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Prior Events at the San Diego Chapter The San Diego Chapter "Venture Investing in Licensing- and IP-based Business Models" WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2006 Sponsored by:
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Business models based primarily on intellectual property (I.P.) and licensing stratagems have been a favorite of some venture investors for decades and span a wide range of industries from software, telecom and semiconductors to biotechnology & biopharmaceuticals. Prominent examples include Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology in the telecom arena, and Crucell's proprietary PERC6 cell line technology for the large-scale manufacturing of therapeutic proteins & antibodies in the biotech space. The VC's dream deal would be funding an "A" round in a new company that goes on to establish an industry-standard technology that is licensed non-exclusively to dozens of partners worldwide, as Qualcomm has done with CDMA. But in today's investment and technological environments, is the dream still a possibility? And if so, how does one implement such an IP strategy and business model to create maximum value? Come hear our pan-industry oracle of venture and angel investors opine and prognosticate on the future of IP & licensing-based business models. DATE: TIME: LOCATION: For additional information, please contact:
NOTE: This presentation will qualify for MCLE credit. ************************************************************ At the May 17th chapter meeting, the officers of the San Diego Chapter of LES USA & Canada will be advancing a motion to set the selection process and to open the floor to nominations for the position of Chair and Chair-Elect for the 2006-2007 term. It will be moved that the nomination period will be from May 17th till the election date of June 14, 2006, the date of our next regular meeting. Both positions are open for nominations, but given his exceptional service to the Chapter, the Chair will be strongly endorsing Chris Steinhart, currently Chair-Elect, for the role of Chair for the 2006-2007 period. If you are interested to serve the Chapter as an officer, you are strongly encouraged to contact Chair Ross Epstein to learn more about the duties and responsibilities of these roles. All officers to the chapter are to be current members of LES USA & Canada in good standing. Election of Chair, and then Chair-Elect, will be determined by simple majority of a paper ballot at about 7:00 PM on June 14, 2006. *********************************************************** PANELISTS BIOGRAPHIES Dr. Kerry Dance, Managing Director - Hamilton Bioventures LP Dr. Kerry Dance, Managing Directorof Hamilton Bioventures LP, has 25 years of executive experience, acting both as a scientist and a leader. He has previously served as CEO of Advanced Distillation Technology, a seawater desalination company, as well as President of the S-Cubed Division of Maxwell Laboratories, Inc., and Vice President of Technology for Aerojet General Corporation. Krisztina M. Zsebo, PhD - Principal & Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Life Sciences ENTERPRISE PARTNERS VENTURE CAPITAL Dr. Zsebo is a biopharmaceutical veteran with 20 years of experience in the industry, Dr. Zsebo has been involved in numerous successful ventures. She is a Principal at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. Prior to joining Enterprise, she held executive positions at Remedyne Corporation Connetics, ALZA, Cell Genesys, and Amgen. At ALZA Corporation Dr. Zsebo was responsible for the division which developed and filed the NDA for Viadur®, an implantable drug/device for prostate cancer patients now marketed by Bayer Corporation. At Cell Genesys, where she was Executive Vice President of Research and Product Development, she was responsible for filing their first IND for a gene therapy product for AIDS. She also managed Cell Genesys' Xenotech division, which was spun off to become Abgenix, one of the most successful biotech companies. Earlier in her career, Kris spent eight years at Amgen in research and product development where she worked on the discovery of NEUPOGEN®, as well as STEMGEN®, and various aspects of EPOGEN® development. Marco Thompson - Managing Director Express Ventures & CTO Wind River Services Marco Thompson is a Managing Partner of Express Ventures. Express is a new San Diego based seed stage Venture Fund, investing in startup wireless, IT, semiconductors, internet and networking deals. Marco has technology expertise across the software, hardware and networking fields, and business experience founding and running diverse technology companies. He has operational experience up to $50,000,000 and has led marketing & sales strategy development for diverse technology organizations and products. Marco Thompson graduated with a BSEE from UCSD in 1979. He worked for Megatek (acquired by Digital/Compaq) before founding Doctor Design in 1984. Doctor Design was funded entirely from it's profit stream. Doctor Design grew to become a very successful Engineering Design Services firm (250 people, $50,000,000 revenue), and