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About Me

I sprung from a 16 year old on welfare who made a big personal sacrifice in keeping me. My mother didn't make it through high school, in fact, I'm the first to go to college from both sides of my family. Everyday I'm thankful for my blessings.

Location:
United States, San Francisco, CA
Current organization:
Founders Den
Past organizations:
Dolby Laboratories, Global IP Solutions, Rethink Books
Current role:
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Creating Synergy, Delivering Technology, Intellectual property peace brokering
I am:
Brainstormer, Change Agent, Connector, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Marketer, Promoter, Technologist
Associations:
Licensing Executives Society, WiMAX Forum, Near Field Communications, TEDxSF
Languages:
English, Japanese
My website links:
TEDxSF, LinkedIn Profile, Founders Den
Universities:
Pepperdine University, Stanford University, Tokyo International University
TED conferences attended:
TED2014, TED2010, TED2008
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I'm passionate about

People say I should have been an engineer because of my appetite for technology but the truth is, I'm more passionate about the value of applied innovations.

An idea worth spreading

TECH: no wires - data or electrical. SOCIAL: the appreciation of shared values even if our beliefs are different. INNOVATION: Eliminating barriers to the adoption of innovations - developing a 'United Nations' for innovators (IP owners) to collaborate.

Talk to me about

Our moral responsibility to use our talents, experiences, and passions to contribute more to the world than we take from it.

People don't know that I'm good at

multiparty multinational negotiations.

My TED Story

My friend Michael Levit has been a TED member for a while. Each year he would come back from Monterey and tell me how interesting it was.

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