Helen Li
Helen Liis an associate director of patents and patent portfolio manager of AI innovations at the Intel Corporation. She also serves as the Patent Group Counsel to Office of the Intel CTO & Software and Advanced Technology Group. Prior to joining the Intel, she was a patent attorney at Fenwick & West LLP, where she advised clients on IP strategy and prosecuted patents in computer engineering technologies such as AI. She has a PhD in computer engineering and JD both from Santa Clara University.
TJ Fox
TJ Fox is IP and Compliance Counsel for DivX, a video technology company. He oversees the legal aspects of DivX’s consumer and business licensing efforts and helps manage DivX’s patent portfolio. Before joining DivX, TJ worked in the Business Litigation Section of the California Department of Justice, representing state agencies in tax, real estate, tort, and other matters. Prior to that, TJ worked in the patent litigation group at Fenwick & West, primarily defending technology companies in District Court litigation. TJ holds a J.D. from U.C. Davis and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Alesya Nasimova
Alesya Nasimova is the Senior Director & Associate General Counsel, Product & Privacy at Fundbox where she leads and focuses on product counseling, data privacy & protection, and IP. Prior to Fundbox, she was Senior Product & Regulatory Counsel, Global DPO at Bolt where she has built and led the Compliance and Privacy Programs for scalability, sustainability, and international expansion, as well as spearheading the IP incentive program to drive product innovation. Alesya has served as in house counsel within the fintech industry for over 7 years holding positions such as Deputy General Counsel and Head of Legal and Compliance, having started her career working in the Commercial Real Estate and Investment Funding sector as well as devoting her time to pro bono work representing defendants in Consumer Debt Litigation. Alesya is an Advisory Board Member of the IAPP Privacy Education Board, and active member in the tech community advocating for innovation, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
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Ahmad Danesh
Ahmad Danesh is a strategic marketing and product management director with 15+ years’ experience in semiconductor, software, storage, server and data center industries. He is focused on driving product strategy for new market segments by translating data center bottlenecks into profitable and competitive hardware and software product roadmaps using Compute Express Link™ technology.
Ahmad serves as Sr. Director of Product Management at Astera Labs and has been an active member of the CXL™ Consortium's Marketing Work Group since inception in 2019.