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Mr. Gibbs' executive
experience crosses business, technology, intellectual
property and government lines. The breadth and depth
of his expertise gives him an uncanny ability to develop
corporate patent strategies from myriad perspectives
- important credentials considering the "cause
and effect" impact of patent related decisions
across corporate finance, intellectual property and
engineering operations.
Recognition
One of the World's Top 250 IP Strategists by IAM
Magazine (2009 & 2010)  - Recipient Black Caucus Award:
2005 ET 3 TEC Champion Award: Leaders Inventing
Equitable Futures by Congressman Major Owens for
leadership in supporting inventive thinking, entrepreneurship
and invention-based educational in underserved communities;
35th Annual Congressional Black Caucus's Legislative
Conference
Advisory
Corporate Executive
Current
Veterans Business Institute: Mr.
Gibbs is Chairman and CEO of Veterans
Business Institute (VBI) ,
a new enterprise redefining America's small business
model. VBI has engineered a new business development
model with an infrastructure that supports scaling
to 10s of thousands of new businesses - and in turn,
the creation of many more 10s of thousands of American
jobs. The development of socially and economically
important approach to small business creation was
formed around an intellectual property core. VBI's
exclusive focus is to facilitate the mass scale development
of small business independently owned by America's
military veterans.
Patriot Enterprise Project, Inc.:
Chairman and CEO of the Patriot
Enterprise Project ,
a non-profit organization chartered to develop and
advocate legislation and programs that promote the
creation of veteran-owned small businesses and new,
sustainable jobs for veterans.
Previous
Most recently, Special Advisor
to IP.com
,
and the new Ocean Tomo IPXI
Licensing Exchange
in the development of revolutionary IP business models.
PatentCafe: Mr. Gibbs is the
founder and past Chairman and CEO of
PatentCafe
,
a global provider of artificial intelligence based
patent portfolio management software solutions for
international patent data search, strategic portfolio
management, work flow, patent competitive intelligence,
and statistical patent quality analytics. PatentCafe’s
enterprise-level solutions incorporate the intellectual
property industry’s most advanced linguistics
search technology that helps customers maximize patent
quality and licensing revenue optimization, achieve
superior patent-based business intelligence, and more
efficiently meet corporate governance compliance.
Its solutions are used by the Fortune 500 legal departments,
patent portfolio executives, multi-national patent
firms, Big 4 consulting firms, technology investors,
and risk analysts.
Masco: Executive Vice President
of Marketing and Business Development of the Accessories
Division of $1.8 billion, Fortune 100 MascoTech Inc.
Division operations manager, California operations
for this international manufacturer of racks and automotive
accessories. Responsible for joint venture development
/ technology & IP acquisition, in-licensing, and
competitive product strategy. Developed co-branding,
brand development, and co-op marketing programs with,
Hertz, Samsonite, Isuzu, Chrysler / Jeep, and others.
Founder
- Veterans Business Institute,
LLC. ('10)
- Desert Holdings Corporation ('10)
- PatentCafe.com,
Inc. (Originally GibbsGroup.com '96-'09)
- Sport Rack Systems, Inc. Founder,
CEO. Start-up through acquisition (Macso): product
development, production, marketing and sales of
complete multi-sport roof rack accessory product
line to car manufacturers. ('90-'95)
- Trumpeter
Corporation. President, CEO, Founder. Company designed,
manufactured and sold a proprietary line of high
density surface mounted connectors for the
printed circuit board industry. ('88-'90)
- Gibbs Group, LLC. Founder of
mechanical engineering and residential-commercial
building design consulting services firm. ('82 -
'88)
- Telecom Industries Corporation.
Founder, COO of one of the industry's first consumer
home satellite antenna television receiver manufacturers.
('79 - '82)
Fellowships & Memberships:
Education:
- Masters Business Administration
with Marketing Emphasis, Columbia Pacific University
- Bachelor of Arts, Architecture,
Columbia Pacific University
- Mechanical / Biomedical Engineering,
coursework, Villanova University
- Executive Management in Marketing
(Prof. Development), California State University,
Hayward
Other:
US ARMY: Honorably Discharged. Specialist
5-E5; Combat Medic, Combat Field Medic Badge, Unit
Chemical Biological Radiological (CBR) Specialist,
Unit & Division Soldier of the Quarter, Certified
Emergency Medical Technician, Top Secret Clearance,
21st Medical Evacuation Hospital, Army Security Agency
(ASA), Russian Linguistics Training, Defense Language
Institute, Monterey, CA.
Boy Scouts of America: 10 years
as Scoutmaster, Eagle Scout Coordinator, Committee
Chairman Alaska/Yukon High Adventure Trek, Author,
Official BSA Drafting Merit Badge Manual, Advocate
for the INVENTION Merit Badge proposed by the Philadelphia
Intellectual Property Lawyers Association.
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