Independent Consultant
Rich Belgard
P.O. Box 896
Saratoga, Ca. 95071
(408) 867-6833
Rich Belgard has been active in the computer industry for more than 37 years. Over these years, he designed and managed the development of computer architectures at Burroughs, Data General, Tandem Computers and Rational Software, including hardware, software and microarchitecture. He is co-inventor on 18 patents; sole inventor on 7 patents and currently has other pending patents.
Rich is the past Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)'s Special Interest Group on Microarchitectures, and former Vice-Chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Technical Committee on Microprogramming and Microarchitectures. Rich is an IEEE Fellow.
Rich has participated in intellectual property lawsuits, including patent, copyright, and trade secret. Rich has testified in many of these lawsuits, both as an expert for a party and also as a court-appointed expert. He has been involved in many "clean-room" development projects. Rich has written articles and presented lectures on the subject of reverse engineering, including how to perform it and how to prevent it. His current interests focus on technology patents.
Rich is a contributing editor of The Microprocessor Report. Rich has been extensively quoted on patent and technology issues in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, The Red Herring, New Scientist, The San Jose Mercury News, EETimes, Smart Money.com, C/Net News.com, TheStreet.com, and others.
Rich currently consults for computer manufacturers, software companies, investor groups and as an expert and consultant to law firms. He is a director of private software and hardware companies.
hits since 2/04/12
