Robert Teel

Current

• Summer Associate at Stoel Rives LLP

Past

• Summer Associate at Stoel Rives LLP
• Software Engineer at L-3 Communications
• Student Associate Venture Analyst at Lassonde New Venture Development Center

• Hardware/Software Engineer at Colmek Systems Engineering

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Education

• University of Michigan Law School
• University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business
• Oregon State University

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Robert Teel’s Summary

Law, Engineering, and Business.

Robert Teel’s Specialties:

Patent law, Business IP.

Background in real time embedded systems specializing software design.

Robert Teel’s Experience

• Summer Associate

  Stoel Rives LLP

  (Partnership; Law Practice industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Summer Associate

  Stoel Rives LLP

  (Partnership; Law Practice industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

• Software Engineer

  L-3 Communications

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; lll; Defense & Space industry)

  March 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 5 months)

  * Assembled software estimates, conducted technical presentations, and managed cost accounts while leading a new software product development cycle
  
  * Developed innovative software architectures for automated hardware regression testing
  
  * Researched previous networked data link projects to leverage test methodologies, and create new, automated, innovative, and efficient test procedures

• Student Associate Venture Analyst

  Lassonde New Venture Development Center

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)

  September 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 5 months)

  * Identified and evaluated new market applications for novel university technologies
  
  * Extensively researched the size, growth, and direction of potential markets
  
  * Developed competitor profiles and market penetration strategy
  
  * Presented my research and the Themacom business plan at numerous competitions, taking:
  1st in the Utah Opportunity Quest
  
  Top 7th finalist in the nation at the Case Western 100k Business Plan Competition
  
  Top 10 in the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge and recipient of the Workman Nydegger Innovative Technology Award
  
  Finalist in the University of Oregon New Venture Challenge
  
  * Served on the steering committee to evaluate new technologies for the Lassonde Center associates and presented my recommendations to the board of directors

• Hardware/Software Engineer

  Colmek Systems Engineering

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2003 — March 2006 (2 years 7 months)

  * Authored technical portions of Small Business Innovative Research grant proposals
  
  * Learned the VxWorks application programming interface and developed software applications for real-time embedded systems
  
  * Built a custom Linux distribution (tool-chain, kernel, and custom drivers), and implemented the embedded application software for a high density video recorder
  
  * Designed and implemented a novel software architecture utilizing OpenGL and off-the-shelf hardware which replaced a proprietary graphics platform. The resulting project seamlessly eliminated the antiquated system and operators did not have to retrain on an unfamiliar user interface. The innovative approach also led to new business opportunities due to the flexible and extensible design.

Robert Teel’s Education

• University of Michigan Law School

  J.D. , Law , 2007 — 2010 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  Intellectual Property Student Association, NALSA

• University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business

  MBA , 2004 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  David Eccles School of Business Lassonde Center Fellowship

• Oregon State University

  BS , Electrical Engineering , 1998 — 2003

  cum laude

  Activities and Societies:

  Kappa Sigma Fraternity, OSU Bookstore Board of Directors, IEEE President

Additional Information

Robert Teel’s Interests:

Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Utah

Robert Teel’s Groups:

University of Michigan NALSA.

•    David Eccles School of Business
•    Oregon State University Network
•    Wolverine Networking
•    University of Michigan Law School Alumni
•    Oregon State University EE/CS alums

Robert Teel’s Honors:

University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business Student Fellowship
Oregon State University Presidential Scholar
Ford Family Foundation Scholar
Eta Kappa Nu Honorary Society for Electrical and Computer Engineers

Robert Teel’s Contact Settings

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