Kevin has more than twelve years of intellectual property experience as in-house and outside counsel, much of it spent defending technology companies from attacks by NPEs. Most recently, Kevin served as Intuit’s Head of IP Litigation. Prior to Intuit, Kevin was a patent litigator with Kaye Scholer LLP and Howrey LLP where he represented clients in various technology areas. He began his career as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Kevin has a JD from George Washington University Law School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA.

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Shawn is responsible for running Unified’s operations, membership recruitment and marketing. He is Chairman-elect of Licensing Executives Society (LES) US / Canada – High Tech Sector (HTS). Most recently, Shawn was VP of Licensing and Business Development at Intertrust Technologies, Inc. responsible for patent and technology licensing programs with over $500 million in revenue. Prior to that he served as EVP at Nextreaming (KOSDAQ) and co-founded Envivio (NASDAQ; ENVI). Shawn has a JD/MBA from Boston University and a BS in Mathematics from UCLA..

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Senior Vice President, Sales and Business Development, Unified Patents

David brings almost 30 years of management consulting, software and business development experience to Unified Patents. Prior to joining Unified, David served as Vice President of Client Development at RPX Corporation where he played a major role in building out RPX’s client base starting in 2008.

Prior to RPX David was owner and principal of Cascade 10, LLC, providing strategic business planning and development services to clients in online automotive, financial services and real estate. Prior to starting Cascade 10, he worked at The Cobalt Group (now CDK Global)overseeing business development and strategy, as well as sales and service to automotive OEMs and dealers including GM, Chrysler, Honda and Toyota.

Prior to Cobalt, David worked at 2Bridge Software in San Francisco where he oversaw product management and secured pilot clients including Goldman, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo. In 1992, he co-founded Ledge Multimedia, a software consulting business subsequently sold to Dataware Technologies in 1995. Mr. Potts was a management consultant for ATKearney/JSA where he led projects for European aerospace companies including Aerospatiale, Thomson CSF and URENCO. He started his career at General Electric.

Mr. Potts has a BA in history from the University of Virginia and an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

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Jonathan Stroud, a former patent examiner and litigator for Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, has litigated, examined, prosecuted, counseled, and handled patent disputes, focusing on PTAB litigation and its interplay interaction with other forms of litigation, and he handled a wide variety of diverse technologies. Involved in some of the earliest America Invents Act (AIA) patent challenges, Mr. Stroud has drafted, filed, and represented clients such as LG, Eli Lilly & Co., BMW, Bausch & Lomb, and Freedom Innovations on dozens of covered business method (CBM) and inter partes reviews (IPRs) for both patent owners and petitioners, drafting several petitions, responses, and motions. He earned his J.D., with honors, from American University Washington College of Law; his B.S. in Bio-medical Engineering from Tulane University; and his M.A. in Print Journalism from the University of Southern California.

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Gary leads the efforts for Unified Patent’s Electronic Payments Zone. Prior, Gary was Head of Intellectual Property Strategy and Relationship Management at Visa, Inc. where he was responsible for all aspects of patent and payment industry strategies, including portfolio prosecution and management, risk mitigation and litigation resolution strategies. Gary has over 20 years of experience as an IP consultant and expert is recognized by IAM Magazine as a leading global strategist and named on the IAM Strategy 300. Gary has a BS in Economics and a BS in Environmental Sciences from UCSB.

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Olivia is the Director of Business Development at Unified Patents. She is responsible for managing and maintaining the existing Unified Members and establishing new member relationships. Prior to joining Unified, she worked at ICAP OceanTomo and ICAP Patent Brokerage for 5 years. ICAP plc is a British public company traded on the London stock exchange. She has an extensive background in multiple aspects of Intellectual Property monetization and strategy.

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Sam is responsible for Unified’s analytics platform and legal technology infrastructure. He has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in patent litigation. Sam is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Rice University.

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