Paul Germeraad

Paul is editor of BusinessInnovationManagement.com, a best innovation and IP practices resource. During his career, he was president of Intellectual Assets, Inc., COO of Aurigin Systems, vice president of Corporate Research at Avery Dennison Corporation. He also held various R&D management positions at James River and Raychem Corporations. Paul has a BA from UCSD, a PhD in chemistry from UCI and an LLB degree from La Salle Extension University. He is past board chairman of the Industrial Research Institute (IRI’s predecessor), trustee for the Licensing Executives Society, and listed by IAM as one of the world’s 300 leading IP strategists. He holds more than 15 US patents, 24 foreign counterparts, is contributing author to two books, and has written more than two dozen articles.   Email: pgermeraad@gmail.com