PIERRETTE BRETON has over 20 years of experience in the field of
semiconductor technology. Before founding Global Intellectual Strategies
in August 2000, she spent eight years with Northern Telecom’s Semiconductor
Group in wafer fabrication and device testing, followed by ten years in
integrated circuit design analysis; four years with Semiconductor Insights,
and six years with Chipworks. This extensive and functional experience has
laid the foundation for her work in support of Intellectual Property Management.
Since 1994, Pierrette has consulted in patent matters involving
licensing strategies and claim application. She has been
deposed on numerous occasions in support of Patent Litigations
and has testified at trial as an Expert Witness within the
semiconductor discipline.
Pierrette Breton is a registered U.S. and Canadian Patent
Agent and is a named inventor in two U.S. and corresponding
Canadian patent applications. She holds a diploma in Electro
Mechanical Engineering from Algonquin College in Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada.

DR. MARC PEPIN holds a PhD in Physics. His doctorate and
post-doctorate work was related to polymer science. He conducted
simulations of polymers in melts and solutions, and he studied
single chain dynamics. His research was directed to a large
number of applications including plastic materials (blends),
micelles, thin films, polymer brushes, bio-materials, DNA
sequencing, and lab-on-a-chip devices, for example.
Marc has over six years of work experience in IP (Intellectual
Property), which includes drafting and prosecuting patent
applications for inventions in the Hi-tech sector. His drafting
experience has provided him with extensive exposure to the
telecommunications sector. As an Intellectual Property Analyst
for the GIS team, Marc has been involved in a number of IP
related activities including Patent Portfolio analyses, Patent
Licensing, Prior Art searches, and in Infringement and Validity
analyses.

ALFIO FERRARA started his career as a hardware designer.
He spent nine years at Harris Farinon where he led a H/W
design team. Alfio joined Alcatel (formerly Newbridge) in
1997 where he continued his career managing hardware and
ASIC design groups.
Prior to joining GIS, Alfio was Director of Engineering
at GenieView, Inc. where he led a small team of R&D engineers
in new product development.
Alfio holds a B. Eng. (Communications).

Dr. Roger Gallant is an Intellectual Property Analyst with over 5 years
experience in various aspects of IP including drafting and prosecuting
patent applications, infringement opinions, and due diligence analyses
for venture capital. Prior to joining GIS, Dr. Gallant worked at a leading
Canadian IP law firm.
Dr. Gallant received a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Prince
Edward Island, a M.Sc. in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of
Ottawa for his thesis entitled Implementation of parallel and divide-and-conquer
algorithms in DeFT (LCGTO-DF), an M.B.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University,
and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Western Ontario
for his thesis entitled Thermodynamics of Tetrahedral Intermediates
in Amide Reactions.
Dr. Gallant is an affiliate of the Intellectual Property Institute of
Canada (IPIC) and a member of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC).

Stephen Powell joined Global Intellectual Strategies as an IC design
analyst. He comes to us with over seven years of experience across several
fields, including RF design, DSP and Software, and has been involved
in the top-to-bottom design of several communication/GPS products at different companies.
Stephen holds a B.Eng, M.A.Sc in Electrical Engineering, and a B.Sc in Physics/Math.

ELLEN BRAYTON brings a broad range of knowledge and experience
in her role as Operations Manager with more than 20 years
of experience in the semiconductor industry. Before joining
GIS in May 2004, she spent five years with SiberCore Technologies
in a Marketing Communications role. Prior to this, Ellen
spent 18 years with Zarlink (formerly Mitel Semiconductor)
where she held various positions from a technical documentation
specialist to a managerial role in marketing communications.
Ellen is responsible for overall management of the day-to-day
operations for the Company including the following functions:
human resources, documentation, research, marketing, purchasing,
facilities management, and IT.

