Eric Koskinen, PhD • Senior Computer Scientist • Quandary Peak Research

Eric Koskinen’s 15+ year career has ranged from the practical to the theoretical. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. Previously, he was a software engineer at Amazon.com, Research Staff Member at IBM TJ Watson, Visiting Professor at Yale University, Visiting Professor at New York University, and holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge.

Eric’s expertise ranges from low-level systems infrastructure such as operating systems, networks, high-performance servers to high-level concerns such as software architecture, software engineering, programming languages, and compilers.

Summary of Qualifications

Active researcher and expert in programming languages, having published 18 scientific papers in top computer science conferences/journals, including POPL, PLDI, PPoPP, CAV, SPAA, etc.
Awarded a $800,000 grant from DARPA on program analysis for Cybersecurity.
Awarded a $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to pursue foundational research on programming languages and concurrency.
Served as the Conference Chair of a top computer science conference (LICS) and as a Program Committee Member of top conferences, including POPL, ICALP, and SPAA.
Taught as a Professor at New York University.
Served as Examiner for PhD Dissertations at Columbia University and New York University.
Gave over 30 invited talks at universities and institutions around the world, including Oxford, MIT, Cornell, Rice, Tokyo University, ETH Zurich, IBM, Microsoft, NEC, and Oracle.
Received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge.

Areas of Expertise

Web applications and web languages
Mobile infrastructure
Operating systems
Network/distributed systems
Multithreaded applications
Algorithms
Programming languages (C, C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python)
Linux/Unix
Kernel/embedded software

Litigation Experience

Voter Labs, Inc. v. Ethos Group Consulting Services, LLC

May 2020–Present
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Delaware
Counsel: Wick Philips Gould & Martin LLP
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
e-Steps, LLC v. Americas Leading Finance, LLC & Traksecure Corp, et al

Sep 2019–Present
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Counsel: Becker-Vissepo
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Boom! Payments, Inc. v. Stripe, Inc., et al

Sep 2019–Present
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Northern District of California
Counsel: Russ August & Kabat
Nature of Suit: Patent
Opternative, Inc. v. JAND, Inc. d/b/a Warby Parker

Apr 2019–Present
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Spence PC
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
Broker Genius, Inc. v. Drew Gainer and Seat Scouts LLC

Oct 2017–Present
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Pearl, Cohen, Zedek, Latzer, Baratz
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret

Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC v. Facebook, Inc.

Mar 2018–September 2018
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Russ August & Kabat
Nature of Suit: Patent
Broker Genius, Inc. v. Matthew Berry

Nov 2017–Dec 2017
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Pearl, Cohen, Zedek, Latzer, Baratz
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret

Broker Genius, Inc. v. Nathan Zalta et al.

Nov 2017–Dec 2017
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Pearl, Cohen, Zedek, Latzer, Baratz
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
Facebook Biometrics Information Privacy

Oct 2017–Dec 2017
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Northern District of California
Counsel: Edelson PC, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Labaton Sucharow LLP
Nature of Suit: Class Action
Machro Tech LLC d/b/a GoECart v. Olive Brands LLC d/b/a MetroKitchen.com

Oct 2016–June 2017
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Connecticut
Counsel: Daniels, Proco, Lusardi
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FilmOn X, LLC

Oct 2016–Present
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Columbia
Counsel: Baker Marquart LLP
Nature of Suit: Copyright
D.K. Shah, M.D., P.C. D/b/a Grand Street Medical Association v. Hal Nathan Buch, M.D.

Sep 2016–Aug 2017
Jurisdiction: New York Supreme Court
Counsel: Daniels, Proco, Lusardi
Nature of Suit: Financial Dispute
Confluence, Intl. v. Minnesota Department of Transportation, State of Minnesota

Nov 2015–Apr 2016
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Minnesota
Counsel: Waslten & Te Slaa, P.A.
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
Fitbit, Inc. v. Jawbone, Inc.

Nov 2015–Dec 2016
Jurisdiction: US International Trade Commission
Counsel: Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
Mediware Information Systems, Inc. v. HemaTerra Technologies, LLC

June 2014–Sep 2016
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Counsel: Barack Ferrazzano Kirchbaum & Nagelberg, LLP
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
Ericsson, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD

Mar 2013–Nov 2013
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
Ericsson, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD

Mar 2013–Nov 2013
Jurisdiction: US International Trade Commission
Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent
AON Benfield Global, Inc. v. Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC

Jan 2013–Oct 2013
Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Counsel: Perkins Irell Manella, LLP
Nature of Suit: Patent

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Summary of Qualifications

Areas of Expertise

Litigation Experience

Voter Labs, Inc. v. Ethos Group Consulting Services, LLC

e-Steps, LLC v. Americas Leading Finance, LLC & Traksecure Corp, et al

Boom! Payments, Inc. v. Stripe, Inc., et al

Opternative, Inc. v. JAND, Inc. d/b/a Warby Parker

Broker Genius, Inc. v. Drew Gainer and Seat Scouts LLC

Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC v. Facebook, Inc.

Broker Genius, Inc. v. Matthew Berry

Broker Genius, Inc. v. Nathan Zalta et al.

Facebook Biometrics Information Privacy

Machro Tech LLC d/b/a GoECart v. Olive Brands LLC d/b/a MetroKitchen.com

Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FilmOn X, LLC

D.K. Shah, M.D., P.C. D/b/a Grand Street Medical Association v. Hal Nathan Buch, M.D.

Confluence, Intl. v. Minnesota Department of Transportation, State of Minnesota

Fitbit, Inc. v. Jawbone, Inc.

Mediware Information Systems, Inc. v. HemaTerra Technologies, LLC

Ericsson, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD

Ericsson, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD

AON Benfield Global, Inc. v. Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC

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