New IDCC expert witness. Appears impressive.
Martin G. Walker, PhD
378 Cambridge Ave, Ste N
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650)-331-0200
email: mwalker@alum.mit.edu
Dr. Walker has over 25 years experience in electronic design automation (EDA) software systems, circuit simulation and circuit design. He is a recognized expert in the field of EDA systems, simulation, and modeling. He also has considerable experience in web applications development and management of high availability web-based systems.
Litigation Experience Dr. Walker has testified in a jury trial involving technology software issues and in an arbitration. Dr. Walker also has significant experience in giving deposition testimony and in crafting declarations and expert reports. Dr. Walker regularly works with attorneys to help articulate and manage the many technology issues that arise in complex litigation.
Technology Experience
2000-2001 Knowledge Networks Menlo Park, CA
Chief Technology Officer
Knowledge Networks is a pre-IPO market research company that is leveraging internet technology to revolutionize the market research industry. KN recruited a panel of over 50,000 consumers to be interviewed on a variety of topics weekly. Dr. Walker managed KN’s engineering group which designed and created automated systems to create surveys, conduct interviews, process data, and manage the panel. He also managed the IT group which was responsible for high-availability web-based systems for fielding the interviews as well as the internal systems required to analyze the data and produce real-time reports.
1995–2000 Sequence Design Santa Clara, CA
Founder, Founding CEO, Director, CTO
Sequence Design, formerly Frequency Technology, is the leader in the EDA segment called Design Closure. Sequence's products and services, consisting of pre- and post-layout optimization based on accurate layout extraction, enable designers to bring higher performance, lower-power integrated circuits quickly to tape out. Dr. Walker :
Developed business plan and raised over $9MM in financing;
Hired staff and led development, including defining technical product definition;
Personally developed many of the basic algorithms, which resulted in five issued patents;
Led initial marketing efforts;
Wrote numerous technical articles advancing the company’s technical position; and
Served as chief technical spokesman for the company.