Our Firm

About

For more than ten years, the team at Software Analysis Group LLC has provided consulting services and litigation support services to law firms. We have also provided management consulting services and performance improvement training services to businesses for more than fifteen years.

We combine knowledge, training, and experience in software technologies and business with a specific focus on and expertise in software development and implementations, intellectual property, and valuation.

Our services are customized to meet the needs of each client. Understanding and recognizing the constraints under which our clients work, we are known for our flexibility and responsiveness.

We have worked as management consultants for leading technology, telecommunications, and financial services companies. Our clients include AT&T, HP, IBM, Citibank, ACS (NYSE-traded), FAST Search & Technology (a Norway-based, publicly-traded company), and Sun Microsystems; private equity investors; and closely-held businesses.

We provide consulting and expert witness services to and on behalf of clients of global, national, and regional law firms. Our clients include:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Alston & Bird LLP
Brown, McCarroll LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Jackson Walker LLP
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Susman Godfrey LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP

Steven R. Kursh, Ph.D., CSDP, the founder of the company, has testified before arbitration panels and in the federal courts, including the Eastern District of Texas and the Southern District of New York.

Our assignments have included analysis of patents (invalidity, infringement, and noninfringement); analysis of trade secrets; analysis of software copyrights; analysis of systems integration services and software functionality, including software implementations; assisting in protests of government contract awards; assessment of software contract compliance, including marketing and distribution agreements; and calculation of economic damages in patent, copyright, trade secret, and commercial litigation matters.

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Founder

The company’s founder, Steven R. Kursh, Ph.D., CSDP, has extensive experience in the computer software industry and the Internet. He was the founder of a software company that was acquired by McGraw-Hill. Dr. Kursh is the author of academic and professional articles related to the software industry, telecommunications, and finance, and he is the author of a book published by Financial Times Prentice-Hall.

Professor Kursh has been admitted as an expert to testify before arbitration panels and in the federal courts, including the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of Texas in matters related to computer software, including trade secrets, copyrights, and patents; the computer software industry, including software development practices, marketing, management, and valuation; and the Internet. His management consulting clients include AT&T, IBM, Sun, private equity firms, and closely-held companies.

Dr. Kursh is an Executive Professor at Northeastern University where he develops and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the College of Business and the College of Engineering. He has also taught courses at Harvard University, at the University of Pennsylvania, and for CPE programs.

Dr. Kursh was named a Fulbright Scholar in 2005. He has earned several teaching awards, including the Beta Gamma Sigma Award for Best Teacher and the University Excellence in Teaching Award. He serves as a General Editor in Finance and Information Technology for a division of Pearson Education. Dr. Kursh has also been a mentor capitalist and was recently awarded a patent.

Professor Kursh received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and his AB from Boston College, Magna Cum Laude, Scholar of the College. He has earned the IEEE Computer Society Software Development Professional Certification (CSDP) in 2004 and was recently recertified. The qualifications for the IEEE CSDP include documentation of at least 9,000 hours of software engineering experience. Candidates must also pass a rigorous examination covering the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge.

Dr. Kursh is a registered member of the IBM Academic Initiative program and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society, and the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is affiliated with the Cutter Consortium, an international IT advisory firm, and he serves as a reviewer for several business and technology journals.

Publications

Dr. Kursh focuses his research primarily on topics related to computer software, the Internet, and linkages between technology and business management. He has published articles in numerous academic and practitioner journals, and he is a frequent speaker at academic and professional meetings.

In addition to serving as General Editor and Reviewer in Finance and Information Technology for the custom business resources program for Pearson Education since 2005, some of his other recent academic research and professional activities include:

“The Use of Real Options and Monte Carlo Simulations In the Analysis of IT Investments,” Paper accepted for presentation at the IEEE Equity 2007 Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Reviewer, Handbook of Computer Networks, (John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey), 2007.

“Managing Your Software Journey: Using Earned Value and Other Metrics,” Cutter Consortium Executive Report, August, 2006.

“Note on Valuing Computer Software and Computer Software Companies,” Journal of Financial Education, Fall, 2005.

Minding the Corporate Checkbook: A Manager’s Guide for Executing Successful Business Investments, March, 2004, (Financial Times Prentice-Hall, New York), (with James Donovan).

“An Analysis of the Impact of FCC Regulations on Competitive Local Exchange Carriers and Emerging Next Generation Networks,” Proceedings of the Emerging Issues in Business & Technology Conference, October, 2003, (with Anurag Mehndiratta).

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