Brand Protection Strategy Summit 2015 Summit Agenda | Page 20

Speakers Barbara Toop Barbara Toop is the Executive Counsel – IP for GE Water & Process Technologies Unit of the General Electric Company. In her role, she is responsible for all domestic and international legal issues that are related to technology and intellectual property, including technology protection, counterfeit investigations, freedom to operate reviews, management of patent and trademark prosecution, patent litigation, agreement drafting and negotiation and training. In addition to another IP legal counsel, Ms. Toop also manages the IP engineers for the Water unit. She has worked for GE for over 6 years, with her initial assignment in GE’s Global Patent Operation. Prior to GE, Ms. Toop worked for over 25 years in the consumer product industry, working for a number of companies in various capacities. She worked for the North American division of Danone, where she served as the Deputy General Counsel. Prior to that, she worked for Best Foods for about 15 years, in a variety of positions, including International IT Counsel, Counsel North America and Senior Patent Counsel. Ms. Toop graduated from Lafayette College with a BS in Chemical Engineering and got her JD from New York Law School. Ms. Toop was selected in April, 2012 as a member of the A-CAPP Industry Advisory Board. Dave Vargas David Vargas is the Brand Protection Manager at Qualcomm. With Qualcomm 17 years, he has established a strong reputation for being an innovative and entrepreneurial leader that delivers solutions through cross-functional collaboration. Dave is also enrolled in the Northwestern University MS- Predictive Analytics data science program. Dave earned a BA degree in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University. He has also studied at the University of Redlands (MBA), Stanford University (Advanced Project Management), University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business (Six Sigma Black Belt) and University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business (Executive Development Program). He is a Stanford Certified Project Manager and Six Sigma Certified (DFSS). . Mr. Vargas was selected in May, 2011 as a member of the A-CAPP Industry Advisory Board. John Verboncoeur John Verboncoeur is a Professor and Acting Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. His research interests are computational plasma physics, electromagnetics, beam physics, high field effects including sheath formation, field emission, multipactor, and breakdown, laser-plasma interactions, plasma edge effects, transport, numerical methods, object-oriented techniques applied to scientific computing, visualization, plasma waves and boundary phenomena. Applications include microwave beam devices, charged particle beam optics, fusion and other energy applications, accelerators, plasma thrusters, low pressure discharges for plasma processing, and high pressure discharges including plasma display panels and fluorescent lamps. Kevin Weaver Kevin Weaver is the Director of Brand Protection Technology at Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Weaver has over 20 years with Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg Company, and Computer Sciences Corporations with experiences in Supply Chain, Information Technology, Sales Analytics, Market Research, Business Intelligence, and Strategic Planning & Architecture. In his current role, he focuses on migrating illicit trade risks (e.g. counterfeits, diversion, tampered, trademark / copyright) by enabling product protection and market intelligence capabilities across the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies. He currently is on the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) Board of Directors. Mr. Weaver was selected in August, 2013 as a member of the A-CAPP Industry Advisory Board. 16