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John Garland is the Director of Business Development for Finjan Holdings, Inc. where he helps the company to seek patent monetization and supports the strategic and tactile issues involving intellectual property.

He has 25 years of experience as a Licensing Executive with worldwide transaction experience including patent licensing (inbound and outbound licensing), technology licensing, joint ventures, strategic alliances, spin-offs, technology acquisition, and experience in assisting clients on IP strategy, as well as strategic patent acquisitions and divestitures.

Most recently at Rockstar Consortium he was the lead executive responsible for development and implementation of the licensing program. Prior to his work at Rockstar, Mr. Garland worked at Rembrandt IP in sourcing new patent commercialization opportunities. He’s also held key executive roles at “ThinkFire”, led the Worldwide Licensing efforts for Lucent Technologies and worked in the Intellectual Property division of AT&T.

He received his Bachelor's of Science (BSEE) in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College and his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Lehigh University and attended the Executive Development Program at the Kellogg School of Northwestern University. John is a longstanding member and frequent speaker for LES (Licensing Executives Society) and in 2018 (& since the list’s inception in 2008) was again recognized by IAM as one of The World’s Leading IP Strategists.