Viren Soni is Director, Patent Counsel at CME Group, Inc., the world's largest financial derivatives exchange, where he manages the company's patent portfolio comprising software and computer-based inventions focusing on trading applications, infrastructure, security, global connectivity and data services needed for a high-speed, low latency trading lifecycle. Prior to going in-house, Viren worked at a global law firm focusing on patent prosecution and litigation. Before law school, Viren served as a Patent Examiner, and worked in software, telecommunications and power/utility companies. Viren holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and a law degree from the Chicago Kent College of Law, and is registered to practice before the USPTO and in Illinois.