Work history
Managing Director
MJK Partners LLC
July 2014 – Present (4 months) Greater Boston Area
Providing strategic and transaction advisory services focused on the license and/or sale of new technologies, IP and companies. Completed hundreds of transactions including licensing technologies that ship in 100s of millions of devices and the sale of more than thirty five patent portfolios. Advising startups on strategic investments & partnerships as well as sales to strategic acquirers. Myron brings a strong business perspective and base of transactional experience to client engagements with a proven track record of getting deals done. Restarting consulting practice that was founded in 2003.
Advisor
61 Solutions, Inc.
January 2008 – Present (6 years 10 months) Cambridge, MA
Have been an Advisor to CEO of 61 Solutions, Inc., the creators of Mischief, a software program for drawing, painting, and sketching on the Mac and PC (see www.madewithmischief.com). Mischief is based on core technology originally developed at MERL. This is a remarkable application created for professional artists to overcome the limitations of today's pixel-based and vector-based drawing programs because we believe that drawing on a computer should be as fun and powerful as drawing with pencil on paper.
Venture Partner
Pluritas, LLC
July 2014 – Present (4 months)Cambridge, MA
Venture Partner working with Pluritas on selective engagements for the sale and monetization of high-value patents.
Partner, IP Strategy & Transactions
Pluritas, LLC
September 2008 – June 2014 (5 years 10 months) Greater Boston Area
Senior partner heading up IP transactions and strategic advisory engagements for leading IP Advisory & Brokerage firm specializing in the packaging and sale of high-value patents and companies where IP represents a significant part of the value. Completed more than 35 transactions of substantial patent portfolios for a range of client with major strategic acquirers as well as patent licensing organizations.
Chairman of the Board
Belmont Media Center
September 2005 – October 2013 (8 years 2 months) Belmont, MA
Founding Member of the Board of Directors of the Community Media Center (Public Access TV) in Belmont, MA.
Principal
MJK Partners
January 2003 – September 2008 (5 years 9 months)
Technology Commercialization & Licensing Consulting Practice. Also served as interim VP Business Development for several clients.
Clients included: Ambient Devices, Callisto Corp., Frame Media, Future Image, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL), Outsmart Power Systems, Progress Software and uLocate Communications, Zeetoo/Zeemote.
At MERL (2003-2007) - headed up technology out-licensing efforts for the Cambridge-based corporate lab. Closed major licensing agreements for the Saffron Type technology to Macromedia for Flash 8 and to Monotype Imaging for use in their market-leading font products. Other technologies include, projector calibration, face detection & recognition, digital video navigation, speech recognition for music search.
Was involved in early development of the Boston Clean Tech cluster including co-founding the MIT Enterprise Forum Energy SIG, Ignite Clean Energy Competition and the New England Chapter of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).
Business Development/Technology Licensing (Consultant)
MERL, Cambridge, MA
2003 – 2007 (4 years)Cambridge, MA
Led technology out-licensing initiatives for Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL). This included market analysis, go-to-market planning and execution of licensing initiatives for technologies and IP developed at the lab. Negotiated and closed major licenses for the Saffron Type Rendering System (innovative font rasterizer) to Adobe/Macromedia for use in Flash and to Monotype Imaging, the world's leading supplier of font technology.
Member of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee
MITX
1998 – 2003 (5 years) Greater Boston Area
Active member of the Board and Executive Committee. Helped facilitate merger with BIMA. Ran the Programming Committee and established new event tracks in Healthcare and Financial Services.
Executive Vice President
Lanthorn Technologies
September 2001 – July 2002 (11 months)
Developed and executed funding strategy for energy management software and web services startup raising $2 million in funding from Itron, Inc. Closed strategic relationships including a resale & distribution agreement providing company with broad access to the North American utility market. Handled all contracts and licensing arrangements with partners including Ember and Honeywell.
Vice President, Corporate Business Development
Trellix Corp.
March 1999 – June 2001 (2 years 4 months)
Reporting to CEO/President, member of senior management team with overall responsibility for business and corporate development.
· Led the company’s initiative into the web publishing server software and managed services businesses through an equity-based alliance with Lycos.
· Developed and executed go-to-market plan for the business (market analysis, pricing, contracts, pipeline, managing sales team) including closing first twelve contracts with major web properties such as Bolt.com, CNET, InfoSpace, iVillage, ZDNet.
· Built and managed a Business Development group, which closed partnerships with: web hosting providers, communities, and content & services providers.
· Participated in raising $35 million mezzanine round of financing.
Vice President, Business Development
Fidelity Investments
June 1998 – March 1999 (10 months)
Managed Interactive Channel Marketing Group with five direct reports responsible for marketing partnerships and strategic alliances. Led several corporate initiatives:
· Developed plan to establish Fidelity Ventures and Fidelity Interactive in Silicon Valley to gain increased access to seed-stage opportunities. Managed relationships with Silicon Valley partners and evaluated strategic investment opportunities.
· Led planning and vendor negotiation (NetGenesis) for an integrated web business metrics system that combined and correlated web stats, customer email, and research and call center feedback.
Director, Corporate Strategic Alliances Group & Developer Relations, DVP
Eastman Kodak
October 1991 – May 1998 (6 years 8 months)
Managed the Corporate Strategic Alliances and Developer Relations Group for this $16 billion corporation. Responsible for multi-business unit strategic partnerships and with developing a channel to external software developers. Reported to Carl Gustin, the Chief Marketing Officer with personal involvement in business strategy, structuring and negotiating agreements and management of high-profile relationships including Adobe, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Nortel.
Also stared and managed Kodak's Developer Relations Group that provided technical evangelism of Kodak products and technologies and support services to over 15,000 ISV's and developers.
Started at Kodak Electronic Printing Systems where I headed up licensing activities for Kodak's Color Management System (KCMS) including closing major licenses with Microsoft for Windows 95 and SGI.
Director of Marketing
Edsun Labs
August 1990 – October 1991 (1 year 3 months)
Senior marketing position for venture-funded startup developer of graphics chips. Directed all marketing, product management and communications activities including major presence at COMDEX. Company and technology sold to Analog Devices, a strategic investor.
Director of Product Marketing
Howtek
1987 – 1989 (2 years)
Howtek was the pioneering developer of the Pixelmaster - a plain paper thermal color printer and the Scanmaster color scanner. Was responsible for product management and marketing. Worked closely with Apple on 32-bit Quickdraw and color support on the Mac. Did the first OEM bundle deal with Adobe for Photoshop and helped develop the plug-in specification.
Director of Adline Operations
InfoPlus
1985 – 1987 (2 years)
InfoPlus was the pioneering publisher of the Talking Phonebook - a printed alternative yellow pages directory with interactive voice response system called Adline. Managed one of the largest deployments of IVR technology in a networked configuration in New England and Arizona. Ran the digital audio production operation and developed extensive "front of the book" information services.
Executive Vice President, Co-founder
Applied Videotex Systems/Boston CitiNet
1983 – 1985 (2 years)Belmont, MA
At AVS we developed and deployed the first local, advertiser supported online service called Boston CitiNet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_CitiNet). Developed first of a kind services for online travel, real estate, chat, mailboxes, etc. Sold online advertising to both local and national advertisers. Developed model for deploying CitiNet franchises in other major cities. Developed strategic partnerships with New England Telephone and Pacific Bell (Project Victoria).
Manager - Computer Cable Division
Wall Industries
1982 – 1983 (1 year)
Wall's computer cable division manufactured peripheral interface cables and switch boxes for personal computers and terminals. I ran the entire operation including managing manufacturing and sales & marketing. Closed major supply agreement with Leading Edge Computers.
