Robert M.

Experience

• Scale.Rensselaer

  Member - Board of Directors

  Oct 2025 - Present

  Troy, NY tough tech startup accelerator.

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  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Assistant Vice President, RPI Ventures

  Oct 2025 - Present

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is America’s first technological research university.

  • Leading RPI’s innovation and commercialization ecosystem, I translate breakthrough research into real-world impact.

• Natcast

  Tech Transactions Counsel

  Aug 2025 - Nov 2025

  Natcast is a company.

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  GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

  Senior Counsel - Intellectual Property

  Jan 2022 - Aug 2025

  GE Vernova is a leader in energy sector solutions across various energy sectors.

  • Global IP portfolio and strategy leader for current and next generation nuclear reactor and fuel technologies.
  • Lead Counsel for all intellectual property, data, technology, and information related matters, including agreement negotiations and drafting, data protection, and AI.
  • Managed IP through government-funded projects and associated contracts, focusing on IP security, enforcement, and compliance.
  • Negotiated technology and IP-related clauses for deploying small modular reactor technology across North America and Europe.
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  GE

  Senior Counsel - Intellectual Property

  Sep 2013 - Jan 2022

  GE Power provides energy solutions across the value chain, from generation to consumption.

  • Global patent portfolio manager for cross business core technologies, including power conversion systems and wide bandgap semiconductors.
  • Led a team of patent professionals in IP strategy creation, product clearances, and patent prosecution.
  • Acted as lead IP counsel on a multi-year semiconductor power electronics technology initiative, resulting in technology adoption and successful out-licensing.
  • Provided day-to-day IP counseling for internal R&D groups focusing on next-gen aircraft engines and digital twin technologies.

• Moser Taboada

  Associate Attorney

  Aug 2008 - Sep 2013

  Moser Taboada is a company.

  • Advised clients on all aspects of intellectual property, including patent, trademark, copyright, and portfolio management.
  • Drafted patents in material science, semiconductor, mechanical, and electrical applications.
  • Coordinated with foreign agents on foreign-filed patent applications and prosecutions.
  • Conducted prior art and trademark searches, and handled all facets of patent and trademark prosecution.
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  NJIT

  Summer Law Clerk

  May 2007 - Aug 2007

  NJIT is New Jersey's public polytechnic university and a leader in STEM education and research.

  • Examined invention proposals and disclosures for patent viability.
  • Performed comprehensive prior art searches.
  • Drafted opinion letters regarding the patentability of proposed inventions.

• Coherent/Crystal Associates

  Growth Technician

  Jun 2001 - Aug 2005

  Coherent/Crystal Associates is a company.

  • Developed lead-based single crystalline materials and calcium fluoride Ultraviolet crystal lenses.
  • Designed and maintained electrical systems and crystal growth stations.
  • Produced nonlinear optic crystals using arsenate and phosphate flux growth techniques.