{QTtext} {font:Tahoma} {plain} {size:20} {timeScale:30} {width:160} {height:32} {timestamps:absolute} {language:0} [00:00:00.00] Hello everyone and welcome to today's webinar managing effective and [00:00:04.14] [00:00:04.14] efficient tech transfer offices and licensing programs in a post-COVID world [00:00:09.10] [00:00:10.02] presented by Autumn. [00:00:11.04] [00:00:11.10] My name is Samantha Segal, [00:00:12.18] [00:00:12.21] Autumn's professional development manager, [00:00:14.20] [00:00:15.02] and I will be your staff host for today. [00:00:17.03] [00:00:18.01] All lines have been muted to ensure high quality audio, [00:00:21.00] [00:00:21.03] and today's session is being recorded. [00:00:23.10] [00:00:23.18] If you have questions for the panelists, [00:00:25.02] [00:00:25.19] we encourage you to use the Q&A feature rather than the chat feature. [00:00:29.02] [00:00:30.03] However, [00:00:30.12] [00:00:30.15] if you have a technical question or comment, [00:00:32.02] [00:00:32.23] please feel free to use the chat feature. [00:00:34.22] [00:00:36.19] Before we begin, [00:00:37.13] [00:00:37.17] I would like to take a moment to acknowledge and thank Autumn's 2020 online professional development [00:00:42.15] [00:00:42.15] sponsors. [00:00:43.06] [00:00:43.07] We appreciate your ongoing support. [00:00:45.04] [00:00:47.12] And now I will introduce today's moderator Todd Sigler, [00:00:50.13] [00:00:50.16] who will in turn introduce you to today's panelists. [00:00:53.01] [00:00:54.22] Todd Zigler has over 15 years of experience in royalty audit services with an [00:00:59.13] [00:00:59.13] emphasis in internal investigations and litigation support. [00:01:02.22] [00:01:03.12] As a leader in Greenhuy and Jenks's royalty and licensing practice, [00:01:07.01] [00:01:07.07] he provides services in various industries including gaming, [00:01:10.18] [00:01:11.00] high technology, [00:01:12.00] [00:01:12.04] life sciences, [00:01:13.01] [00:01:13.16] computer products, [00:01:14.09] [00:01:14.11] and others. [00:01:14.24] [00:01:15.12] Todd holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from California State University, [00:01:20.01] [00:01:20.01] Northridge, [00:01:20.19] [00:01:21.00] a Master of Business Administration degree from University of California Irvine, [00:01:25.03] [00:01:25.08] and received his juris doctor from Loyola Law School. [00:01:28.01] [00:01:28.09] He's a certified fraud examiner and is a er and is certified in financial forensics [00:01:33.06] [00:01:33.06] by the AICPA. [00:01:35.01] [00:01:35.07] Welcome, [00:01:35.16] [00:01:35.17] Todd. [00:01:36.01] [00:01:37.06] Thanks, [00:01:37.13] [00:01:37.16] Sam. [00:01:37.20] [00:01:38.16] That's a mouthful. [00:01:39.01] [00:01:39.07] It's easier to read it than it is to, [00:01:41.08] [00:01:41.10] to speak it. [00:01:42.06] [00:01:42.15] Um, [00:01:43.00] [00:01:43.00] thanks for the introduction. [00:01:44.03] [00:01:44.11] Um, [00:01:45.01] [00:01:45.03] I wanted to introduce our, [00:01:46.04] [00:01:46.06] our panelists today, [00:01:47.05] [00:01:47.01] so I, [00:01:48.01] [00:01:48.07] uh, [00:01:48.22] [00:01:49.09] and who's Driving, [00:01:51.01] [00:01:51.03] I guess if you could go down that way I know the order that you're gonna, [00:01:53.19] [00:01:53.02] gonna go and send if you can switch slides. [00:01:56.10] [00:01:56.13] There we go. [00:01:57.03] [00:01:57.05] OK. [00:01:57.17] [00:01:58.01] Um, [00:01:58.13] [00:01:58.02] so our first panelist today is Keith Walker. [00:02:00.17] [00:02:00.20] Um, [00:02:01.08] [00:02:01.23] he's been, [00:02:02.12] [00:02:02.14] uh, [00:02:02.20] [00:02:02.21] in the licensing, [00:02:03.17] [00:02:03.02] um, [00:02:04.08] [00:02:04.10] and technology development business for I won't say Keith, [00:02:08.09] [00:02:08.10] but it's been many years now at this point. [00:02:10.09] [00:02:10.17] Um, [00:02:11.03] [00:02:11.05] I've worked with him, [00:02:12.01] [00:02:12.08] he's been a client of mine in the past. [00:02:13.23] [00:02:14.03] Uh, [00:02:14.11] [00:02:14.16] he started off, [00:02:15.16] [00:02:15.18] uh, [00:02:16.06] [00:02:16.10] at General, [00:02:17.04] [00:02:17.06] General Electric in Eastman Kodak. [00:02:18.20] [00:02:19.08] Um, [00:02:19.15] [00:02:19.17] so again, [00:02:19.23] [00:02:20.01] he's been in many years and has, [00:02:21.20] [00:02:21.21] uh, [00:02:22.10] [00:02:22.10] just a, [00:02:22.24] [00:02:23.08] a font of valuable information and experience. [00:02:25.20] [00:02:26.01] Um, [00:02:26.15] [00:02:26.17] our next panelist. [00:02:28.05]