HOWARD J. COHEN, Ph.D.
President
Cohen Software Consulting, Inc.
3272 Cowper Street
Palo Alto, CA 94306-3004
(650) 856-8123
(650) 856-4273 (fax)
howard@cohensw.com
http://www.cohensw.com

OBJECTIVE:
Consulting opportunities in software development - analysis, design, modelling, programming

ANALYSIS/MODELING/RESEARCH/MANAGEMENT

• Extensive bioinformatics experience, including gel analysis software, design and implementation of a Chromatogram Archive, work on sequence assembly engine, annotation programs, XML parser, distributed and highly parallel processing system. (See Bioinformatics Resume.)
   
• Built a graphical user interface using X Windows and Motif for a complex foreign exchange deal capture and validation application and for a petrophysical application.
   
• Managed a group of software engineers designing and implementing the run-time software for a massively parallel hardware accelerator for VHDL simulation. (See EDA Resume.)
   
• Individually and as group leader created tools (work in algorithms, user interface, graphics, and database) for automatic and interactive layout and verification of semi-custom and full custom VLSI chips. (See EDA Resume).
   
• Lead investigator in applying passive underwater acoustic detection and estimation procedures to multi-sensor target localization.
   
• Project leader for and designer of Oceanroutes' East Coast, Australian, and "Portable" Spectral Ocean Wave Models.
   
• Collaborated on a numerical model of ciliary motion, having extended previous mathematical models.
   
• Researched and completed an elaborate calculation involving quantumelectrodynamics and field theory, many-body theory, and gravitation for a doctoral dissertation.
   

• UNIX workstations (Sparc, RS6000, HP, DEC Alpha, Linux)
• PC clones under MS-DOS and UNIX
• VAX/VMS

1997 - present
Expert Witness in software intellectual property litigation involving patents, trade secrets, copyrights, DMCA, and business practices. (See Expert Witness Resume).

1995 - 1997
Senior Member of the Technical Staff, TIBCO Inc.

1993 - 1995
Staff Engineer, Quickturn Design Systems (now a division of Cadence)

1992 - 1993
Project Lead, Zycad Corporation (purchased by Ikos in 1997, which was purchased by Mentor in 2002)

1990 - 1992
Principle Software Engineer, FXD/Telerate (purchased by Reuters)

1986 - 1990
Senior Software Engineer, ETAK

1982 - 1987
Senior Software Engineer and Group Leader, Daisy Systems

1979 - 1982
Staff Scientist, Ensco

1976 - 1979
Program Manager, R&D, OceanRoutes

1974 - 1976
Member of the Technical Staff, NASA Ames Research Center

1974 - 1976
Part-time instructor, San Jose State University, Foothill College, College of San Mateo, City College of San Francisco

PRESENTATIONS:
Developed and taught Physics and Astronomy courses from the graduate level to the junior college level. Delivered technical papers at scientific meetings.

EDUCATION:
Graduate work in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Statistics, Stanford University
Theoretical Physics, Brandeis University, Ph.D. 1974, M.A. 1968
Physics, City College of New York, B.S. 1966

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Forensic Expert Witness Association
Professional and Technical Consultants Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Life Senior Member
IEEE - Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley

PUBLICATIONS & PATENTS:
Publications and Patents list