In addition to her software development expertise, Sue Spielman also provides litigation support as a technical expert witness for lawsuits involving complicated technical issues.  She serves as a consultant in legal matters pertaining to contract delivery, patents, software development, object-oriented coding, Java technologies, and web/design development and deployment. She can provide written opinions,  deposition and trial testimony. References from leading law firms across the country are available on request. Recently, Sue provided jury trial testimony in a $280M patent infringement case for a defendant that resulted in a total non-infringement verdict for her client.

Sue's abbreviated CV reads:

Over 20 years of leading edge product delivery in the high technology industry. Currently the President and senior-consulting engineer of a successful consulting firm, Switchback Software LLC which specializes in large-scale business and web application development and deployment using the latest object oriented technologies. Clients include Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and CBS/Switchboard. Served as director of engineering business development, senior design engineer, principal engineer and technical manager at various companies.

Technical strengths include Enterprise Java development, C++, object-oriented design and architecture, distributed n-tier, component model and web architectures. Extensive middle tier and backend database experience with a variety of databases. Expertise and experience in Internet and connectivity technology, including web design and business application development, including, J2EE, J2ME, HTML, Java, Enterprise Java Beans, JSP, Servlets, Struts, JDBC, XML, XSL. System platforms expertise includes NT/XP, UNIX, Windows and DOS.

In-depth knowledge of a wide range of development tools used in object-oriented design. These include integrated development environments (IDE); UML modeling tools, application servers, code generators, and debuggers. Vendors include Sun Microsystems, Symantec, IBM, Metrowerks, Microsoft, and Allaire.

Served as a consultant on legal matters pertaining to contract deliverables, software development, object-oriented coding, Java technologies, patent infringement, international copyright, as well as web design/development and deployment.

Best selling author of a number of technology focused books. Frequently published as an expert and product reviewer in industry magazines including JavaPro, Devx.com, O'Reilly Networks, XML and Enterprise Networking, Software Development.  Featured industry blogger on java.net, Sun's leading Java Portal. JSP/Servlet columnist for O'Reilly's OnJava.com. Featured speaker at O’Reilly’s Conference on Enterprise Java 2001, BorCon 2002-4, as well as over 50 software symposium presentation engagements in 2002-4. Technical reviewer on various technologies for Prentice Hall, Wrox Press, APress, Pearson, and Morgan Kaufmann. Member of industry Java Expert Group.