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Randall A. Snyder

Las Vegas,NV

Summary

With a distinguished career at companies like AT&T Wireless, I excel in strategic planning and technology literacy, driving operational excellence and innovation. My leadership in product development and expert witness consulting has significantly contributed to industry advancements, showcasing a blend of tactical implementation and stakeholder relations skills.

Overview

94
94
years of professional experience

Work History

President and Founder

Wireless Research Services, LLC
Las Vegas, NV
01.2007 - Current
  • Technology and expert witness consulting services
  • Areas of subject matter expertise include mobile and cellular networking, 2G, 2.5G, 3G, LTE, GSM, ANSI-41, LBS, SMS, MMS, WAP, SS7, Diameter Signaling, Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems (ATDS) and mobile multimedia systems
  • With this expertise, primary consulting is in the area of system and product analysis, architecture, design, development, management and marketing as well as patent preparation and development, expert reports, expert testimony, and litigation support
  • Particular areas of expert witness experience include patent litigation and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Sistema y Metodo para el Analisis Automatizado que Compara una Ubicacion del Dispositivo Inalambrico con Otra Ubicacion Geografica
  • US 8,588,74819/2013
  • System and Method for Mobile Identity Protection of a User of Multiple Computer Applications, Networks or Devices
  • US 8,437,7847/2013
  • System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,374,63412/2013
  • System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 8,280,3482/2012
  • System and Method for Mobile Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 8,155,677

Calgary, Canada
08.1931 - 01.2012
  • System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 8,131,2626/2010
  • System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,116,73114/2012
  • System and Method for Mobile Identity Protection of a User of Multiple Computer Applications, Networks or Devices
  • Australia 2008/1152999/2012
  • System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • S
  • Africa 2009/0694726/2011
  • System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 7,792,5187/2010
  • System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 7,403,78822/2008
  • System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 6,128,3893/2000
  • Authentication Key Management System and Method
  • US 5,970,14419/1999
  • Secure Authentication-Key Management System and Method for Mobile Communications
  • US 5,850,44515/1998
  • Authentication Key Management System and Method
  • US 5,799,08425/1998
  • System and Method for Authenticating Cellular Telephonic Communication
  • Publications
  • What Workers Want from Wireless by Randall A
  • Snyder; April 15, 2004
  • America’s Network, Advanstar Communications, Santa Ana, California USA
  • Snyder, Randall A
  • And Gallagher, Michael D
  • Wireless Telecommunications Networking with ANSI-41 Second Edition; McGraw-Hill, New York, NY USA; Copyright 2001 Randall A
  • Snyder and Michael D
  • Gallagher
  • Foreword by Tom Wheeler, former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
  • Forecasting SS7 Traffic by Randall A
  • Snyder; November 1, 2000
  • Wireless Review, Volume 17, Number 21, Intertec Publishing, Overland Park, KS USA
  • Gallagher, Michael D
  • And Snyder, Randall A
  • Mobile Telecommunications Networking with IS-41; McGraw-Hill, New York, NY USA; Copyright 1997 Michael D
  • Gallagher and Randall A
  • Snyder
  • IS-41/GSM Interoperability by Randy Snyder; December, 1995, Cellular Networking Perspectives, Cellular Networking Perspectives, LTD
  • Notable Citations
  • Personal Letter of Commendation from Admiral W.F
  • Merlin, Chief, Office of Command, Control and Communications, USCG (1986).

Vice President

Finsphere Corporation
Bellevue, WA
09.2007 - 08.2010
  • Among the first handful of employees at Finsphere prior to Series A funding
  • As vice president of product management and wireless engineering and a member of the executive management team, directed all product management activities and wireless technology solutions for Finsphere’s products
  • These products encompassed mobile location based software-as-a-service (SaaS) products offered primarily to financial institutions and banks
  • Accomplishments included product requirements and system functionality, strategic planning, R&D of new technologies, wireless network interconnectivity as well as wireless technology for Finsphere’s products
  • Directed market strategies, white papers, development, and management of intellectual property and patent applications.

