Derwent is once again proud to be in partnership with the Patent Information Users Group as a Gold sponsor of the PIUG 2019 Annual Conference. The Derwent team will be holding a workshop on Sunday May 5. Register above to reserve your space.
The PIUG Annual Conference is taking place May 5 - 9, 2019, at the Westin Alexandria.
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Dan joined Clarivate Analytics in February 2017 as President of the IP and Techstreet businesses. Dan was most recently an Executive Committee Member of Interactive Data (IDC), where he was the Managing Director and President of Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Prior to that, Dan was a member of the Executive Committee at Information Holdings where he was President of the MicroPatent and Master Data Center businesses.
Dan graduated from California State University – Long Beach with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian Studies and then went on to earn his Master’s in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, AZ.
Since November 2014, Greg Roland has been the Global Head of Search and Analytics within the Research and Development IP group. Greg has 29 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry spending the last 18 years providing information support to IP and BD&L. Greg started his pharma career in 1990 as a bench scientist at Parke-Davis in Ann Arbor, Michigan as a member of the anti-infective group. After Pfizer acquired Parke-Davis in 2000, Greg managed a team of biomedical, chemistry and CI professionals. In 2005, Greg transitioned to Pfizer’s Patent department as part of the Global Legal Information Science Team. In August of 2009, he joined Merck’s Knowledge Discovery Knowledge Management (KDKM) group in World Wide Licensing as a Director in Boston. Greg has a B.S and M.S from Eastern Michigan University in Biology
Thomas E. Wolff, Ph.D. formed Wolff Information Consulting LLC in 2006 to provide technical and patent information services on a contract basis, following a career at the company variously known as Amoco Chemical Co., BP, Innovene, and Ineos. Tom has two U.S. patents and is a registered patent agent with the USPTO. Tom is certified by the International Standards Board (ISBQPIP) as a Qualified Patent Information Professional (QPIP).
Vashe Kanesarajah is the Director of Client Advocacy for the Intellectual Property business (Derwent) of Clarivate Analytics. He is responsible for leading cross-functional teams to create market and client driven approaches to help develop world-class products and services for the IP market.
Mr Kanesarajah is a seasoned patent and technology analyst and has previously managed the European patent analytics practice and was the principal consultant for Asia. He has worked globally with technology-focused corporations, governments and research institutions to deliver actionable intelligence that drives R&D, IP and Innovation strategy. His clients have included Fortune 500 board members, government agency heads, CTOs and General Counsels.
His responsibilities also include providing expert insight and best practice knowledge on patent analytics, portfolio assessments, patent licensing, competitive intelligence and horizon scanning. He has represented Derwent in the IP, Research & Development and academic communities, performing speaking engagements including being a guest lecturer at universities across Europe and Asia.
Mr Kanesarajah has been with Derwent for 13 years. He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Hons) and a postgraduate degree in the Management of Intellectual Property from the University of London.
Andrew holds a Master’s degree in Library Science from Indiana University in Bloomington, and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Prior to joining Clarivate Analytics, Andrew worked as a professional patent searcher for a Fortune 100 company and as a science librarian in both academic and corporate settings. He brings to the team expertise in chemical and polymeric information, intellectual property needs in corporate R&D, and training diverse communities of information seekers.
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