GIOVANNA - Key Persons


Alexander Adam

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Scientist
Alex is a highly experienced scientist turned patent attorney, who drafts and prosecutes patent applications in the fields of medical devices, biotechnology, life sciences, computer systems, electronics, imaging software, control systems, mechanical devices, telecommunications, and clean energy.

Alice O. Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee
  • Principal
  • Principal / Management Committee

Benjamin J. Sparrow

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Black Duck

Job Titles:
  • Certified Open Source Legal Professional

Brian T. Moriarty

Job Titles:
  • Principal / Princeton, NJ / Boston

Christopher K. Albert

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Cristina Gutierrez Shinnick

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the Management Committee
  • Executive Director / Management Committee

Daniel A. Fleisher

Job Titles:
  • Associate

David E. Brook

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Emeritus and Co - Founder, Retired

Deirdre E. Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Dennis Crouch

Job Titles:
  • Law Professor at the University of Missouri School of Law

Eric M. Balicky

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee
  • Principal

Erica A. Fishel

Job Titles:
  • Associate
Erica was also the Director of Technology Transfer at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University and, before that, at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. At the Boyce Thompson Institute, she evaluated technology and invention disclosures to devise legal protection. Erica identified and established collaborations and/or licensing agreements associated with the Institute's intellectual property. At the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, she acted as a liaison between scientific staff and the Center's corporate partners to secure sponsored research agreements and licensing opportunities. She counseled research teams from testing to post-launch on intellectual property and agreement strategies. Erica is a graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law. She received her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and French from the University of Kansas.

Jason Abele

Job Titles:
  • Technology Specialist

Jillian K. Boodry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative Management Team
  • Office Administrator

Judith D. White - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing
  • Member of the Administrative Management Team

Laurie Cohen - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance
  • Member of the Administrative Management Team

Lawrence P. Cogswell III

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee
  • Principal

Mark B. Solomon - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Principal

Mary Lou Wakimura - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Principal

Patty Watson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Administrative Management Team
  • Director of Information Services