Director Consulting Services and Principal Engineer

01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Directed and provided all technical consulting projects performed by the company
  • These projects included wireless network architecture and design for both IS-41 and GSM networks for dozens of client companies (carriers and equipment manufacturers)
  • In this role, continued as a member of both the ANSI/TIA TR45.2 Subcommittee for cellular radio intersystem operations standards and the ANSI/TIA TR46 Committee for 1900 MHz GSM PCS standards
  • Major contributor to TR46 in the area of GSM-to-IS-41 network interworking
  • Authored, edited, and published TIA standard specification IS-93 for cellular network interconnections to the PSTN and ISDN., /2019
  • Systems and Methods for Authenticating a User of a Computer Application, Network, or Device Using a Wireless Device
  • US 10,354,25316/2019
  • System and Method for Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 10,117,29130/2018
  • Wireless Messaging Address System and Method
  • US 9,848,29819/2017
  • System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 9,838,8725/2017
  • Systems and Method for Mobile Identity Protection for Online User Authentication
  • US 9,818,12114/2017
  • Mobile Communications Message Verification of Financial Transactions
  • US 9,801,06324/2017
  • Systems and Methods for Authenticating a User of a Computer Application, Network, or Device Using a Wireless Device
  • US 9,736,66215/2017
  • Mobile Messaging Short Code Translation and Routing System and Method
  • US 9,679,31213/2017
  • System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 9,603,02321/2017
  • System and Method for Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 9,456,34827/2016
  • System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 9,432,84530/2016
  • System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 9,420,44816/2016
  • System and Method for Determining and Delivering Appropriate Multimedia Content to Data Communication Devices
  • US 9,313,62812/2016
  • System and Method for Determining and Delivering Appropriate Multimedia Content to Data Communication Devices
  • US 9,185,12310/2015
  • Systems and Method for Mobile Identity Protection for Online User Authentication
  • US 9,154,952

01.2006 - 01.2010
  • 2015
  • Systems and Methods for Authenticating a User of a Computer Application, Network, or Device Using a Wireless Device
  • US 9,092,80328/2015
  • System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,954,10210/2015
  • System and Method for Determining and Delivering Appropriate Multimedia Content to Data Communication Devices
  • US 8,938,21520/2015
  • System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,923,90230/2014
  • Mobile Messaging Short Code Translation and Routing System and Method
  • US 8,839,39416/2014
  • Systems and Methods for Authenticating a User of a Computer Application, Network, or Device Using a Wireless Device
  • US 8,831,5649/2014
  • System and Method for Mobile Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 8,819,14126/2014
  • Centralized Mobile and Wireless Messaging Opt-out Registry System and Method
  • US 8,761,73224/2014
  • System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,670,75311/2014
  • System and Method for Determining and Delivering Appropriate Multimedia Content to Data Communication Devices
  • Israel 200949

Vice President

Entriq, Inc
Carlsbad, CA
05.2004 - 04.2007
  • Directed the entire product management team and system architecture for Entriq’s products and services
  • Products encompassed mobile and broadband pay media applications (specializing in video), digital rights management (DRM) and security solutions, e-commerce and m-commerce systems as well as ad management and delivery solutions for both broadband and mobile media services
  • Provided network and protocol analysis, market analysis, evaluation of third-party software and services, all vendor contract negotiations, RFP responses and overall administration of the entire product line
  • Directed and managed the technical writing department producing all user documentation associated with the products
  • Was nominated for a National Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for unique mobile technology designed, developed and commercially deployed as part of Entriq’s solution.

Founder, Vice President

Qube, Inc
Boston, MA
02.2002 - 11.2003
  • Directed entire product management and carrier marketing teams, member of the executive management team, and one of the founders
  • Provided all product management, system engineering, and product strategy activities for all business conducted with the wireless industry and carriers
  • Developed the market strategy and wireless network architecture for m-Qube’s mobile marketing service, a value-added service offering mobile marketing solutions to wireless carriers using short message services (SMS) for GSM and CDMA networks
  • The service architecture enabled branded companies to deploy promotional marketing and messaging campaign dialogs with mobile subscribers via SMS
  • The network architecture required definition and design of all aspects of the overall network including SMS technology, interconnectivity to the wireless carriers, signaling, traffic management, market requirements for features and services, and network equipment specifications and OA&M.

