Daniel Minoli

Professional Background

Daniel Minoli is Principal Consultant at DVI Communications, with a career spanning more than four decades of network engineering, enterprise architecture, and executive technology leadership. His prior roles include Chief Technology Officer at Secure Enterprise Systems Engineering; General Manager and Director of Ground Systems Engineering at SES, the world’s second-largest satellite services provider; Director of Network Architecture at Capital One Financial; Chief Technology Officer at InfoPort Communications Group; and Vice President of Packet Services at Teleport Communications Group (later acquired by AT&T). He has also consulted for Bellcore and co-founded Global Nautical Networks, a provider of mobile Internet and data services to marinas.

Expert Witness Experience

Mr. Minoli has served as a testifying expert witness in more than two dozen cases involving patent infringement, patent invalidity, and related technology disputes, drawing on decades of hands-on design, deployment, and operational experience across IP/IPv6, VoIP, telecom, wireless, satellite, and video networks for carrier and financial-sector clients.

Technical Specialties

Network Security & Enterprise Architecture
Satellite Systems & Ground Segment Engineering
Wireless Networks & M2M/IoT (Wireless)
IP/IPv6, Metro Ethernet & Carrier Networks
Video, IPTV & Multimedia Systems
VoIP & Unified Communications
Quantum Communications (emerging)

Publications & Recognition

Mr. Minoli is the author or co-author of more than 60 technical books, 300 technical papers, and 85 conference presentations across telecommunications, networking, and information technology. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited by more than 8,000 academic researchers, and is cited in more than 250 U.S. patents and 40 U.S. patent applications. His book credits include Telecommunications Technology Handbook, Internet and Intranet Engineering, Innovations in Satellite Communications and Satellite Technology, and, with Benedict Occhiogrosso, AI Applications to Communications and Information Technologies and Quantum Communication and Quantum Internet Applications (2025). He has written columns for ComputerWorld, NetworkWorld, and Network Computing.

Teaching

Mr. Minoli has taught IT and telecommunications courses as an adjunct instructor at New York University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Carnegie-Mellon University, and Monmouth University.

When to Engage

Mr. Minoli is available for consulting and testifying expert witness engagements in patent infringement and invalidity matters involving telecommunications, network security, satellite, wireless, and multimedia technologies.