| Biography | I am a seasoned intellectual property executive and manager, having grown several Fortune 500 IP departments and IP service firms licensing, patent brokerage, & consulting practice revenue by over 300%.
I have over 25 years experience in intellectual property, engineering, negotiations, business development, and operations. My expertise spans: licensing negotiations, licensing renewals, patent brokerage, patent acquisition, business development, M&A evaluations, deal closure, lead generation, patent purchase agreements, divestitures, c-level contacts, IP management, technology transfers & acquisitions, patent development, joint development agreements, marketing, start-ups, and strategy.
My recent engineering and intellectual property experience includes: 3G, 4G, LTE, smartphones, location based services, social media, search, network security, mobile security, M2M, home networking, wireline, telecom, VoIP, digital TV, FiOS, Wi-Fi, broadband, routers, networking, financial transactions, cloud computing/services. Prior engineering experience over the last 25 years includes: medical devices, semiconductor process, material handling, PCB, circuits, systems, servers, life sciences, optical transceiver design, optical/WDM equipment design, storage, pervasive computing & software, telematics, DRM/certificates, ECAT, and consumer electronics.
I have a Bachelor’s of Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technology University, a member of LES & IPO organizations, and have four issued patents on advanced multi-core microprocessor design and in my spare time enjoy financial calculations, investing, poetry, song writing, hard rock, traveling, extreme sports and helping others.
Experience
Verizon
Distinquished Engineer - Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc.
August 2010 – Present
TAEUS International Corporation
Sales & Business Development Manager
Manager of Intellectual Property Transactions
April 2009 – 2010
Semiconductor Insights
Manager, Patent Brokerage & Licensing Business Units
March 2007 – March 2009
IBM Corporation
Program Manager Licensing
September 2000 – February 2007
IBM
Global Commodity Manager, Procurement
1988 – 2000 | |