Pierrette Breton has over 25 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, ON.
LES Member
David Fraser has over 20 years experience in the fields of intellectual property and electronic engineering. David works primarily in licensing strategies, prior art and patent claim applications with a particular emphasis on semiconductor devices and computer systems. He also provides patent portfolio analysis and evaluation services. Previously to joining GIS, David spent over 15 years in various technical positions in Canada and Japan where he worked on designing electro-optical systems for the telecommunications industry as well as conducting research in parallel computing, computer architecture, ATM and SONET network systems. David has published articles in the EE Times and has presented at LES meetings.
David Fraser holds a M.A.Sc in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia and a B.Sc.Eng. in Mathematics and Engineering from Queen’s University, Kingston, ON.
Registered Patent Agent, LES Member, Professional Engineers of Ontario.
Marc Pépin has over eight years of work experience in Intellectual Property, which includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications for inventions in the high technology realm. Marc’s drafting experience has provided him with extensive exposure to the telecommunications sector. Before joining GIS in 2006, Marc was a patent consultant at Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh, an Ottawa-based law firm practising exclusively in intellectual property and technology law.
Marc Pépin holds a PhD in Physics from Memorial University of Newfoundland and M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in physics from Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. 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, and he has published over a dozen scientific papers in these areas.
LES Member
Alfio Ferrara has over 20 years of experience in the engineering field. Alfio started his career as a hardware designer developing non-destructive test equipment, followed by developing point to multi-point communications hardware for S.R.Telecom in Montreal. He spent nine years at Harris’ Microwave division (formerly Farinon) where he led a H/W design team in the development of several successful point to point radio systems. Alfio joined Alcatel-Lucent (formerly Newbridge) in 1997, where he continued his career managing ATM 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 of extremely low data rate video products.
Alfio Ferrara holds a B. Eng. from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Professional Engineers of Ontario
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, research, marketing, purchasing, facilities management, and IS.
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