About
I am a decisive visionary who thrives on taking risks by challenging the status quo in global patent licensing. I am persistent in my execution, and and am passionate about helping others achieve their goals. I am here to serve others, especially the less fortunate, by leading them to understand how much they themselves can achieve by utilizing all the gifts God has given them.
I've worked in big companies, and did not fit in. After having 6 employers in 9 years, with my wife in tears, and five little kids at home saying "Feed me!" I decided to start my own company, with no outside investment. We now have 8 kids and 4 grandkids. My most successful company is now 25 years old, and provides services to inventors, companies, and governments around the world.
I have been the beneficiary of multiple miracles, including being a lame guy healed to walk, having a dead kid brought back to life, and my Dad brought back to life from cancer, among others. God has my attention, big time. I am here to help others understand that when we share the gifts God has given us, we all benefit - beyond our wildest dreams.
I love to create and build big things. I built global businesses, a luxury home in the mountains "off the grid" to support our large family, which I was blessed to build - with my bride, of course.
Work history
PatentBooks Inc., Founder, Chairman and CEO
Inspired by TAEUS clients large and small stuck in years of licensing and litigation, PatentBooks pioneering business model makes patent monetization elegantly simple. Patent users receive freedom to operate by licensing tens of thousands of patents in a single click, and patent owners get paid relative to the quality of their patents, more than double what they ever would receive via litigation, without the risk, expense and distraction of patent litigation. PatentBooks unleash innovators and inventors worldwide to do what they do best - innovate and invent. PatentBooks virtually eliminates patent litigation and patent trolls. Because of its massive scale, PatentBooks considers outside investment into this privately held corporation.
Attracting and building a passionate team of patent licensing professionals who are improving the world of patent licensing via JV and channel partners is my passion.
TAEUS Corporation, Chairman and CEO
TAEUS helps companies make money licensing their patents and other Intellectual Property. I founded TAEUS, built the team, articulated the company's vision, and select new markets, products, services, and suppliers. Lead negotiator for significant new business relationships with other companies in the intellectual property industry.
Network for Educational Opportunity (NEO), Board of Directors Member
Helping improve education in the United States. Define superior ways to fund and deliver K-12 education, and to spread successful methodologies across the nation.
Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada) - Trustee, Committee Chair, International Delegate
Helped determine society direction, created web page, led Hi Tech sector 1999 - 2009, represented USA in LESI, planned and ran many national meetings.
Communications Chair
Licensing Executives Society International
2005 – 2008 (3 years)United States
Improved professional journal "les Nouvelles," set up www.lesi.com, created electronic archive for les Nouvelles, created online LESI membership directory.
Sales and Marketing
Semiconductor Insights, Inc.
April 1991 – May 1992 (1 year 2 months)
Head of Sales and Marketing for this reverse engineering company.
Product Marketing Engineer
Inmos Corporation
1983 – 1984 (1 year)
Marketing and sales support for SRAM and DRAM sales.
Design Engineer, Aircraft Deicers
BFGoodrich
1981 – 1983 (2 years)Akron, Ohio
Reduced design cycle time from 3 days to 15 seconds via software. Designed and tested both pneumatic and electrical aircraft deicing equipment.
