For over 30 years, Chris has enjoyed helping high-technology startups, university technology transfer offices, and multinational corporations protect their inventions both domestically and abroad. Chris specializes in the electrical, electromechanical, and computer software fields, with extensive experience in semiconductors and semiconductor device fabrication, MEMS and other microsystems, and photonics.  Chris continues to relish the opportunities to work with, and learn from, experts in these and other fields, such as medical imaging, analog and digital circuits, and wireless communications.

Chris also worked in-house at a venture capital (VC) firm with a portfolio of startups in the MEMS and nanotechnology areas. Chris handled licensing and other transactional work, conducted IP due diligence for VC investments, and provided portfolio management and other counseling.