Dennis McBride

40 years of professional experience, including 23 years in management. Intellectual Property management experience beginning in 2000, including claims assertions; generating IP income from patent, trademark and technology licensing; business development; licensing and cross-licensing negotiations; defense against incoming infringement assertions; patent portfolio management; Inventor. 2010-2014 IP Responsibilities at ipCapital Licensing Company 2005-2010 IP Responsibilities at Lenovo United States Inc. 2000-2005 IP Responsibilities at IBM Prior experience (1992-2000): IBM product divisions; Management of hardware and software development, strategy, technology incubation, sales engineering. Boca Raton, FL and Research Triangle Park, NC. Early career growth (1977-1992): Research Staff Member, 1st line manager, 2nd line manager, staff to the Division President at IBM's T.J.Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. Technical contributor to mainframe computer development at IBM Poughkeepsie, NY, 1974-1977. Specialties: Management of technical projects; Business Development management; Negotiations involving grants of intellectual property rights.