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Speakers

See the full faculty of expert speakers from the 2025 Global IP Exchange USA. If you'd like to get involved in the 2026 Exchange, please reach out to Martina Hollbacher at enquire@iqpc.co.uk.

2025 Speakers

Chris Benson
Partner & Head of Electronics
HGF

Stephen Lee
Chief IP Counsel
Target

Ian Cohen
AVP, Global IP and Data Protection Counsel
AECOM

Lauren Dienes-Middlen
Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel - IP
WWE

Paula Kelly
Associate General Counsel - IP
Mars

Carolyn Brougham
Senior IP Counsel
Mars

Brienne Terril
Senior Director and Senior Managing Counsel, Co-Head of IP Legal
BNY

Tenley Krueger
Vice President of IP
Technip Energies

Jared Gell
Manager, Brand Protection
Reebok

Aamir Haq
Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Patents and Trade Secrets
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

John Flynn
Associate General Counsel
IBM

Jeni Zuercher
Director, Global Brand Protection
YETI

Dennis Jung
Head of IP
PHC Holdings (Ascensia and Epredia)

Ann Valdivia
Associate General Counsel - IP
USAA

Andy Forsythe
Head of Brand Protection
Nissan Group of North America

Jonathan Torres
Associate General Counsel, Patent Licensing, and Open Source
Meta

Chinenye Okafor
Head of IP and Patents
Fluence Energy

Caldwell Camero
Associate General Counsel, Global IP & Technology
Fluke

Johannes Herbert
Senior Product Manager, IP Consulting
Dennemeyer

Jeb Shookman
Head of IP for US, Vice President
ABB

Vinny Minhas
Head of Brand Protection, Americas
MarqVision

Dan Smith
Patent and Licensing Strategist
Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo company)

Jordan Romanoff
Senior Director and Senior Managing Counsel, Co-Head Intellectual Property Legal
BNY

Michael Carrozza
Partner
McAndrews, Held & Malloy

Hope Shimabuku
Regional Director of the Southwest Regional Outreach Office
USPTO

James Liao
Head of Business Development
Patlytics

Jennifer Unsworth
Patent Director
HGF

William Coppola
Executive Director, Intellectual Property
Celularity

Joshua Benson
Regional Director
BrandShield

Scott McBride
Intellectual Property Attorney (Shareholder and Board Member)
McAndrews, Held & Malloy

Kelly McManus
Director of Client Relations
Computer Packages Inc.

Nathan Dyckes
Client Relations Specialist and Software Trainer
Computer Packages Inc.

Ray Rodriguez
Chief Contracts Officer
SAG-AFTRA

Tom Herbst
Consigliere
Arc’teryx

Ken Seddon
CEO
LOT Network

Sara Dastgheib-Vinarov
Global Legal Head of IP & Innovation
Tate & Lyle

Nishat Ruiter
General Counsel
TED

Simon Bock
Associate General Counsel, IP
PVH

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