Dr. Richard G. Zech is an expert in several disciplines, including optical storage, photonics, nanotech for computer applications, holography, digital cameras and flat panel displays. He has over 45 years of industrial and consulting experience.

Dr. Zech earned his MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1967 and 1974, respectively. He earned his BS in electrical engineering from the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1965.

His industrial experience includes nearly 20 years in positions ranging from research engineer to VP and Chief Technology Officer for a Fortune 500 company. Employers include Univ. of Michigan, McDonnell-Douglas, Harris Corp. and TRW. He has also contributed to nine new ventures.

Dr. Zech has over 20 years of expert witness experience, including the authoring of expert reports, testifying at deposition, and testifying at the ITC and in Federal Court. His main contributions have been to patent litigation, working for either plaintiff or defendant. He maintains significant prior art databases for his areas of practice. For the convenience of his litigation clients, Dr. Zech makes available his forensics and test laboratory.

He has over 20 years of both technology and business consulting experience that includes temporary executive assignments as VP of Engineering, VP of Marketing and Sales, VP of Strategic Planning, President and COO.

Thanks to an intensive involvement with NASA and the Dept. of Defense, Dr. Zech has a broad and deep background in photonics, computing and materials science. Key technology expertise includes data storage (optical, holographic and magnetic), nanotechnology for computer memory and storage, flat panel displays (all types), digital cameras and imaging and small computer systems. For the past 5 years, he has been using his photonics expertise to focus on solar energy and LEDs.

Dr. Zech is the author of over 150 papers, presentations and reports.