Bob Zeidman

About Bob Zeidman

Bob Zeidman is the president of Zeidman Consulting, a premiere contract research and development firm in Silicon Valley and president of Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering Corporation, the leading provider of software intellectual property analysis tools. Bob is considered a pioneer in the fields of analyzing and synthesizing software source code, having created the SynthOS® program for synthesizing operating systems and the CodeSuite® program for detecting software intellectual property theft. Bob is also one of the leading experts in the Verilog hardware description language as well as ASIC and FPGA design. He has written four engineering texts—The Software IP Detective\'s Handbook, Verilog Designer\'s Library, Introduction to Verilog, and Designing with FPGAs and CPLDs—in addition to numerous articles and papers. He teaches engineering and business courses at conferences throughout the world. Bob is an experienced and well-regarded expert in intellectual property disputes related to software source code, microprocessor design, networking, and other technologies. Bob holds a number of patents and earned two bachelor\'s degrees, in physics and electrical engineering, from Cornell University and a master\'s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.Specialties: Expert witness, software plagiarism detection, intellectual property, patent infringement, copyright infringement, trade secret infringement, embedded systems, hardware development, software development

Experience

1. President CEO

   Zeidman Technologies

   Dec 2002 — Present · Silicon Valley, CA, US

   Software tools for embedded software development. Created the patented SynthOS™ software that automatically synthesizes source code for a real-time operating system. Also created the patented Molasses® virtualization software that enables a slow speed hardware emulator or prototype to be attached to a high-speed network in order to emulate network hardware in a live system.

Education

• Cornell University

  BA, Physics

  1977 — 1981

• Cornell University

  BS, Electrical Engineering

  1977 — 1981

• De Anza College

  Film and TV

  1987 — 1990

• Stanford University

  MS, Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Patent Strategy
• Copyright Law
• Technology Transactions
• Patentability
• Patents
• Corporate Development
• Electrical Engineering
• Hardware Development
• Start-Ups
• Digital Signal Processors
• Program Management
• Verilog
• Software Design
• System Architecture
• Firmware
• Security
• Fpga
• Embedded Software
• Asic
• Litigation Support
• Trademarks
• Patent Analysis
• Invention
• Image Processing
• Expert Witness
• Algorithms
• Venture Capital
• Hardware
• Software Engineering
• Networking
• Microprocessors
• Technical Writing
• Patent Litigation
• Trade Secret Litigation
• Software Development
• Creative Writing
• Copyright Litigation
• Entrepreneurship
• Due Diligence
• Electronics