Reed Stager

Reed Stager is responsible for strategy and development for 12th Tech.

Reed brings more than 25 years of experience leading and growing technology based public and private companies including roles as Chief Operating Officer for Swan Island Networks; COO for Sonetics Corporation, including its Firecom and Flightcom divisions; CEO and founder of Pinnacle Licensing Group, a global technology and intellectual property licensing company; Vice President of Product Management for NAVIS; and Executive Vice President and Corporate Officer for Digimarc including leading its Digital Watermarking, Intellectual Property and Licensing businesses while also leading Corporate Marketing and Public Policy.

Reed has also served as Vice President of Marketing for MERANT, General Manager and Director of Global Marketing for In Focus Systems as the company grew from $50 million to $350 million; and Director of Marketing and International Operations Manager at Mentor Graphics where he managed multiple US and international operations, marketing, and services groups as the company grew from $1 million to over $400 million in revenue.

Reed has served on the Board of Directors of Quiktrak Corporation and Accumulus Corporation and as an advisor to a number of high technology companies through his leadership of the Five Peaks Group. He has also served as Chairman of the Board for the Digital Watermarking Alliance; as Chairman of the Government Affairs Committee of the Document Security Alliance which was instrumental in creation of the Real ID Act; and on the board of the International Imaging Industry Association. Along the way, Reed has also received multiple US Patents.

Reed is a National Merit Scholar who holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Portland State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Lewis and Clark College.