Commerce / E-Commerce Expert Witnesses: 4

Bruce Weiner is a Princeton-educated computer scientist and electrical engineer with more than 35 years of experience in software engineering, AI systems, and enterprise technology management. He provides expert consulting and testimony in disputes involving software development, AI and machine learning models, cloud and API architectures, and the performance of complex software projects.

Mr. Weiner has been retained in U.S. District Court, the PTAB, state court, and arbitration matters. He has served as both a consulting and testifying expert in more than two dozen engagements, addressing software engineering standards, algorithmic and patent infringement, trade secret and copyright analysis, and contract performance issues.

Examples of expertise:
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine-Learning Models
• Software Design, Development Standards & Source Code Review
• Patent, Trade-Secret & Copyright Disputes
• Contract, Vendor & Software-Project Performance
• Cloud, Database & API Systems
• Internet Technologies

Representative experience includes analyzing AI-weighted models used in transportation platforms, evaluating airline, travel, and loyalty program software, assessing enterprise cloud and API systems, and reviewing project performance and contract delivery disputes in complex software implementations. His opinions combine technical depth with clear, factual explanations of how software and AI systems operate, making them accessible to attorneys, judges, and juries.

• SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
• Search Engine "Linking" Campaigns
• PPC (Pay Per Click Advertising)
• Web Hosting
• Web Design
• Web Application Development,
• E-Commerce Site Development
• Web Project Management
• Affiliate Marketing
• Improving Online "Conversions"
• E-Mail Publishing
• Online PR
• "Community" Marketing

David Peterson, is a well-recognized ebanking pioneer, with a national reputation as a subject matter expert in Financial Technologies and Electronic Payments. As expert witness - 39 years experience in banking technology, 36 years experience in payments, 29 years experience with internet/online banking, 27 years experience in correspondent banking.

Provides expert witness services in correspondent banking, payments and electronic banking. Founder of Goldleaf Technologies. Member National Speakers Assoc. Board member of PaymentsFirst (Regional Payments Association serving FIs in the Southeastern U.S.) Atlanta GA, ArgosRisk, Minneapolis, MN, and softgiving Atlanta, GA.  Chief Innovation Officer of First National Bankers Bank Baton Rouge LA. Extremely qualified in electronic banking, payments and general banking operations. Self-motivated and will take necessary initiative for investigations, with direction from retaining counsel. Experience with expert reports, depositions and trial testimony.

Areas of Specialization:

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Dr. Larry Chiagouris has a rare combination serving as a senior Fortune 500 executive and as an accomplished academician. He has provided expert testimony and written opinions on damages, marketing, advertising, intellectual property issues (including the use of survey research) for plaintiffs & defendants at major national & local firms.

Dr. Chiagouris  brings extensive experience as a Senior Marketing, Branding and Research Executive responsible for directing major assignments for companies such as AT&T, Campbell Soup, Kraft, Miller Brewing, Peugeot, Pfizer, Prudential and Visa. He has a Ph.D. in Marketing, is Past Chairman, Advertising Research Foundation and Former Director of the American Marketing Association.

Experience Summary:

• Experience evenly divided between plaintiff and defendant engagements over 25 cases
• Several cases include elements of intellectual property issues
• Majority of cases involve elements of consumer behavior or survey research
• Majority of cases involve elements of advertising related strategies and tactics
• Majority of cases involve elements of Internet related tactics
• Majority of cases involve written opinions and depositions
• Written and oral testimony in several Federal District Court jurisdictions
• Engaged by both large multinational law firms and small boutique firms
• Class action cases evenly divided between plaintiffs and defendants
• Selected by Agency Magazine as one of 10 best and brightest researchers.