Vice President

Bitfone Corporation
Mountain View, CA
04.2001 - 02.2002
  • Developed the entire product management team and all of the company’s product definitions, strategies, and positioning
  • Provided market and product requirements, market research, competitive analysis, product strategy, and sales strategy
  • Bitfone’s products included the iBroker, a mobile Internet technology infrastructure platform to enhance WAP, MMS, mobile e-mail and wireless messaging
  • Directed the mProve product (obtained via merger with Digital Transit, Inc.) providing over-the-air firmware and software update technology to mobile devices.

Executive Director

Openwave Systems
Redwood City, CA
11.2000 - 04.2001
  • Developed new 3G technologies and provided market and product plans for those technologies for the entire product line
  • Defined the 3GPP Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), collecting market requirements from customers, developing corporate strategy for MMS, and preparing the organization for additional development of the product
  • In addition, taught wireless technology classes to the different departments at Openwave and educated them on wireless service provider strategies and network technologies.

Director

Mobile and Software.com
Santa Barbara, CA
03.2000 - 11.2000
  • Directed the product management team for the wireless internet infrastructure products
  • Provided the overall market and product strategy, and requirements, for Software.com’s wireless e-mail, short message service, instant messaging, and unified messaging products
  • Provided the overall revenue plan generated from these products based on detailed product plans and internal organizational planning
  • Much of his time was spent working with the executive management team and the sales directors on corporate market strategy.

Consulting Network Systems Engineer

FreeSpace Communications, Inc
Palo Alto, CA
12.1999 - 03.2000
  • Designed the backbone network architecture for a new broadband fixed wireless data network
  • This new architecture incorporated DSL as the backbone network technology
  • The network architecture required definition and design of all aspects of the overall network plan including DSL technology, IP technology, ATM technology, interconnectivity to the PSTN, operations signaling, traffic engineering, market requirements for network features and services, network equipment specifications and OA&M.

Executive Director

Synacom Technology, Inc
San Jose, CA
04.1992 - 12.1999

Director Systems

01.1992 - 01.1994
  • Directed the entire product management and marketing department of Synacom Technology, including market research and planning, product management and market communications
  • Lead the entire design, definition, and product direction of all aspects of Synacom's products
  • Engineering
  • Directed the functional and requirements specifications for all Synacom's products as well as the detailed test plans used for alpha system testing of those products
  • Directed the technical writing department producing all of the user documentation associated with all of the products
  • Provided the primary sales engineering support for sales and marketing and was involved in nearly every aspect of the product lifecycle.

Technical Staff

AT&T Bell Laboratories
Whippany, NJ
12.1990 - 04.1992
  • Evaluated wireless technology services for the Wireless Systems Architecture group
  • System engineer on the design of the Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication architecture and a software engineer developing the base station controller (BSC) for GSM
  • Planned, coordinated, and designed testing requirements for the SS7 protocol software for the GSM A-interface between the BSC, MSC and operations and maintenance center (OMC)
  • Developed high-level and detailed design specifications to coordinate the protocol testing between two remote laboratories
  • Designed and developed the traffic analysis and traffic engineering software for call traffic for the BSC
  • Specifically designed and developed the dynamic traffic overload control subsystem for the BSC
  • Presentations were given to technical staffs at multiple Bell Laboratories facilities supporting this work.

Senior Staff Consultant

DGM&S, Inc
Mt. Laurel, NJ
05.1987 - 12.1990
  • Designed, developed, and coordinated advanced intelligent network applications platform for a service control point (SCP)
  • Several years as a consulting software engineer for Siemens AG, developing and testing SS7 and call control software for the EWSD digital switching system for international as well as U.S
  • National network implementations
  • This work involved extensive travel to both Frankfurt and Munich, Germany for software system design and testing
  • Provided concept, design and technical marketing solutions for proprietary enabling technology software products for SS7 and ISDN.

Senior Software Engineer and Analyst

ADP, Inc
Mt. Laurel, NJ
05.1986 - 05.1987
  • Designed and developed data communications and real time database application software for a host data center that provided real time financial information to large brokerage houses
  • Data communication protocol expertise in HDLC, RS-232 and IBM BiSync.

