William Luk | Regional Director, Northern California

William Luk

Regional Director, Northern California

William Luk is a software expert and technical executive with more than 20 years of experience in computer and network security. William has developed or led product teams to develop enterprise class firewall, intrusion detection systems, database security, and data security / privacy solutions at Symantec and several startups.

William currently serves as a consultant in Quandary Peak’s Due Diligence team to support technology investments, mergers & acquisitions, and software related litigations. William is skilled in security analysis, software architecture, and code review and assessment.

Summary of Qualifications

  • Served as due diligence technical expert for private equity firm in technology investment and acquisition of private companies in Security, SaaS, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) space.
  • Served as technical advisor and software expert for various startups with solutions in security and compliance & risk assessments.
  • Led product development teams at CA Technologies to deliver the market leading data modeling solution (Erwin), and application performance monitoring solutions for Fortune 100 companies.
  • Led product teams to deliver enterprise class intrusion detection / prevention, honeypot systems, and database security solutions at Symantec.
  • Led engineering team to develop tier-1 carrier class virtualized firewall solutions for MCI, AT&T, NTT, and Korea Telecom.
  • Developed application-level firewall solutions to support HTTP, FTP, Mail, and video conferencing.
  • Served as Chief Security Architect at Union Bank of California (subsidiary of Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi) to oversee the bank’s security parameters, wire / merchant transfer security. Advised Union Bank business units on security / vulnerabilities of new banking products.
  • Holds a M.S and B.S. in Computer Science from University of Southern California.
  • Certifications include: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Areas of Expertise

  • Private Equity technical due diligence for investments and acquisitions.
  • Computer / Network Security
    Endpoint security, intrusion detection, intrusion signatures, zero-day attacks, database traffic anomalies, firewall, honeypot, URL / content filtering, penetration tests.
  • Programming
    C / C++, Python, JavaScript, Java.
  • Databases
    RDBMS, SQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, NoSQL.
  • Operating Systems / Frameworks
    Linux, Mac OS, Windows, iOS, Android, Unix, RTOS, React-Native.
  • Networking & Protocols
    TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, REST, SMTP, DNS, FTP, H323, H264.

