Silicon Valley Chapter of LES at Oracle
Moderated a stellar panel consisting of: Mark Jen, CTO & Co-Founder, Common Networks Bill Loesch, Member, Band of Angels Steve Millard,...
SILICON VALLEY INNOVATION
Quoted in Bloomberg “AT&T-Uber Patent Sale Caps Off Q1 Brokered Market Deals”
“Software patents are still in the basement only because of the fear of invalidity,” Mark Holmes, chief executive of Silicon Valley-based...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Heard Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak on the challenges of living a life separate from the one dictated to her as a young woman. She is a...
Lukman Faily, Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S.
The Hon. Luman Faily, Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S., spoke at a lunch about the challenges Iraq faces in uniting its disparate tribal...
Band of Angels
Heard last night at the Band of Angels dinner about a startup that can detect and identify sounds. Similar to GE’s technology that...
FBI San Francisco Cyber Branch Agent Palmore Speaks
Recently heard Malcolm “MK” Palmore, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Cyber Branch of the San Francisco Division speak on the various...
Patent Law Institute
Spoke on a technology licensing panel with Meredith McKenzie, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Juniper Networks. Always fun...
Silicon Valley LES Chapter Annual Meeting
Moderated two panels at the Annual Meeting of the Silicon Valley Chapter of LES (Licensing Executives Society). The first was with Sarah...
Quoted in Reuters Today
Was quoted today in a Reuters article written by Andrew Longstreth entitled “Ruling on licensing agreements may be bad news for cloud...
ACG (Association for Corporate Growth) Silicon Valley Dinner
Attended a thought-provoking evening at NetApp with my friend and fellow Band of Angels member Dr. Jacques F. Vallée sponsored by ACG...