Bob Zeidman is the president and founder of Zeidman Consulting, a premier contract research and development firm in Silicon Valley. Since 1983, Bob has designed computer chips—ASICs and FPGAs—and circuit boards for RISC-based parallel processor systems, laser printers, network switches and routers, hardware emulators and other complex systems. His clients have included Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, Cadence Design Systems, Facebook, Intel, Symantec, Texas Instruments, and Zynga. Bob is also the president and founder of Software Analysis and Forensic Engineering Corporation, the leading provider of software intellectual property analysis tools. Bob is considered a pioneer in the field of analyzing software source code, having created the CodeSuite® program for detecting software intellectual property theft that is sold by SAFE Corp.

Bob is a prolific writer and instructor, giving seminars at conferences around the world. Among his publications are numerous articles on engineering and business as well as four textbooks, Designing with FPGAs and CPLDs, Verilog Designer's Library, Introduction to Verilog, and The Software IP Detective’s Handbook. Bob holds numerous patents and earned two bachelor's degrees, in physics and electrical engineering, from Cornell University and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.