ASSOCIATE GIS PERSONNEL
M.
LAMINE SYLLA is a Patent Analyst with more than
8 years of experience in various aspects of Intellectual
Property including portfolio mining, patent search and
preparation and comparative analysis of claims against
products and standards. Lamine has been with GIS since
November 2004 and has previously worked for BTG International
and TPL (Technology Patent and Licensing) in the USA.
Lamine has B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in EE from Laval University
with a solid background in communication-related technologies
(Digital Communication, telecom, networking, broadband access
systems). Lamine has published various papers in IEEE and
CCECE and is co-inventor of more than 10 issued and pending
patent applications in areas spanning from Location-Based
Services, Targeted Marketing to IP Telephony over the HFC
Network.

DAVID FRANK has 28 years of engineering
experience in semiconductor design, analysis, measurement,
debug and failure analysis. An Ottawa consultant since 1994,
his clients have included Nortel/ST Microelectronics, Chipworks,
Taeus, Mosaid, Atmos, SiGe, and MuAnalysis. Prior to freelancing,
he was an engineering manager at Mosaid for the semiconductor
division, having participated in DRAM evolution from 64K
to 16M.
David’s most recent paper describes joint work with
the NRC on sub-pS time-resolved light emission from semiconductors,
and was presented at ISTFA 2004.

WALTER KUZMENKO specializes in analog electronics. Prior
to joining Global Intellectual Strategies as a consultant
in 2004, he spent seven years as a Senior Design Analysis
Engineer at Chipworks where he was involved in reverse engineering
and patent analysis.
Walter holds an Electronics Engineer Degree from Kharkiv
Institute of Radio-Electronics and a Master Degree in Microelectronics
from Kiev Polytechnical Institute in Ukraine. He also holds
nine invention certificates in Analog IC Design.

DR. YONGHUA LIU is a technical expert consultant specializing
in reverse engineering and patent analysis. He began his
career in Mosaid Technologies and his experience over the
last 9 years as a Senior Design Analysis Engineer with Semiconductor
Insights included RF/Microwave circuit analysis, mixed signal
and analog IC and system design analysis as well as RF Antenna
and telecommunication patent evaluation.
Dr. Liu has published a number of articles and papers and
holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing
University of Aeronautics and astronautics as well as a Ph.D.
in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University
of Manitoba.

ALEXEI IOUDOVSKI has 24 years of experience in Electro-Optics,
Imaging and Video Systems and Software development. Prior
to establishing Vega Imaging Technologies in 2003 as a technology
consultancy company he worked as a VP, Product Development
with Noble Vision Robotics Corporation. Alexei spent 7 years
with Semiconductor Insights and Symagery Microsystems as
a Manager, Software Development and Optical Engineering,
and as a Project Leader, Optical Quality Inspection Systems
with PressTech Controls Ltd. Prior to his industrial experience
Alexei was involved in scientific research and published
11 papers on computer simulation of video and imaging systems.
Since 2004 Alexei has consulted in the Intellectual Property
field, providing technical support for licensing, technology
and patent evaluation, and reverse engineering working under
contract with Global Intellectual Strategies.

DAVID YORK is a consultant with over 27 years of knowledge
and experience in semiconductor process analysis and intellectual
property support. His diverse experience includes 21 years
with ICE Corporation, an independent consulting and technical
analysis firm, where he held such positions as VP of Intellectual
Property Analysis Services and VP Laboratory Analysis Services.
David has testified as a technical expert as well as authoring
and contributed to thousands of semiconductor-related technical
reports and intellectual property support documents. He has
extensive experience with a variety of semiconductor products
and fabrication processes from multiple manufacturers dating
back to 1979.

ASHOK SOMESHWAR, an independent consultant, brings with
him over 31 years of experience in the semiconductor industry
working with microprocessor architecture, circuits, systems
and applications. Before becoming a consultant, Ashok began
his career with Texas Instruments, followed by 19 years with
Motorola and three years with Intel. He was involved in the
design of products based on Intel's XScale micro-architecture,
Strong-ARM core, and Motorola's ColdFire. He holds a Bachelors
Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of India
as well as a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from
the University of Texas. In addition, Ashok holds 14 patents
and has two defensive publications.

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