Dave Smith Optoelectronics is a consulting firm specializing in technical consulting and patent
litigation support in fields where optics and electronics overlap - optoelectronics. Dr.
Smith has extensive litigation support experience, including providing testimony in state court, federal court and the International
Trade Commission. Click for a list of consulting engagements or key testimony experience. Particular
expertise includes Fiber Optic Components and Networks, Liquid Crystal and related Displays, MEMS devices and Communication
Optics, Software and Electronics.
About Dave Smith
Dr. Smith received the Ph.D. in
solid state physics from M.I.T. in 1980. He worked in ring laser navigation research for four years and then, at the divestiture
of AT&T in 1984, joined the research arm of the Baby Bells, Bellcore, later renamed to Telcordia. His expertise was electrically-controlled
optical devices, primarily for fiber-optic networks applications. His research included bith device technology and systems
demionstrations. Starting in 1993, Dave Smith spent several years as a tenured, chaired full professor in the electrical engineering
department at Case Western reserve University. In 2000, he cofounded Movaz Networks, a fiber network component and systems
supplier (ultimately acquired by ADVA). After 2001, he continued teaching and began consulting in the field of optics and
electronics, providing design and technical management services to small businesses as well as providing patent litigation
support and patent portfolio analysis. Dave can be reached by email:
dave@davesmithoptoelectronics.com