Marco sold the company to Wind River in 1996. WindRiver Services (WRS) develops Hardware and Software for "smart connected devices", as part of the Device Software Optimization focus at WindRiver. Wind River Services has been recognized as a market leader in building consumer devices supporting digital video and audio standards. WRS works for the leaders in the Set Top Box business including Sony, DirecTV, Phillips, Tivo, RCA, Thomson, Pioneer & others. Marco has founded, raised money for, or guided many startups. Marco currently sits on the board of directors or advisors of several startups. Some companies that Marco has invested in or mentored include: Gift-Flix, Entropic, Vativ, Techflow, Profitline, Forza Semiconductors, Intellitouch, Rosum, Drivecam, Objectiva, V-Enable, Qthink, Philometron, Service-Now.com & Intellidot. Marco has been very active as a startup CEO mentor in the San Diego community, thru programs such as Connect Springboard, Commnexus Next Stage, and the Chairman’s Roundtable. Marco is a founding Board member, Past President, and Past Chairman of the San Diego Telecom Council. (now CommNexus) CommNexus is an organization committed to developing the local communications community, and making the rest of the world aware of the miracle of San Diego. CommNexus is made up of the top 250 communications and wireless firms in San Diego, and the organization is the top regional communications trade organization in the world. Marco holds 3 patents and has written a book on high speed memory design. He has been honored in San Diego as “Technology Supporter of the Year”, and is the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering Alumni of the year for 2003. Marco has also been honored to win the Connect / Gray Cary Award for Technology Innovation in 2003. Tom Major - IP Exploitation Specialist, LPL Licensing Tom Major, BS Chemistry, MS Chemical Engineering, MBA, has been involved in intellectual property management for nearly 20 years in both the industrial and university settings. He joined the University of Utah Technology Transfer Office in 1987 and was made Director in 1991, during his tenure as Director the revenue from licensing tripled to three million dollars. At Utah, Mr. Major negotiated over 100 license agreements covering a wide variety of technologies including biotech, software, mining devices, materials, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Some of these licenses were to start-up companies including Myriad Genetics which was established to commercialize the breast cancer gene discoveries. In 1996 Mr. Major joined AlliedSignal to help establish their intellectual property holding company. During his tenure at AlliedSignal which later merged with Honeywell he completed numerous licensing/patent sale agreements some reaching into the 8 figure range. During the merger between AlliedSignal and Honeywell, Mr. Major was the merger liaison for transferring AlliedSignal’s licensing philosophy to Honeywell. As a result of this, Honeywell’s licensing revenue jumped from $3M to $40M in the first year after the merger. Total licensing revenue the year after the merger was over $200 Million with Mr. Major being responsible for a large part. Mr. Major jointed IPValue, an out-source licensing firm in 2002 where he helped established the Licensing procedures for their first client British Telecom. He completed the first licensing deal for Ipvalue, managed a $500k reverse engineering project, asserted the patents involved, recommended and commenced litigation against 6 major US telecom companies and completed the first settlement. Since 2004 Mr. Major has been assisting small and large companies in their intellectual property exploitation including a major patent assertion program involving business method patents being asserted against financial insititutions. Norm Brown CEO - Innovations Group LLC - Moderator Norm Brown has a Doctorate in Business from George Washington University and a Law Degree from Georgetown; he combines this education with over 30 years experience in product development and technology commercialization. Brown owns and manages Innovations Group, a technology consulting company whose clients include Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies, individual inventors and start-up companies. He is also a member of the Tech Coast Angels and serves on the TCA’s BioMedical and High Technology Committees. Formerly, Brown was VP Technology Commercialization at SAIC, where he closed deals generating revenue equivalent to that of a $1B operating division. Brown has served on a number of start-up company boards and has supported the launching of over 30 companies based on licensed or transferred technologies.
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. The Technology Commercialization Group at SAIC offers technologies in the fields of communication, energy and environment, financial services, health care and biomedical, government and security, information technologies, and supply chain and project management. If your firm is searching for technology to license, please contact us at (858) 826-6346.
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