
Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area
- 29.5 years in info. tech. law & business
- broad national/global experience (7 cities, including Silicon Valley work)
- senior management: former member of exec. teams of 3 publicly traded tech. vendors
- emphases include open source software, software licensing, sales, alliances, OEM/B2B deals, outsourcing (all flavors), intellectual property management, problem/dispute prevention, and integrating law + tech + business optimally
- I'm "business-polylingual": I speak fluently (1) revenue / deals / closing / quotas / hunting with sales folk, (2) geek w/ R&D folk, and (3) other "dialects" w/ finance, int'l., marketing, and other specialists
- ex-litigator; still 2d-chair or expert witness resource to litigators
- executive coach and trainer re. blended legal/tech. issues/risks
- frequent guest speaker at industry events; intermittent program coordinator and/or panel chair or moderator
software, e-commerce, and other i.t. and publishing - product/service planning, design, development, distribution (incl. alliances, OEM deals, etc.), documentation, licensing & protection