Consulting Systems Analyst and Software Engineer

C3, Inc
Cape May, NJ
06.1984 - 05.1986
  • Civilian consulting systems analyst and engineer to the U.S
  • Coast Guard Electronics Engineering Center (EECEN) for C3, Inc
  • Designed and developed sophisticated database software for shipboard use including inventory and law enforcement applications
  • The work included the follow-through of the entire project lifecycle including writing of requirements, functional, design, and program specifications, coding, debugging, alpha and beta testing, release, shipboard installation, and continuing technical support of the product
  • Received a personal commendation from Admiral W.F
  • Merlin, Chief, Office of Command, Control and Communications, for successful efforts on these projects
  • Professional Affiliations, Achievements & Awards
  • Personal commendation from Admiral W.F
  • Merlin, Chief, Office of Command, Control and Communications, USCG (1986)
  • Nominated, Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology, 2006
  • Patents, Publications & Notable Citations
  • Issued Patents
  • Patent

Principal Engineer Engineering

AT&T Wireless
09.2015
  • Consultant for McCaw Cellular, , AirTouch Cellular, AirTouch Satellite Services, Globalstar, Nokia, MCI, Sprint PCS, XYPoint, NextWave, NewNet American Personal Communications, CTIA and several other national and international wireless telecommunications companies
  • Wrote wireless network design and analysis papers including HLR specifications, Authentication Center specifications, PCS network design, short message service (SMS) design, intelligent network applications of wireless technology and in-house expert in signaling protocols
  • Extensive experience with Signaling System No
  • 7, including both protocol implementation and design
  • Authored the Standard Requirements Document for the SS7-based A-interface between the base station and MSC used throughout the TIA
  • Involved in the design of the Bellcore WACS/PACS technology, digital cellular network service and feature descriptions, SCPs and HLRs
  • Extensive experience developing the architecture and design of distributed intelligent networks including, SS7, cellular, PCS, AIN and WIN networks
  • Key engineering member of the original Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) architecture and design team
  • Designed the CDPD air interface protocol emulator developed and marketed by AirLink Communications, Inc., /2020
  • System and Method for Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 10,669,1302/2020
  • System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 10,580,0093/2020
  • Mobile Communications Message Verification of Financial Transactions
  • US 10,455,41922/2019
  • Systems and Method for Mobile Identity Protection for Online User Authentication
  • US 10,440,572

04.2010
  • 2012
  • Mobile Messaging Short Code Translation and Routing System and Method
  • New Zealand 580499

01.2010
  • 2014
  • System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • Mexico 308720 B

Education

B.A. - Mathematics (minor in Astronomy/Astrophysics)

Franklin and Marshall College
01.1984

Skills

  • Tactical implementation
  • Strategic planning
  • Competitor research
  • Revenue generation
  • Process improvement
  • Crisis management
  • Change management
  • Technology literacy
  • Contract management
  • Team motivation
  • Profitability optimization
  • Company representation
  • Policy development
  • Public speaking
  • Creating and delivering presentations
  • Stakeholder relations
  • Talent recruitment
  • Staff management
  • Organizational restructuring
  • Industry partnership development
  • Political savvy
  • Leadership team building
  • Operational excellence
  • Budgeting and cost control
  • Team leadership
  • Infrastructure planning
  • Operations management
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Contract administration
  • Risk mitigation
  • Remote team management
  • Consulting
  • Product development
  • Contract negotiation

Professionalaffiliationsachievementsawards

  • Personal commendation from Admiral W.F. Merlin, Chief, Office of Command, Control and Communications, USCG, 1986
  • Nominated, Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology, 2006

