Robert Wolfe, Ph.D.
Intellectual Property
Present – Viscount Innovations Incorporated
- Patent Writing – Write and manage the patent process worldwide.
- Intangible Asset Valuation – most recently AI tools in multiple industries.
- Expert Court Witness – With respect to Intangible Assets
- Investment – In IP-related court cases.
- IP Sale/Licensing Advisory – Multiple industries.
Advisory
1984-2011 – Viscount Innovations Incorporated
- Strategy – Advise on strategic paths to growth. Strategy plans for public company Boards of Directors.
- Business Creation – Mergers/Acquisitions, restructuring.
- Operations/Turnarounds – To aid in efficiency, intelligent solutions to difficult problems, turnaround procedures and general operational advice.
1991-2001 – IBM Software Group (SWG)
- Responsibility for the annual strategy cycle in IBM’s $13B SWG
- Creation of new businesses within SWG.
- Product portfolio management.
- Involvement in mergers/acquisitions, and special projects including
- Executive contact with large customers and the sales closing process.
- Routinely visited lab sites and customers around the globe.
Academic Career – University of Toronto 1981-1991, 2004
- 2004 Adjunct Professor, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto
- 1981-1991 Assistant Professor, Departments of Commerce and Economics, University of Toronto
- 1989-1990 Adjunct Professor, Schulich Business School, York University
- 1989 Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo
Education
- 1981 Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1978 MSc.Pl. University of Toronto
- 1976 B.A. (Hons) McGill University
- 1997 Certificate Strategic Leadership, Harvard University, Graduate School of Business
- 1995 Certificate Management of Technology, MIT, Sloan School of Business