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 & 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 & 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.
-Brett Smith began his FLOSS advocacy in 2000 at college, organizing student groups and discussing the issues with professors and journalists. He