Kurt Friedli

Experience

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  McLennan County Criminal District Attorney's Office

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2011

  File Clerk

  Filed court documents, managed case files, and provided gofer services for the 20+ attorneys handling misdemeanor and felony cases in McLennan County, TX.

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  Samsung Information Systems America Inc.

  May 2012 - Dec 2012

  Patent Adminstrator

  A wholly-owned subsidiary R&D center of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The primary research areas of SISA included: OS and Services, User Experience, DTV, Printer, HDD, SSD, Wireless Protocols and Standardization. I worked with the in-house patent team to track inventions from inception to patent, and later increased operational efficiency by creating and/or streamlining related work processes.Patent Administrator (Contractor) (Aug 2012 - Dec 2012)Patent Extern (May 2012 - July 2012)

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  RPX Corporation

  Mar 2013 - now

  RPX Corporation is the leading provider of patent risk solutions, offering defensive buying, acquisition syndication, patent intelligence, and advisory services.Director (Jan 2020 - present)Senior Manager (Jan 2018 - Dec 2019)Manager (Jan 2017 - Dec 2017)Senior Associate (Jan 2016 - Dec 2016)Associate (Mar 2015 - Dec 2015)

  • Director, Legal Data & Analytics

    Mar 2015 - now

  • Legal Data Analyst

    Mar 2013 - Feb 2015
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  SparkX, Inc.

  Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

  Advisor

  Legal tech startup. SparkX was a B2B FinTech company using AI and Blockchain technology to solve the $100B royalty leakage in the licensing industry. I had the opportunity to wear many hats (advisor, counsel, product manager, project manager, business development) and learn a lot about new areas (supply chain, logistics, inventory management, blockchain, royalty reporting, and more).