The BlueFoot Dance: Recent Episodes
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In this podcast, Ramya Possett and Rachel Lee (hosts of The BlueFoot Dance and co-founders of BlueFoot) bring in thought leaders across industry and practice. They want to learn two things: their vision of how corporate strategy will evolve, and who the person behind the role is.
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Masaki Kataoka, Head of Intellectual Property at Lixil. We hear about Masaki’s career journey, considering IP from so many various factors and jurisdictions as he worked with joint ventures for Sony, to the unique challenge that he finds himself in at Lixil, bringing together different departments to execute on a clear and holistic IP vision. We also loved our conversations geeking out about space, and were really inspired by Masaki’s vision of how to communicate the value of IP to the business. We are so grateful to Masaki for sharing his time, perspectives, and stories with us. Also, we note that the revenue numbers Masaki mentioned in the podcast were based on 2019 fiscal year numbers.
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Jennifer Chung, Business Incubation Counsel at Verizon, and former GC at AccuWeather. We hear about Jennifer's varied career journey, from a NY DA, to protecting the "I Love NY" brand, and finally to her in house counsel positions in the trademark and GC roles. We also loved our conversation about data privacy, how it differs based on regime, and the necessity for IP lawyers to also become data experts. We are so grateful to Jennifer for sharing her time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Alan Minsk, Partner and Patent Strategist, at FisherBroyles, LLP. We hear about Alan's varied career journey, from an in house counsel position at a world changing startup, working on pricing and valuation as one of the first employees at Intellectual Ventures, and now at a law firm providing Chief IP Counsel as a service. Alan covered so much in this podcast, from his methodology on patent valuation to the relationship between metaphysics and philosophy. We definitely took notes - we are guessing you will too! We are so grateful to Alan for sharing his time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Jack Lin, Director, Intellectual Property Counsel at Otsuka Pharmaceuticals. We hear about Jack's career journey, from his early days working with body parts to his current work supporting and protecting the future of medicine with digital health and pharma. We also learn about Jack's view towards giving business-aligned IP strategy, especially with respect to digital health and how the pharma industry must adapt their strategy to consider the confluence of regulatory and technology considerations in this merging digital health space. We are so grateful to Jack for sharing his time, perspectives, and stories with us!
In this episode, we celebrate reaching our 1000 listen milestone! Thank you to each of our amazing guests -- Manny Schecter, Cassandra Derham, Scott Pojunas, Harry Gwinnell, Parjeet Kaur Tawana, Adan Ayala, Anjanette Lecher, Jon Wood, Bruce Wu, and Jon Liu -- for sharing your stories and perspectives, and to all of our listeners as well! Here's to the next 1000.
And in the meantime, we hope you like the story about how we got our BlueFoot Dance theme song. Enjoy!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Jon Liu, Associate General Counsel of Patents at Facebook. In this episode, we hear about Jon’s career journey, especially how he focuses on optimizing resource allocation in #IP and making sure that the success metrics for his team align with business goals. We had a blast learning about Jon’s previous entrepreneurial journeys as well, and definitely see how he brings that spirit of entrepreneurship to everything he does at Facebook. We are still rooting for him to bring his college app back to life. We are so grateful to Jon for sharing his time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Bruce Wu, Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property at Nutcracker Therapeutics. In this episode, we hear about Bruce's career journey, especially how he seeks out challenges to use IP in a holistic and creative manner to protect both biotech and hi-tech innovation. We really loved getting to know more about Bruce's leadership style as well -- how he values transparency, and makes the active choice to lead by empathy. We are so grateful to Bruce for sharing his time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Jon Wood, Director of Waldron Center of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at Harding University, and former Executive Director of Innovation and Collaboration, Bridgestone Americas Inc. In this episode, we hear about Jon's career journey through technology, business, IP, and now academia. Jon mentioned in this podcast that he always felt the need to make IP valuable to the business, and we see that throughout our conversation with him. We also highly recommend that you check out the Ugandan Prison Project that Jon is involved with. We are so grateful to Jon for sharing his time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Anjanette Lecher, Director, Intellectual Asset Management at Corning. In this episode, we hear about Anjanette’s career journey though oil fields, lacrosse, and finally at Corning with technology, business, and IP perspectives. We also discussed the importance of linking engineering, business, and IP for IP strategy and patent portfolio management! We are so grateful to Anjanette for sharing her time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Adan Ayala, General Patent Counsel of Stanley, Black & Decker. In this episode, we hear about Adan’s career journey in IP, his memorable moments at Stanley, Black & Decker, and how AI can help with patent portfolio management. We also discussed the implications of the usage of AI on society, and its laws and regulations as well. We are so grateful to Adan for sharing his time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Parjeet Kaur Tawana, Director of Patents at BenevolentAI.
In this episode, we hear about Parjeet’s career journey in IP and her perspectives on the ethics of AI and data as our world continues to become more technologically advanced. We discussed the potential biases that AI could have and what we can do to fix those problems moving forward. We are so grateful to Parjeet for sharing her time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Harry Gwinnell, Of Counsel at Greenblum & Bernstein, former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill, former Vice President of IPO, and past President of ACPC. In this episode, we hear Harry advocate for IP education and making sure IP adds value to the business (the benefit has to exceed the cost!). And when you hear about his career journey, you’ll love Harry’s other potential career choices. We are so grateful to Harry for sharing his time, perspective, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Scott Pojunas, Head of Patent Engagement Readiness at Google. In this episode, we hear about Scott advocates for a harmonized view on IP strategy and how his team has really pushed to have it align with the business needs of Google. We also get a peek into his career journey and his favorite bands (we are rooting for the Pojunas family band!) We are so grateful to Scott for sharing his time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Cassandra Derham, Head of Technical IP at Amadeus. In this episode, we hear about Cassandra’s perspectives on leadership and hiring, why we need to create a holistic IP strategy, and how to get there. We are so grateful to Cassandra for sharing her time, perspectives, and stories with us!
We are so excited to share a fascinating conversation with Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel of IBM. We hear about Manny’s craziest job, why he loves his current role at IBM, the need for IP education, and how we should address IP issues related to artificial intelligence. We are so grateful to Manny for sharing his time, perspectives, and stories with us!