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Machinery & Equipment

Expert Witness Profile

William S. Howard, PhD is a Machine Design engineer who specializes in industrial equipment, robotics, machinery and automation devices. With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Software Development, as well as 30+ years of experience working with machines and automation equipment, Dr. Howard is a specialist in electro-mechanical equipment -- any type of machine, industrial device or automation equipment.

William S. Howard, PhD is a machinery expert who has designed and developed industrial equipment for manufacturing factories and plants across the United States. These machines include conveyors, automation devices, robots and robotic machines, cartoners, hi-speed machines, stacking & sorting machines, machine vision robotics, sensors, and packaging equipment.

William S. Howard, PhD is a manufacturing expert with 30+ years of experience with OSHA regulations, ANSI standards, and CE regulations. He has designed and developed hundreds of machines -- over $100 million in total value -- which are currently operating around the world, in over 30 countries. Much of his career has been spent actually inside a manufacturing factory designing and developing machines and electro-mechanical automation devices while working at an industrial manufacturing site. In a given year, he may work with 10-20 different manufacturing factories consulting in many different manufacturing areas.

William S. Howard, PhD has 20+ years of expert witness experience, and has testified in a wide variety of trials (14+) and depositions (45+). His cases that involve intellectual property, tort, guarding, and contract disputes with a very high rate of success. His intellectual property experience includes a wide assortment of cases involving patents, trade secrets, and PTAB work.

Education & Licenses

PhD, MS, MBA, BSME, MSEE