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Michael Parris

mc_parris@hotmail.com

Intellectual Property Licensing Executive

Proven track record of monetizing intellectual property including portfolio licensing and patent sales
Deep technical experience including more than 20 years of semiconductor integrated circuit design
Technology transfer management and technology sales in international settings
Successful leadership history as cross functional team manager and on time project completion

Work Experience
2010 2015
Senior Director of Licensing
Tessera Technologies
Negotiate license agreements for large patent portfolios to major semiconductor companies in Asia
Direct market analysis team and reverse engineering teams
Coordinate patent attorneys and contract attorneys for successful deal closure
Develop relationships with executives and decision makers with existing and potential licensees
Propose creative deal structures for win-win solutions in completing long term license agreements
Close new patent license agreements worth $35M
Administrate and resolve third party audit findings with existing licensees
Collect $3.2M in past royalty underpayments
Manage more than 20 licensors in various stages of their relationship with Tessera
Acquisition and evaluation of semiconductor circuit and processing technology patents
Create claim charts and recommend patents for licensing
Build and lead in house team of 6 subject matter experts to support Licensing, Litigation, Corporate
Development, Teardowns, Patent Purchase and Patent Prosecution
2006 2010
Intellectual Property Manager
United Memories Inc. (ProMOS Corp.)
Oversee multiple licensing programs and set strategies for successful business resolutions
Prepare, assert and rebut Claim Charts at formal licensing meetings with opposing party
Portfolio management - create strategy for patent assets to acquire, sell, prune or identify for licensing
Direct reverse engineering firms to support licensing and patent evaluation
Coordinate outside legal counsel for claim chart preparation and licensing meeting strategies
Manage patent selection and evidence of use material for the ICAP Ocean Tomo 2009 Live Patent
Auction raising the highest amount of any lot at the auction
Coordinate broker relationship resulting in $9M in total patent sales
Lead patent pruning program to save maintenance fee expenses on low value patents
2000 2006
DRAM Project Leader
United Memories Inc. (Mosel Vitelic)
Design and Technology Transfer for embedded DRAM Macros and main interface for Japanese
customer
Manage cross functional teams for design, test and layout of DRAM circuits
Internal technology transfer to Taiwanese parent company including project management, design
review and manufacturing support
Responsible for budgets and schedules
Author of three IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference papers
1990 2000
Sr. Design Engineer
United Memories Inc. (Nippon Steel Semiconductor)
Company Co-founder
Design EDO, SDR, DDR, DDR2 and MRAM memories for Japanese wafer fab

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Michael Parris

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Work Experience (continued)

1986 1990
Sr. Design Engineer
Ramtron Corp
Early stage startup (employee number 4) through successful IPO
Technology Transfer 1M and 4M DRAM to Japanese Semiconductor Company
Ferroelectric memory (FRAM) research and development
IEEE International Solid State Circuits award First Ferroelectric Nonvolatile Memory

Education
MBA International Business
University of Colorado
Beta Kappa Gama Honors Society (only top 20% of graduating class invited), International Marketing, Finance,
Accounting, New Venture Creation and Service Management
MS Electrical Engineering
University of Cincinnati
High Honors, Integrated Circuit Design, Process, and Semiconductor Physics
Masters Thesis research Hot Carrier Effects of Submicron MOSFETs funded through IBM scholarship
BS Electrical Engineering
Wright State University
Cum Laude, Electrical Engineering and Electrical Systems fundamental coursework

Additional Skills and Training

Japanese Language - conversation proficiency, 17 years of Japanese writing and speaking education
Inventor on more than 70 US patents in the field of integrated circuits with a concentration in
semiconductor memories, many of these patents were also issued in Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Korea,
China, Europe and Australia
2015 Washington DC Patent Resource Group Patent Bar Review five day course
2014 San Francisco - Principles of Professional Selling class by American Management Association
2013 Orlando - Patent Resource Group Drafting Effective License Agreements three day course
2012 Houston - Licensing Executives Society Best Practices in Licensing: Developing, Negotiating &
Executing Transactions
Member Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada) Inc. or LES
Innography and USPTO PAIR Database experience