Patents

  • US 10,776,791, 09/15/20, System and Method for Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 10,669,130, 06/02/20, System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 10,580,009, 03/03/20, Mobile Communications Message Verification of Financial Transactions
  • US 10,455,419, 10/22/19, Systems and Method for Mobile Identity Protection for Online User Authentication
  • US 10,440,572, 10/08/19, Systems and Methods for Authenticating a User of a Computer Application, Network, or Device Using a Wireless Device
  • US 10,354,253, 07/16/19, System and Method for Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 10,117,291, 10/30/18, Wireless Messaging Address System and Method
  • US 9,848,298, 12/19/17, System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 9,838,872, 12/05/17, Systems and Method for Mobile Identity Protection for Online User Authentication
  • US 9,818,121, 11/14/17, Mobile Communications Message Verification of Financial Transactions
  • US 9,801,063, 10/24/17, Systems and Methods for Authenticating a User of a Computer Application, Network, or Device Using a Wireless Device
  • US 9,736,662, 08/15/17, Mobile Messaging Short Code Translation and Routing System and Method
  • US 9,679,312, 06/13/17, System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 9,603,023, 03/21/17, System and Method for Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 9,456,348, 09/27/16, System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 9,432,845, 08/30/16, System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 9,420,448, 08/16/16, System and Method for Determining and Delivering Appropriate Multimedia Content to Data Communication Devices
  • US 9,313,628, 04/12/16, System and Method for Determining and Delivering Appropriate Multimedia Content to Data Communication Devices
  • US 9,185,123, 11/10/15, Systems and Method for Mobile Identity Protection for Online User Authentication
  • US 9,154,952, 10/06/15, Systems and Methods for Authenticating a User of a Computer Application, Network, or Device Using a Wireless Device
  • US 9,092,803, 07/28/15, System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,954,102, 02/10/15, System and Method for Determining and Delivering Appropriate Multimedia Content to Data Communication Devices
  • US 8,938,215, 01/20/15, System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,923,902, 12/30/14, Mobile Messaging Short Code Translation and Routing System and Method
  • US 8,839,394, 09/16/14, Systems and Methods for Authenticating a User of a Computer Application, Network, or Device Using a Wireless Device
  • US 8,831,564, 09/09/14, System and Method for Mobile Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 8,819,141, 08/26/14, Centralized Mobile and Wireless Messaging Opt-out Registry System and Method
  • US 8,761,732, 06/24/14, System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,670,753, 03/11/14, System and Method for Determining and Delivering Appropriate Multimedia Content to Data Communication Devices
  • Israel 200949, 01/10/14, System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • Mexico 308720 B, 12/04/13, Sistema y Metodo para el Analisis Automatizado que Compara una Ubicacion del Dispositivo Inalambrico con Otra Ubicacion Geografica
  • US 8,588,748, 11/19/13, System and Method for Mobile Identity Protection of a User of Multiple Computer Applications, Networks or Devices
  • US 8,437,784, 05/07/13, System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,374,634, 02/12/13, System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 8,280,348, 10/02/12, System and Method for Mobile Identity Protection Using Mobile Device Signaling Network Derived Location Pattern Recognition
  • US 8,155,677, 04/10/12, Mobile Messaging Short Code Translation and Routing System and Method
  • New Zealand 580499, 08/31/12, System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 8,131,262, 03/06/10, System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 8,116,731, 02/14/12, System and Method for Mobile Identity Protection of a User of Multiple Computer Applications, Networks or Devices
  • Australia 2008/115299, 02/09/12, System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • S. Africa 2009/06947, 01/26/11, System and Method for Automated Analysis Comparing a Wireless Device Location with Another Geographic Location
  • US 7,792,518, 09/07/10, System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 7,403,788, 07/22/08, System and Method to Initiate a Mobile Data Communication Utilizing a Trigger System
  • US 6,128,389, 10/03/00, Authentication Key Management System and Method
  • US 5,970,144, 10/19/99, Secure Authentication-Key Management System and Method for Mobile Communications
  • US 5,850,445, 12/15/98, Authentication Key Management System and Method
  • US 5,799,084, 08/25/98, System and Method for Authenticating Cellular Telephonic Communication

Notablecitations

  • Personal Letter of Commendation from Admiral W.F. Merlin, Chief, Office of Command, Control and Communications, USCG, 1986
  • Method and Apparatus for Routing Short Messages, US Patent #6308075, Issued October 23, 2001.
  • Mediation Software for Delivery of Interactive Mobile Messaging and Personalized Content to Mobile Devices. Patent Application # 20020120779, August 29, 2002.
  • Automatic In-Line Messaging System, US Patent #6718178, Issued April 6, 2004.
  • Method and System for Wireless Instant Messaging, US Patent #7058036, Issued June 6, 2006.
  • Nominated for a National Television Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology, 2006.
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, Inc. No. 07-16356, D.C. No. CV-06-02893-CW Opinion. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Opinion by N.R. Smith, Circuit Judge. Filed June 19, 2009.

