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Steven R. Kursh, Ph.D., CSDP, CLP is a seasoned management consultant and expert witness. He has over twenty-five years of cumulative “in-the-field” experience in the enterprise software industry including serving as the founder and president of an enterprise software company that was acquired by a Fortune 200 company; working as a consultant for numerous software companies and many other enterprises; conducting research; and developing and teaching college courses.

His experience includes being deposed over fifty times, testifying before arbitration panels over ten times, and testifying in court in over twenty trials.

Dr. Kursh was previously an Executive Professor at Northeastern University for over twenty years. While at Northeastern he conducted research, served in senior-level administration, and developed and taught graduate-level courses in Finance and other business fields in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business (DMSB) and in the College of Engineering. He later joined the faculty at the Vanderbilt University in the School of Engineering as an Adjunct Professor.

Dr. Kursh’s academic experience includes developing and teaching courses at Harvard University, at the University of Pennsylvania, and at the MIT Enterprise Forum. He has been honored with multiple teaching awards and consistently high-teaching evaluations.

Steve is a former Fulbright Scholar and the author of numerous articles, a book published by Financial Times Prentice-Hall, and many other publications used in business and engineering schools. He serves as a reviewer for AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), ABE (Academy for Business Education), JFE (Journal of Financial Education) and numerous other academic and practitioner publications in business, technology, and finance. He is an inventor, angel investor, and owner of a patent.

Dr. Kursh is the author of over fifty articles covering business and/or technology issues. His recent publications include papers covering SaaS software; Artificial Intelligence; and Reasonable Measures to Protect Trade Secrets.
He was named in 2021 to the Inaugural Class of the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors.

Steve earned his A.B. at Boston College (where he graduated with Latin Honors and was awarded the Scholar of the College Distinction) and his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. He has earned the IEEE Computer Society Software Development Professional certification (CSDP) and the CLP designation (Certified Licensing Professional) from the Licensing Executives Society (LES).

He has worked as a management consultant in non-litigation work or as an expert witness for numerous companies, including Adobe, Allscripts, Alpine, AT&T, Bank of America, Barnes & Noble, Bloomberg, Boston Scientific, Broadcom, Cardinal Health, CDW, Citigroup, Cognizant (TriZetto), Comcast, Common Application, EMC, Facebook (Instagram), Federal Insurance (Chubb), GoDaddy, H&R Block, HP, Harley Davidson, Home Depot, Honeywell, HSBC, Hyundai, IBM, Intermountain Health, Invesco, LivePerson, Marriott, Mastercard (APT), Microsoft, MSCI, Regents of the University of California, ResMan, Risk Based Security, Rocket Software, SAIC, Samsung, Skillz, SiteLock, TD Ameritrade, Toyota, Uber, Unisys, USAA, Valeo, Verizon, Yardi, government agencies, private equity firms, and many other organizations.

Dr. Kursh has been privileged to work as an expert witness with outstanding litigation teams from many law firms, including: Alston & Bird; Arnold & Porter; Baker Hostetler; Boies Schiller Flexner; Choate; Covington & Burling; Dentons; Fish & Richardson; Foley & Lardner; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Greenberg Traurig; Hogan Lovells; Hueston Hennigan; Jackson Walker; K&L Gates; Keker Van Nest & Peters; Kellogg Hansen; Kilpatrick Townsend; Kirkland & Ellis; Marshall Gerstein & Borun; McCarter & English; Morrison Foerster; Perkins Coie; Quinn Emanuel; Sidley Austin; Skadden; WilmerHale; and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.