Meredith Holmes

Jul 23, 2024 | lesusacanada.org | Meredith Holmes |Katie Schneider

Dr. Fabio Almeida, is a Senior Commercialization Manager with the Innovations & Partnerships Office at the University of Toronto in Canada. His areas of expertise are electronics and photonics, energy systems, robotics, materials and devices, sensors and instrumentation, and quantum technologies.

Jul 23, 2024 | lesusacanada.org | Les Usa |Meredith Holmes |Katie Schneider

Written by: Meredith HolmesCasey Valk: Always Moving Forward, Always LearningWhen Cassandra (“Casey”) Valk, Open Source and Product Compliance Manager at Nutanix, earned her LES Emerging Leader Certificate, she added it to an impressive list of certificates and badges in her field. An AI and open-source software expert, she has 20 years of experience in open source and AI governance, diligence, and commercialization and complex licensing transactions and negotiations.

Apr 30, 2024 | lesusacanada.org | Meredith Holmes |Katie Schneider

Evelyn Chen is Director, IPR and Licensing at Ericsson in Plano, Texas, where she has worked for 10 years. She is responsible for supporting commercialization of the company’s patent portfolio of more than 49,000 patents. Her expertise centers on IP, trademark infringement, litigation, and legal writing. Before becoming Director in 2020, she was Senior Counsel, IPR and licensing.

Jul 27, 2023 | lesusacanada.org | Meredith Holmes |Katie Schneider

Q: Tell us about your work at SI Group. A: Kevin: As senior IP counsel, I handle all the IP matters for the company. This covers the whole gamut of IP work­—international patent drafting, patent prosecution and patent opposition work, litigation, divestitures, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence on the IP side, and joint development agreements. I work with our corporate attorneys and our compliance attorneys, as well.

May 17, 2023 | lesusacanada.org | Meredith Holmes |Katie Schneider

Q: What inspired your switch from engineering to law? A: Ann: Chemical engineering, of course, involves both chemistry and mechanical work. It’s interesting—you don’t find that many chemical engineers or science people in law except in the patent areas. I worked for a couple of years as a chemical engineer, but I wanted to do something that included more of my interests. I’m kind of what I call ambidextrous; I like science, and I also like reading, writing, and speaking.