Litigation Consulting

  • Gary Chance, Estate Of Taylor Lee Chance v. Shane Stanton and Witte Brothers Exchange, Inc. |
    Jurisdiction: IA District Court, Humboldt County
    Case Number: LACV019220
    Counsel: Heidman Law
    Nature of Suit: Wrongful Death
  • Linked Inclusion Corp. v. Technology Dynamics, Inc., Cerebral Blue LLC, et al. |
    Jurisdiction: CA Superior Court, San Diego County
    Case Number: 37-2D23-00051085
    Counsel: Behmer & Blackford LLP
    Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
  • United States v. Confidential Defendant |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court, Northern District of California
    Counsel: Goodwin Procter LLP
    Nature of Suit: Criminal
  • Revenue Management Solutions, LLC v. Commerce Bank |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court for the Western District of Missouri
    Case Number: 4:25-cv-00140
    Counsel: Banner Witcoff
    Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
  • Alyssa West v. Apple, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: State of CA, County of Santa Clara
    Case Number: 22-cv-408209
    Counsel: Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, Bursor & Fisher, P.A.
    Nature of Suit: Class Action
  • Omnitracs, LLC, XRS Corporation, and SmartDrive Systems, Inc v. Motive Technologies, Inc (F/K/A) Keeptruckin, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court, Northern District of CA San Francisco Division
    Case Number: 3:23-cv-05261
    Counsel: King & Spalding LLP
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Universal Music Group v. Frontier Communications |
    Jurisdiction: US Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York
    Case Number: 20-22476 (MG)
    Counsel: Day Pitney LLP
    Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy
  • Marcos & Jorge Luis Rodriguez v. T-Mobile USA, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court, Southern District of California
    Case Number: 3:22-cv-00581
    Counsel: Sharif Faust Lawyers, Ltd.
    Nature of Suit: Cybersecurity, Standard of Care Breach
  • Alyssa West v. Apple, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: State of CA, County of Santa Clara
    Case Number: 22-cv-408209
    Counsel: Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, Bursor & Fisher, P.A.
    Nature of Suit: Class Action
  • Omnitracs, LLC, XRS Corporation, and SmartDrive Systems, Inc v. Motive Technologies, Inc (F/K/A) Keeptruckin, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court, Northern District of CA San Francisco Division
    Case Number: 3:23-cv-05261
    Counsel: King & Spalding LLP
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Universal Music Group v. Frontier Communications |
    Jurisdiction: US Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York
    Case Number: 20-22476 (MG)
    Counsel: Day Pitney LLP
    Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy
  • Marcos & Jorge Luis Rodriguez v. T-Mobile USA, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court, Southern District of California
    Case Number: 3:22-cv-00581
    Counsel: Sharif Faust Lawyers, Ltd.
    Nature of Suit: Cybersecurity, Standard of Care Breach
  • USA v. Hytera Communications Corporation, Ltd et al. |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
    Case Number: 1:20-cr-00688
    Counsel: U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Illinois
    Nature of Suit: Criminal, Trade Secret
    Press Release: Expert Analysis Contributes to Guilty Plea
  • Anduril Industries, Inc v. Salient Motion Inc |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court, Central District of California
    Case Number: 8:23-cv-01650
    Counsel: McKool Smith, P.C.
    Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
  • InQuisient Inc v. ServiceNow, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court for the District of Delaware
    Case Number: 1:22-cv-00900
    Counsel: Fish & Richardson P.C.
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Securities and Exchange Commission v. Confidential Defendant |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court, Middle District of Florida
    Nature of Suit: Securities Fraud, MLM
  • Robotic Vision Technologies Inc v. ABB Inc |
    Jurisdiction: Delaware District Court
    Case Number: 1:22-cv-01257
    Counsel: Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC
    Nature of Suit: Patent, Trade Secret and Copyright Infringement
    Technology: Robotic computer vision, gripper targeting, feature selection and identification
  • Polaris PowerLED Technologies, LLC. v. Samsung Electronics America |
    Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Marshal Division
    Case Number: 2:22-cv-353-JRG
    Nature of Suit: Patent
    Counsel: Kramer Alberti Lim & Tonkovich LLP
  • Security First Innovations, LLC v. Google LLC |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court Eastern District of Virginia Alexandria Division
    Case Number: 2-23-cv-00097-EWH-RJK
    Nature of Suit: Patent
    Counsel: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  • Donna Wood, et al. v. Mike Bloomberg 2020, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court Southern District of New York
    Case Number: 20-cv-02489-LTS-GWG
    Nature of Suit: Class Action, Political
    Counsel: Proskauer Rose LLP
  • Nantworks, LLC, and Nant Holdings IP, LLC v. Niantic, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court Northern District of California
    Case Number: 3:20-cv-06262
    Nature of Suit: Patent
    Counsel: Sullivan Blackburn Pratt LLP
  • K+S Potash Canada General Partnership v. Veolia Water Technologies Inc |
    Jurisdiction: Court Of Queen’s Bench For Saskatchewan
    Case Number: QB No. 817 (filed 2018)
    Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract
    Counsel: Stikeman Elliott LLP
    Technology: Plant Design Management Systems (PDMS), Clash Detection, Database synchronization
    Role: Software Architecture and Product Reviewer
  • Wildseed Mobile v. Google LLC |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court Western District of Texas Waco Division
    Case Number: 6:22-cv-00357
    Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Taasera Licensing, LLC v. Trend Micro, Check Point Software, Palo Alto Networks |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court Eastern District of Texas Marshall Division
    Counsel: Fabricant LLP
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • GoTV Streaming LLC v. Netflix |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court Central District of California Western Division
    Counsel: Alavi & Anaipakos, PLLC
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Sunstone v. F5 |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court Northern District of California Oakland Division Counsel: King & Spalding
    LLP Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Carrolls v. Neels |
    Jurisdiction: Superior Court Maricopa County, Arizona
    Counsel: Guidant Law Firm, Tempe Arizona
    Nature of Suit: Misrepresentation & Non-disclosure
  • Broadband iTV, Inc v. Comcast Corporation; Comcast Cable Communications, LLC; NBCUniversal Media, LLC |
    Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission
    Case Number: 337-TA-1315
    Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Broadband iTV, Inc v. Charter Communications, Inc; Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC |
    Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission
    Case Number: 337-TA-1315
    Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Broadband iTV, Inc v. Spectrum Management Holding Company, LLC |
    Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission
    Case Number: 337-TA-1315
    Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Broadband iTV, Inc v. Altice USA, Inc; CSC Holdings, LLC; Cablevision Systems Corp. |
    Jurisdiction: International Trade Commission
    Case Number: 337-TA-1315
    Counsel: Kramer Day Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Via Transportation v. RideCo Inc |
    Jurisdiction: Western District of Texas
    Case Number: 6:21-cv-00457
    Counsel: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Cryptocurrency Pre-Litigation Investigation |
    Jurisdiction: Federal (DoJ)
    Counsel: Todd & Weld LLP
    Nature of Suit: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Smart-Contracts
  • ReactX v. Google |
    Jurisdiction: Central District of Los Angeles
    Counsel: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
    Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
  • Express Mobile, Inc v. Microsoft, Inc |
    Jurisdiction: US District Court for Western District of Texas
    Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP
    Nature of Suit: Patent
  • Centripetal v. Palo Alto Networks |
    Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Virginia
    Counsel: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
    Nature of Suit: Patent

Technical Due Diligence & Audits

  • Schneider Electric Industries SAS |
    Context: Technical Review
    Technology: AI/ML Predictive Analysis, Smart Home IoT, SaaS.
  • Lenskart Solutions |
    Context: Startup M&A
    Technology: Extended Reality (XR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR).
  • NAES |
    Context: Startup M&A
    Technology: AI, Predictive Analysis, Robotic Processes. Operation Support Systems.
  • Genpact |
    Context: M&A
    Technology: AI/ML, Predictive Analysis
  • Lionard PTE Ltd, Singapore |
    Context: Startup M&A
    Technologies: Blockchain, Content
  • Tenex Capital Management |
    Context: Startup M&A
    Technologies: B2B2C, Employee Wellness
  • Setana Energy Group |
    Context: Startup M&A
    Technologies: On-line shopping
  • Schneider Electric |
    Context: Startup M&A
    Technologies: SaaS, Electric Vehicle
  • Schneider Electric |
    Context: Startup Investment
    Technologies: SaaS, Energy
  • Schneider Electric|
    Context: Startup M&A
    Technologies: Lead Generation, Energy
  • Tenex Capital Management |
    Context: Startup M&A
    Technologies: Lead Generation, Solar
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