Mr. Filler has over 25 years of experience in intellectual property management. He is currently the General Counsel and Vice President of Intellectual Property at Nanosys, a nanotechnology company where he created and manages the largest nanotechnology portfolio in the world with over a thousand patents. He is also the General Counsel at Sherpa Technology Group, a company specialized in strategy and M&A around Intellectual Property. He was previously the Chief Patent Counsel at Caliper Life Sciences, a biotechnology company acquired for $600M by PerkinElmer, and a Senior Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Technology Counseling Group. He has been named as one of the top two corporate IP attorneys in the Silicon Valley according to the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal. Mr. Filler graduated with distinction with a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and holds a J.D. magna cum laude from University of San Francisco Law School.