Resume
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.
PROGRAMMING
Extensive experience programming C++, C, PERL, HTML, SQL, PL/M,
PASCAL and FORTRAN on
- UNIX workstations (Sparc, RS6000, HP, DEC Alpha, Linux)
- PC clones under MS-DOS and UNIX
- VAX/VMS
EXPERIENCE:
1979 - present
Software Development Consultant -
Nortel Networks,
Surromed,
BomDiver,
Incyte Genomics,
Canon,
WeatherNews,
PetroSoft,
LSI Logic,
Aspect Development (now i2 Technologies),
Abbott Laboratories,
ETAK (now TeleAtlas),
Engineering DataXpress,
Nikon Precision,
Diasonics,
Daisy Systems,
Rolm,
OceanRoutes,
Mindcraft,
Integrated CMOS Systems
1997 - present
Expert Witness - O'Melveny and Myers, LLP; other law firms.
(See Expert Witness Resume).
1995 - 1997
Senior Member of the Technical Staff,
TIBCO Inc.
1993 - 1995
Staff Engineer, Quickturn Design
Systems
1992 - 1993
Project Lead, Zycad Corporation
1990 - 1992
Principle Software Engineer, FXD/Telerate
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 Statistics and Computer Science,
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
Society for Computer Simulation
American Physical Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE - Consultants' Network of
Silicon Valley
PUBLICATIONS & PATENTS:
Publications and Patents list
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Last update: 03 February 2008
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Inc.,
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howard@cohensw.com