WSR Consulting Group, LLC Celebrates 20 Years of Pioneering and
Leadership As Computer Expert Witnesses in Software Failure Projects
and IP Infringement Litigation Matters.
Released
on: July 22, 2008, 5:52 pm
Press
Release Author: Warren S. Reid
Industry:
Law
Press
Release Summary: Our prime areas of expertise and main services
are acting as consultants in IT Project Turnaround situations,
and acting as testifying expert witnesses in the following arenas:
computer system failure; software project failure; ERP implementation
project/systems failure; internet systems and website failures;
software intellectual property disputes; and high-technology valuation
situations.
Press
Release Body: Los Angeles, California, July 22, 2008 - Warren
S. Reid founded WSR Consulting Group, LLC (WSRcg)
in 1988, and since then the firm has grown to 15 expert witnesses,
including ex-Big-6 Consulting Firm partners and managers, CIO’s
and an IT lawyer. WSRcg team members have served as experts and
expert witnesses in computer, software and Internet disputes and
turnaround projects, large system/software project failure litigation,
and software intellectual property (IP) litigation. They have
been recognized and accepted as IT expert witnesses in U.S. arbitration
hearings, state and federal courts, the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims, and in Canada, Asia and Europe.
WSR
Consulting Group, LLC experts have testified as expert
witnesses where their engagement counsel represented: President
William Clinton, Her Royal Majesty the Queen of England In right
of Canada; Fortune 500 companies; the Malaysian Stock Exchange;
renowned hospitals; worldwide restaurant chains and big box retailers;
Big 4 consulting firms; ERP customers, vendors and system integrators.
Warren S. Reid, founder and Managing Director of WSR Consulting
Group, in his previous career as a management and computer
technology consultant and partner/manager at two of the world’s
largest consulting firms, was a principal author of one of the
first large-scale Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies,
which evolved into “Method/1” and which is still used
internationally by some of the world’s largest companies.
He was also one of a small team of consultants that helped to
create and launch the Federal Energy Office for President Jimmy
Carter in just 75 days, and managed and oversaw the testing and
acceptance of California’s Lotto Lottery games in just 100
days.
As
quoted by Ed Yourdon, CEO, NODRUOY Inc., February
21, 2007 on Linkedin: “Warren is one of the sharpest
and most insightful of all the computer experts and management
consultants I've known. He's got a broad range of experience,
and doesn't pull any punches when he advises clients and senior
executives how to get themselves out of the technical problems
they've gotten into, and how to achieve competitive advantage
in today's fast-moving global environment.”
The scope of the systems that Warren S. Reid and/or WSR
Consulting Group, LLC systems experts have built and/or
testified about cross multiple platforms and industries. WSRcg’s
industry specialties include: manufacturing and distribution;
health care systems/HIPAA; retail & restaurant service; e-business
and web 2.0; gaming and ticketing; automotive; government, military
and law enforcement; higher-education; financial services; and
software and high-technology.
Speaking
about Warren S. Reid’s work as an expert witness, Richard
Bernacchi, Esq., one of the pioneers of the computer
law industry in the U.S. had this comment: "Extremely
thorough and organized, very articulate, and has a very credible
courtroom presence”.
Michael
D. Scott, Esquire, Law Professor, and author of more
than seven books on technology and the law comments: “I
have had the pleasure of working with Warren on two major system
failure cases. He leaves no stone unturned in getting to the truth
of what happened (and more importantly, what should have happened
but didn’t). His small but specialized team does better,
faster and more thorough work than even the largest consulting
firms.”
WSRcg’s
IT configuration and platform expertise includes: internet, social
and web-based systems; legacy mainframes; 3-tiered host-client-server
architectures; mobile and networked PCs and devices; multi-state,
multi-level point-of-sale (POS) systems; robotic manufacturing,
warehouse and distribution facilities; Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Systems including SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, Retek,
Cerner, IBM, and Microsoft ERP systems; software testing, project
management and SDLC tools.
Warren
Reid is the author of approximately 100 published business
articles (many in peer-reviewed journals), and is quoted in numerous
books, newspapers and magazines. He is the co-author with Michael
D. Scott, Esquire, of a best-selling book: “The
Year 2000 Computer Crisis: Law, Business and Technology”.
He has been a keynote speaker and/or featured presenter at many
prestigious international summits, congresses and conferences.
Web
Site: http://www.wsrcg.com
Contact
Details: For more information about WSR Consulting Group, LLC
contact us:
Phone:
818-986-8842
Fax: 818-986-7955
Email: wsreid@wsrcg.com
Website: http://www.wsrcg.com
Blog: http://blog.wsrcg.com
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