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Jonathan Hochman serves as consulting and testifying expert for cases related to Internet marketing, e-commerce, website development, digital forensics, search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, privacy, securities fraud in the technology industry, and disputes related to technology startups. Since 2007 he has provided expert witness services to plaintiffs and defendants alike for disputes involving trademarks, patents, trade secrets, copyrights, contracts, defamation and online reputation, unfair competition, conspiracy and fraud. Hochman has testified at eighteen trials and fifty-six depositions. He has served as a consulting expert in many more cases. His clients have been located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Israel, Ukraine, and Romania. A Yale University graduate with two degrees in computer science, Hochman has worked as a sales, marketing and technology consultant for 34 years. After managing several prior businesses, he founded Hochman Consultants in 2004. Then in 2008 Hochman became chairman of the trade association SEMNE, Search Engine Marketing New England. Next in 2010 he founded a successful Internet security business, CodeGuard, which was acquired by Sectigo in 2018. Most recently, he founded UNS Project to develop novel technology for establishing online identity while maintaining privacy. Hochman is certified by Google in search and display advertising. He has spoken at national conferences, including Web 2.0 Summit, Search Marketing Expo (SMX) and Search Engine Strategies (SES). He has contributed articles to Search Engine Land, Marketing Land, and Search Marketing Standard. At Yale University he has recently been employed as a Teaching Fellow for classes about digital privacy and the history of technology.