, and Toxicology Evaluations.  

Mr. Jonaitis helps companies efficiently navigate and comply with various regulations and obstacles in the consumer product, food, cosmetic, dietary supplement, building material, and chemical industries. His has co-authored several manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals on the topics of safety, risk assessment, and other research.

Background Experience - Prior to forming RegTox Solutions, Mr. Jonaitis served as Manager of Toxicology & Regulatory Affairs at Intertek Scientific & Regulatory Consultancy (2005-2018). He worked as subject-matter expert (SME) and client contact for matters related to California Proposition 65, including presenting webinars and presentations. He also conducted human exposure assessments in relation to chemicals in food, dietary supplements, consumer products, cosmetics, as well as deriving exposure limits for carcinogens, reproductive / developmental or other toxins using traditional and benchmark dose modeling approaches.

Business Consultant Services:

• Regulatory Compliance Evaluations
• Scientific Literature Hazard Reviews and Summaries for Chemicals / Substances
• Creating Pre-Market Quality and Safety Dossiers for Novel Food / Dietary Supplement Ingredient Applications (primarily for US, Canada, Australia)
• Safety Assessments
• Label Claims Analysis and Compliance
• Deriving Exposure Limits
• HazComm, Pesticide Applications, and various other niche areas
• California Proposition 65 Compliance (and how to avoid costly enforcement)

Dr. George Edwards, Ph.D. is an expert in Computer Software, Internet Applications, Web Technologies, Mobile Phone/Tablet Applications, Digital Video and Multimedia, Medical and Embedded Software, and Aerospace/Defense Systems. 

He has more than a decade of experience as a scientist, engineer, and technical consultant to academic research labs, government agencies, technology companies, and attorneys. Dr. Ewards has authored dozens of articles and papers related to software engineering for scientific journals and industry magazines. He is listed as a co-inventor on two pending patent applications for novel software technology and has served as a software expert witness in patent litigation matters.

Expert Consulting:

• Intellectual property and patent infringement
• Software design/source code audit and review
• Non-performance claims
• Expert witness and depositions

Expert Technologies :

• Programming languages & platforms: Java, C/C++, C#, Perl, Python, PHP, .NET, WinForms, WPF, Visual Studio, Eclipse, Java EE, CORBA
• Internet and web: JavaScript, AJAX, Node.js, Ruby, HTML, XML, CSS, ASP.NET
• Mobile devices & applications: Android, iOS, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Palm OS, Java ME
• Multimedia: MPEG, SVG, DVR, Silverlight, Flash
• Operating systems & servers: UNIX, Linux, Windows, Mac OS
• Networking: IMAP, POP, SMTP, DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP
• Databases: RDBMS, SQL, MS SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle, MySQL
• Project management & development methods: Kanban, Lean software development, agile, object-oriented (OO), aspect-oriented programming (AOP), component-based development, COTS integration, requirements engineering, spiral model, UML

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Sahel (Sal) Shwayhat, MBA, FACHE, Principal / Owner at ELY Analytics LLC, is a Management Consultant with over 30 years of experience in Healthcare Operations and Data Analytics. A Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Mr. Shwayhat has dual degrees in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. He is also is fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. 

Mr. Shwayhat's career spans multiple roles, where he gained significant experience analyzing large data sets to uncover inefficiencies, identify outliers, and compare staff and equipment outputs. He is adept at performing location analytics to identify potential clients, focus resources, and capture a greater share of the market.

Mr. Shwayhat has guest-lectured at Yale University and the University of New Haven – subjects included “External and Internal Benchmarking” and “Uses of Data in Healthcare”.  He has presented at several conferences, including the Connecticut Quality Council.

Core Areas of Strength:

ELY Analytics LLC (ELY) is a Management Consultancy that emphasizes use of Data Analytics and Visualization. Company specializes in converting data into information. ELY Analytics mines and analyzes raw data to help clients identify Financial and Operational Performance Improvement opportunities. ELY Analytics can also perform location analytics to help businesses map existing and potential clients.

ELY Analytics serves data rich, information poor companies within various industries, including healthcare, banking, and insurance, and more specifically, radiology / diagnostic imaging, operational finance, strategic planning, behavioral health, performance improvement, and clinical engineering.

Examples of Analyzed Information

Discovery Engineering is a private Engineering Firm based in Boulder, Colorado, performing investigations into Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Systems.  Discovery Engineering also works with management to analyze risk, improve quality, and understand variability processes.  Clients include industrial, commercial, research, legal, government, and private entities.

Mark McFarland, PE, Founder & CEO, is an Licensed Engineer and Statistician with over 25 years of extensive education and experience in applied statistics, statistical learning, artificial intelligence, electrical engineering, and communications. His practical experience includes the design, analysis, and testing of satellite, cellular, LTE, Internet, wireless, Wi-Fi, RADAR, networks, data communications, communication protocols, standards, public safety communications systems, GPS, instrumentation, and control systems. 

Mr. McFarland understands variability is crucial to improving and controlling processes.  He brings scholarship and practical experience in Statistics and Applied Research to help clients understand variability and improve outcomes.

Applied Research and Analytics Consulting Services:

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Michael D'Angelo has over 15 years of experience in Digital Forensics and has built, led and maintain sophisticated forensic analysis teams and labs. His experience extends from data collections, data recovery, advanced analysis and expert testimony. He has analyzed data from thousands of devices and has testified on dozens of cases on local, state and federal cases.

Areas of Expertise: Digital forensics, computer forensics, data recovery, mobile forensics, data collections, ediscovery, forensic imaging, forensic analysis, digital forensic analysis, computer forensic analysis.