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$50,000.00Max Investment:
$500,000.00Target Investment:
$500,000.00
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Work Experience
2023
Founder & Managing Partner
2023
Investing in US, seed and pre-seed, gene tech startups addressing the scariest and most expensive diseases, healthier and safer food and consumer products, sustainable materials and mining, and related tools and software by reading, writing, or designing DNA, RNA, or protein sequences.
2023 - 2024
Angel Investor
2023 - 2024
A great group for new investors. Old ones, too.
2016 - 2023
IP Strategist
2016 - 2023
Crafted most of the company's IP portfolio. As 120 diverse inventors and 20 attorneys in 5 countries, we created 400 patent assets. https://patents.google.com/?assignee=SoundHound&sort=new&dups=language
2010 - 2016
Patent Portfolio Manager
2010 - 2016
Drafted about 45 patent families, including most of a portfolio that was acquired by Qualcomm, tested the product, developed training curricula, and supported field application engineers
2008 - 2010
Co-Founder and CEO
2008 - 2010
Led a team developing a competitive processor IP, disbanding after finding no investor
2007 - 2008
Mobile Multimedia Marketing Manager
2007 - 2008
Managed to master the marketing of a machine for mobile multimedia; namely the 388VDO video codec processor
2006 - 2007
Director of Multimedia Solutions Architecture
2006 - 2007
I was the customer-facing video expert for sales of the ARC Video processing solutions.
2003 - 2006
Co-Founder and CTO
2003 - 2006
We developed the first programmable processor architecture capable of 1080p HD decode of H.264 (AVC) and other video standards. I did architecture analysis and Verilog design, applied for two patents, wrote papers, gave talks, and evangelized our technology. The company was acquired by Micronas.
1999 - 2003
Design Engineer
1999 - 2003
Designed a multiply-accumulator for DSP extensions to a hardware-multithreading MIPS32 processor and did FPGA prototyping, verification, and technical writing
1998 - 1999
Test Development Engineer
1998 - 1999
Developed processes for testing testers