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
Before joining GIS as President & CEO, Marek Wernik held the position of Director, Intellectual Property Strategy at Alcatel-Lucent. In this role, he was responsible for establishing priorities for building and maintaining the IP assets resulting from technology innovation across Alcatel-Lucent Bell Laboratories advanced research and the global R&D activities. Prior to this position, he was the Assistant Vice President of Technology Strategy of Alcatel’s Carrier Network Divisions and the Director of Technology Licensing at Alcatel’s CTO office. Prior Alcatel, Mr. Wernik occupied various management positions at Nortel.
Marek Wernik received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Warsaw Technical University, Poland, in 1973 and 1978, respectively and he is alumni of the Harvard Business School Program for Global Leadership.
LES Member, IEEE Comm. Soc. Member
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
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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