• 25+ years of legal experience, with 20+ years as an in-house attorney, built on an engineering foundation of microprocessor design• Extensive experience counseling and working with senior management in various business areas• Knowledge of a wide variety of legal issues and agreements gained through broad responsibility for company legal issues including IP, licensing, commercial transactions, M&A and divestitures, real estate, investigations, government affairs, employment and litigation• Experienced at recruiting, developing and managing international teams• Adept at identifying and quantifying risks and communication to management, while providing options and alternatives to balance risk and reward• Significant understanding of business factors affecting decisions, developed through years of direct interaction with executive level and other high-level management• Skilled at establishing, maintaining and meeting tight targets for multi-million dollar annual budgets• Disciplined at creating measurable goals for assessing performance, and continuously raising the bar by creating and implementing improved processes• Strong expertise in developing and negotiating complex licensing transactions• Demonstrated success at managing high-profile, complex litigation cases• Proven track record of improving quality of patent filings while controlling costs and ensuring adequate protection of corporate intellectual property