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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 12 years ago 2011-09-30 13:22:14
bkuhn@ebb.org
Added Tony Sebro to staff, add outside counsel and contractors.
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<h1>About the Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.</h1>
 

	
 
<p>The Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
 
organization incorporated in New York.  Conservancy is managed by
 
its <a href="/about/board/">board of directors</a>, who appoint
 
its <a href="/about/officers/">officers</a> and hire
 
its <a href="/about/staff/">staff</a>.</p>
 
its <a href="/about/staff/">staff</a>.  Conservancy also get some
 
occasional help from <a href="/about/outside/">outside legal counsel and
 
contractors</a>.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Conservancy strives to be as transparent as possible, and makes
 
  its <a href="/about/filings/">public filings available on its
 
  website</a>.  Bradley M. Kuhn, Conservancy's Executive
 
  Director, <a href="/blog/">blogs regularly</a> about Conservancy's
 
  activities.</p>
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<h1>Outside Counsel</h1>
 

	
 
<h2>Olivier Hugot - Of Counsel, France</h2>
 

	
 
<p>Olivier Hugot is a member of the New York (2003) and Paris (2004) Bars.
 
He advises and represents French and foreign companies in the areas of
 
Internet, luxury and creation. He assists many innovative Internet
 
entrepreneurs and companies, both in formalizing their projects as well as
 
in development during fundraising.</p>
 

	
 
<p>He advises clients in connection with the protection and exploitation
 
of their rights in compliance with the constantly evolving internet
 
regulations. Olivier has extensive experience in the practical and legal
 
problems of the internet, both with counseling and litigation.  He has
 
also developed a particular expertise in the legal aspects of free
 
culture.</p>
 

	
 
<p>Olivier has presented his work at a number of conferences, particularly
 
pertaining to free licenses (GNU/GPL, Creative Commons) as well at Wikimania
 
2008, the annual international conference of the Wikimedia Foundation. Olivier
 
is also a masters instructor at the University of Paris I La Sorbonne and a
 
+member of the associations INTA and IAEL.</p>
 

	
 
<h1>Contractors</h1>
 

	
 
<h2>Paul Visscher - Compliance Engineering &amp; System Administration Contract</h2>
 

	
 
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2005 until October 2010, when he joined Conservancy as its Executive
 
Director.  Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science from
 
Loyola College in Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the
 
University of Cincinnati.  His Master's thesis discussed methods for
 
dynamic interoperability of Free Software languages.</p>
 

	
 
<h2>Tony Sebro - General Counsel</h2>
 

	
 
<p>Tony Sebro is a seasoned technology attorney with a broad base of
 
business and legal experience relating to technology, strategy, and
 
business development.  Before joining Conservancy, Tony was most recently
 
a Partner with the PCT Companies, a family of professional service firms.
 
Prior to that, he was Program Director, Technology &amp; Intellectual
 
Property at IBM's Armonk, New York world headquarters, where he was
 
responsible for developing and executing licensing strategies in
 
partnership with IBM's Software Group.  In that role, Tony led
 
negotiations and structured deals with market leaders in the web
 
technology, e-commerce, retail, enterprise software, and financial
 
services sectors.  Tony also led various internal strategic initiatives,
 
including an effort to provide business leaders of key emerging market
 
opportunities with coordinated intellectual property development and
 
monetization strategies, as well as the revamping and supervision of IBM's
 
corporate-wide process for determining the value and availability of
 
patents for sale.  Prior to his tenure at IBM, Mr. Sebro practiced law in
 
the New York office of Kenyon &amp; Kenyon, LLP, handling litigation and
 
licensing matters for clients in the medical, pharmaceutical and
 
mechanical technology areas.  Tony received his J.D. and his M.B.A. from
 
the University of Michigan.  He received his B.S. from the Massachusetts
 
Institute of Technology. Tony is a member of the New York bar and
 
registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Tony
 
is also an active participant in and supporter of the non-profit
 
community, and has served on the boards of multiple non-profit
 
organizations.</p>
 

	
 

	
 
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            <ul>
 
            <li class="Contact"><a href="/about/contact">Contact</a></li>
 
            <li class="Directors"><a href="/about/board/">Directors</a></li>
 
            <li class="Officers"><a href="/about/officers/">Officers</a></li>
 
            <li class="Staff"><a href="/about/staff/">Staff</a></li>
 
            <li class="Staff"><a href="/about/outside/">Outside Counsel &amp; Contractors</a></li>
 
            <li class="Filings"><a href="/about/filings/">Filings</a></li>
 
            <li class="License"><a href="/about/license/">License &amp; Sources</a></li>
 
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