Daniel McCurdy — Senior Vice President at RPX Corporation

Mr. Daniel McCurdy, also known as Dan, serves as Partner at Quatela Lynch McCurdy LLC. He has been Senior Vice President of RPX Corporation since July 2014. Mr. McCurdy served as the Chief Executive Officer of Allied Security Trust until July 1, 2014. He has more than twenty years of experience in intellectual property positions at highly regarded technology companies including ThinkFire, Lucent Technologies and IBM. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of ThinkFire Services USA, Ltd. since June 2001 and President from June 2001 to November 2007. He co-founded ThinkFire in June 2001. Before starting ThinkFire, he served as the President of the Intellectual Property Business of Lucent Technologies from March 2000 to June 2001, where he managed a team of more than 300 professionals responsible for the protection and extraction of value from the extensive patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret portfolios of Lucent and Bell Laboratories. While at Lucent, his responsibilities included management of Lucent's patent licensing and patent creation operations (employing more than 300 licensing professionals and attorneys), and management of its 600 worldwide patent license agreements derived from more than 26,000 worldwide patents. Prior to Lucent, Mr. McCurdy served nearly 15 years in various executive positions at IBM, including Vice President of Life Sciences, Director of Business Development and Market Strategy for IBM Research and Manager of Technology and Intellectual Property Policy. From February 1999 to March 2000, he served as Vice President of IBM Corporation in charge of its market entry into the life sciences information technology market. Prior to IBM, he served as Vice President of Corporate Development at CIENA Corporation, serving on CIENA's senior management committee, directing overall corporate and acquisitions strategy, structuring and negotiating CIENA's licensing, joint development, strategic partnership and merger agreements and managing intellectual property and patent dispute settlements. He is the Founder and Chairman of PatentFreedom. He serves as Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Midatech Pharma Plc. He served as a Director of ThinkFire Services USA, Ltd. He has been a Director of Immersion Corporation since June 2, 2017. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Aquetong Capital Advisors. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board of alseT IP, LLC. He received the Magnum Medal in Oratory and was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa and The Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. Mr. McCurdy has a BA from the University of North Carolina, graduating summa cum laude.