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About - Management Team
Mac Leckrone - President
Mac Leckrone is an Intellectual Property management and licensing specialist. Prior to joining Alliacense in 2004 he served with Dolby Laboratories most recently as Director of Intellectual Property Licensing Strategy. During his eight-year tenure with Dolby, he was responsible for the firm's Consumer Electronics, PC, Automotive, Telecom and Broadcast sector licensing transactions as Dolby prevailed as the dominant digital audio codec format. Prior to Dolby, he served as a Licensing Executive for The TPL Group where he was instrumental in the development and commercialization of an IP portfolio encompassing video signal processing technology, including the licensing of Picture-in-Picture technology to the Consumer Electronics and Broadcast sectors.
Mike Davis - Senior VP, Licensing
Mike Davis is a seasoned IP licensing executive and joined Alliacense in 2004. Davis came to Alliacense from Ascent Media Group where he was VP, New Products Group responsible for developing the media services in the emerging video-on-demand industry.
Before that, he served as VP of Business Development at DIVA Systems Corporation, a major video-on-demand provider with over 100 U.S. and foreign patents. Chief among his accomplishments was the successful conclusion of licensing and development agreements with 7 of the world's top 10 media companies. Earlier in his career, Davis served seven years at Orion Pictures Corporation, most recently as VP of Domestic Television Distribution, responsible for North American licensing and distribution of the company's entertainment assets. David Sciarrino, VP, Licensing Operations
David Sciarrino served as VP of Business Operations for IntellaSys during the startup phase of IntellaSys Corporation, another enterprise of The TPL Group. During this period, he regularly managed special projects and financial tasks for the TPL Group, streamlining operational processes. Within the first year of assuming his current VP role at Alliacense, he led his operations team in supporting the company’s dramatic growth in securing licensing revenue from global marquee clients. Earlier in his career, Sciarrino managed business development for Non-Stop Networks and Attain Systems. He was also project manager for 3COM and worked in business/financial analyst positions for Connectix, Hyperion Solutions and SyQuest Technology.
Rick Schuette, VP, Intellectual Property
Schuette previously worked for Hewlett-Packard in Fort Collins, Colorado where for the last seven years of his 18-year tenure he served as Senior Counsel. His most current responsibilities at HP included house counsel for numerous microprocessor based litigations, the drafting and negotiation of joint development and licensing agreements for the company’s PA-RISC and IPF microprocessor and chipset development labs, as well as providing IP support for the Open Source and Linux Operation, the Software Global Business Unit (Open View) and America’s Marketing Organization. Before joining HP in 1988, he served as a regional attorney over a three-year tenure with Digital Equipment Corporation where he provided IP support for computer and peripherals products.
Bruce Sanderson, VP, Licensing
Sanderson formerly served as Sr. VP of Licensing for IPVALUE Management, a private equity firm funded by Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic Partners and Boston Consulting Group. During his four-year tenure, he led efforts to close over 20 deals generating more than $100 million revenue. During his four-year tenure at Lucent Technologies, most recently serving as subsidiary president of the Licensing Division, he generated several hundred million dollars in revenue from the technology assets of Bell Labs including a portfolio of 26,000 patents. Over the course of his 13-year tenure with AT&T, he led a corporate-wide multifunctional team to establish a holding company subsidiary and the transfer of IP assets valued at $30 billion, which resulted in $25 million tax savings annually. While at AT&T, he evaluated 40 technologies and implemented licensing programs resulting in tens of millions of dollars in royalties.
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