Daniel McCurdy

In August 2008, Daniel McCurdy was named Chief Executive Officer of Allied Security Trust I, where he is responsible for management of the Trust with particular attention to patent acquisition and global expansion of the Trust's membership. In addition to his responsibilities at the Trust, McCurdy is Chairman of PatentFreedom, an on-line, subscription-based service providing product companies worldwide with extensive information about Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) (sometimes called "patent trolls"), and a forum to identify and communicate with other companies defending themselves against patent assertions from NPEs.

From June 2001 through May 2008, McCurdy was a founder and Chief Executive Officer of ThinkFire, which provides intellectual property advisory services to many of the world's leading technology companies and private equity firms. From March, 2000 to June 2001, McCurdy was president of Lucent Technologies’ Intellectual Property Business. There, he managed 300 employees who generated more than $500 million in annual revenues from the licensing of 26,000 worldwide patents. From February 1999 to March 2000, McCurdy was vice president of IBM Corporation responsible for the creation of the IBM Life Sciences business unit. Prior to re-joining IBM in 1999, McCurdy was vice president of corporate development for CIENA Corporation, serving on CIENA's senior management committee and directing overall corporate acquisitions strategy. From 1982 – 1997 McCurdy served in a variety of business and intellectual property management roles in IBM, including director of business development for IBM Research and IBM's corporate manager of technology and intellectual property policy worldwide.

McCurdy received his B.A. summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina. Previously, he served on the Intellectual Property Policy committee of the United States' National Academies.