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Mike Davis - Senior VP, Licensing
Mike Davis is a seasoned IP licensing executive and joined Alliacense in 2004. Davis came to Alliacense from Ascent Media Group where he was VP, New Products Group responsible for developing the media services in the emerging video-on-demand industry. Before that, he served as VP of Business Development at DIVA Systems Corporation, a major video-on-demand provider with over 100 U.S. and foreign patents. Chief among his accomplishments was the successful conclusion of licensing and development agreements with 7 of the world's top 10 media companies. Earlier in his career, Davis served seven years at Orion Pictures Corporation, most recently as VP of Domestic Television Distribution, responsible for North American licensing and distribution of the company's entertainment assets.

Rick Schuette, VP, Intellectual Property
Schuette previously worked for Hewlett-Packard in Fort Collins, Colorado where for the last seven years of his 18-year tenure he served as Senior Counsel. His most current responsibilities at HP included house counsel for numerous microprocessor based litigations, the drafting and negotiation of joint development and licensing agreements for the company’s PA-RISC and IPF microprocessor and chipset development labs, as well as providing IP support for the Open Source and Linux Operation, the Software Global Business Unit (Open View) and America’s Marketing Organization. Before joining HP in 1988, he served as a regional attorney over a three-year tenure with Digital Equipment Corporation where he provided IP support for computer and peripherals products.

Bruce Sanderson, VP, Licensing
Sanderson formerly served as Sr. VP of Licensing for IPVALUE Management, a private equity firm funded by Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic Partners and Boston Consulting Group. During his four-year tenure, he led efforts to close over 20 deals generating more than $100 million revenue. During his four-year tenure at Lucent Technologies, most recently serving as subsidiary president of the Licensing Division, he generated several hundred million dollars in revenue from the technology assets of Bell Labs including a portfolio of 26,000 patents. Over the course of his 13-year tenure with AT&T, he led a corporate-wide multifunctional team to establish a holding company subsidiary and the transfer of IP assets valued at $30 billion, which resulted in $25 million tax savings annually. While at AT&T, he evaluated 40 technologies and implemented licensing programs resulting in tens of millions of dollars in royalties.

Andre-Pascal Chauvin, VP, Licensing
Andre-Pascal Chauvin is primarily responsible for all Alliacense licensing programs in Europe. Chauvin spent his prior 18 years with Alcatel Group (now Alcatel-Lucent), most recently as VP of Global IPR Strategy and Valorization for seven years. Chauvin refocused the IP Group on business value, generated substantial licensing revenue, and also engaged several strategic litigations benefiting Alcatel. Previously, he was Secretary General of Alcatel Labs, the French subsidiary of Alcatel Telecom. Chauvin also served as CFO for three subsidiaries of the Alstrom Group and as Deputy Director for SPIE–Batignolles Civil Engineering. A former Labour Court Magistrate in the Paris area, he holds degrees in Finance and Economy from Institut Études Politiques de Paris.

Roy Maharaj, VP, Licensing
Roy Maharaj brings more than 15 years of experience managing business development, technology licensing and sales. Most recently, he was at Mistletoe Technologies for two years as VP of Business Development and Sales. Previously, he served as VP of Global Business Development and Sales at SafeNet, where he was instrumental in completing IP licensing agreements with major companies including AMD, Cisco, AMCC, Samsung and Texas Instruments, while tripling Silicon IP design wins and revenue year to year. Roy’s seminal technology licensing experience was with IBM Corporation as Manager of Technology Licensing and Business Development. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University, and an MBA from San Jose State University.

Joe Minville, VP, Licensing
Joe Minville comes to Alliacense from Flextronics International where he served in key business development positions for the past seven years. While at Flextronics, Joe focused on the global automotive industry segment, establishing a business unit that nearly tripled sales over a three year period, and leading development and manufacture of consumer and automotive-grade satellite digital audio receivers. Previously at Solectron, he assisted start-up of a manufacturing operation in Massachusetts, and was an Account Manager. Earlier he held positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, Dennison Manufacturing and Acumeter Laboratories. Minville holds both an MBA and BA degrees (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Carl Silverman, VP, Licensing
Carl Silverman comes to Alliacense from a successful start-up that was recently acquired by Abbot Diabetes Care. Prior to that, he spent 17 years at Intel, most recently as Group General Counsel for Intellectual Property, which he established and led. Earlier, Carl managed the IP group at Fairchild Semiconductor, and also held IP management positions with GE and RCA. Active among IP professionals, Silverman has served as AAA arbitrator/mediator in handling IP disputes and on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of IPO. He is a member of the Licensing Executives Society as well as the California, New York and Patent Bars. Silverman holds a BS in Physics from City University of New York and a JD degree from Brooklyn Law School.