General Counsel

• Feb 2023 - Present

Advisor

• Jan 2022 - Feb 2023

Owner

• Feb 2023 - Present

We are a boutique firm offering fractional general counsel services for small and medium companies. We specialize in AI and crypto. For large companies we offer patent analytics, IP strategy, and all stages of open source program development and review. See us at openadvising.com. We are a boutique firm offering fractional general counsel services for small and medium companies. We specialize in AI and crypto. For large companies we offer patent analytics, IP strategy, and all stages of open source program development and review. See us at openadvising.com.

Board Member

• Mar 2020 - Present

Counsel

• Jan 2021 - Feb 2023

I led the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, and handled open partnerships and IP licensing legal issues for Block. I designed and started the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund, and I managed corporate governance and finance for its first year. I led the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, and handled open partnerships and IP licensing legal issues for Block. I designed and started the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund, and I managed corporate governance and finance for its first year.

General Manager

• Jan 2021 - Feb 2023

I led the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, including finance, legal, patent licensing, membership structure, and litigation. I led the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, including finance, legal, patent licensing, membership structure, and litigation.

Attorney Manager

• Mar 2014 - Jan 2021

I managed a mixed team of 10 lawyers and program managers across three groups at Google: Open Source Legal, Corporate Governance for Open Source Foundations, and Standards Strategy. I helped structure and negotiate commercial partnerships with open source issues, including several multimillion dollar government deals. I led licensing diligence on over 50 acquisitions and divestures, including Niantic, Nest, Bebop, and Boston Robotics. I advised on open source and copyright issues in the Oracle v. Google litigation. I helped set uniform IP policy across Alphabet's subsidiaries. Open Source Legal The Open Source Legal team managed open source legal and policy issues for the company. We focused on licensing due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures, reviewed commercial contracts for licensing issues, and set open source policy. We wrote the leading casebook on open source legal issues: https://opensource.google.com/casebook/. Corporate Governance for Foundations The Corporate Governance team managed the legal relationships for the most important external companies that hold open source IP. I put together the Kotlin Foundation and served on its legal committee, helped design and create the Open Usage Commons and the Mojaloop Foundation, and developed tax, antitrust, and IP policies for several entities. I sat on the legal committees of LowRISC CIC, Chips Alliance, Open Compute Project, RISC5 Foundation, CNCF, Confidential Computing Foundation, Academy Software Foundation, and the board of the Open Chain Project. Standards The standards team advised on IPR issues related to Google standards participation. We created a joint policy, patents, and engineering task-force to coordinate and collect metrics on standards activity across the company. We participated directly in standards development bodies related to geospatial standards, open data, and programming languages including Javascript and Kotlin. Show less

Software Engineer and Attorney

• May 2013 - Feb 2014

Legal I co-managed the patent portfolio and I managed the software licensing program. I assisted with contract review. Engineering I was a member of the software architecture team, and technical lead on the metrics team. I did occasional UX/UI research and evangelism. Legal I co-managed the patent portfolio and I managed the software licensing program. I assisted with contract review. Engineering I was a member of the software architecture team, and technical lead on the metrics team. I did occasional UX/UI research and evangelism.

Law Clerk

• Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation. I wrote memoranda on the legal standards for quantifying costs in economic analysis, analyzed the sec lending and repo markets, helped shape SOX-certification litigation policy, and designed software to classify semantic themes in corporate disclosures. Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation. I wrote memoranda on the legal standards for quantifying costs in economic analysis, analyzed the sec lending and repo markets, helped shape SOX-certification litigation policy, and designed software to classify semantic themes in corporate disclosures.

Legal Consultant

• Sep 2012 - Sep 2012

I was head of drafting for the revised Staff Regulations and Rules.

Law Clerk

• May 2012 - Sep 2012

I negotiated and drafted contracts, and helped develop procurement and human resources policy.