Publications

  • What Workers Want from Wireless, Randall A. Snyder, 04/15/04, America’s Network, Advanstar Communications, Santa Ana, California USA.
  • Wireless Telecommunications Networking with ANSI-41 Second Edition, Snyder, Randall A. and Gallagher, Michael D., 2001, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY USA.
  • Forecasting SS7 Traffic, Randall A. Snyder, 11/01/00, Wireless Review, Volume 17, Number 21, Intertec Publishing, Overland Park, KS USA.
  • Mobile Telecommunications Networking with IS-41, Gallagher, Michael D. and Snyder, Randall A., 1997, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY USA.
  • IS-41/GSM Interoperability, Randy Snyder, 12/1995, Cellular Networking Perspectives, Cellular Networking Perspectives, LTD, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Notableexpertwitnessengagements

  • Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, Inc., No. 07-16356, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 06/19/09, Result of expert opinion greatly expanded the TCPA and was followed by multiple FCC Declaratory Rulings citing this case that text messages are calls as defined by the TCPA, and sending messages to a stored electronic list of telephone numbers falls within the definition of an Automatic Telephone Dialing System (ATDS).
  • Gomez v. Campbell-Ewald Company, No. 13-55486, United States District Court for the Central District of California, 09/19/14, Appellate court opinion upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • Commissioner of Competition v. Rogers Communications Inc., Department of Justice Canada, 12-55497, 05/2016, Case settled favorably for the Canada Competition Bureau.
  • In re Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,693,938, U.S. Department of Justice, Defendant accused of patent infringement.
  • IBM de México Comercialización y Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V. adverse Iusacell, S.A. de C.V., ICC Case No. 19879/ASM, International $4B material breach of contract case.
  • McMillion, et al. v, Rash Curtis & Associates, No. 4:16-cv-03396-YGR, N.D. Cal., Resulting in a judgment of over $267 million and the largest settlement in any TCPA case.

Subjectmatterexpertise

  • Wireless and cellular network systems and architectures
  • Network interconnectivity
  • Location Based Services (LBS)
  • Data communication and packet-switched networking protocols
  • Call Processing and Calling Features
  • Mobile Marketing Technology
  • Billing Support Systems (BSS)
  • Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
  • Operations, Administration, Maintenance & Provisioning (OAM&P, OSS)
  • 5G Evolved Packet Core (EPC) Networks
  • Diameter Signaling
  • Multifrequency Signaling
  • Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)/VoIP
  • Voicemail and Messaging Technology
  • Ringless Voicemail (RVM)
  • Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems
  • Mobile Financial Technology (Fintech)
  • Mobile Identity Management

Timeline

Principal Engineer Engineering

AT&T Wireless
09.2015

01.2012 - 01.2013

04.2010

01.2010

Director Consulting Services and Principal Engineer

01.2008 - 01.2010

Vice President

Finsphere Corporation
09.2007 - 08.2010

President and Founder

Wireless Research Services, LLC
01.2007 - Current

01.2006 - 01.2010

Vice President

Entriq, Inc
05.2004 - 04.2007

Founder, Vice President

Qube, Inc
02.2002 - 11.2003

Vice President

Bitfone Corporation
04.2001 - 02.2002

Executive Director

Openwave Systems
11.2000 - 04.2001

Director

Mobile and Software.com
03.2000 - 11.2000

Consulting Network Systems Engineer

FreeSpace Communications, Inc
12.1999 - 03.2000

Executive Director

Synacom Technology, Inc
04.1992 - 12.1999

Director Systems

01.1992 - 01.1994

Technical Staff

AT&T Bell Laboratories
12.1990 - 04.1992

Senior Staff Consultant

DGM&S, Inc
05.1987 - 12.1990

Senior Software Engineer and Analyst

ADP, Inc
05.1986 - 05.1987

Consulting Systems Analyst and Software Engineer

C3, Inc
06.1984 - 05.1986

B.A. - Mathematics (minor in Astronomy/Astrophysics)

Franklin and Marshall College

08.1931 - 01.2012
Randall A. Snyder