Doug Hosack

Doug Hosack serves as the Director of Intellectual Property and Legal Affairs at ATCC since June 2019, overseeing the negotiation and management of intellectual property and contractual rights for a leading biological resource organization. Previous roles include Of Counsel at Combs & Taylor LLP and Patent Attorney at WPAT, PC, where skills in patent applications and compliance were developed. As Chief Operating Officer at Utopian Wireless Corporation, Doug optimized access to broadband stimulus funding using data negotiation strategies. An early career as Associate Attorney at RJGLaw LLC focused on streamlining legal analysis of lease agreements, while a tenure as Research Associate at SAIC involved developing software to interpret high-throughput genomics data. Doug's educational background includes a JD from The Catholic University of America, an MS in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University, and dual BS degrees in Molecular Biology and Genetics and Human Nutrition and Food Systems from the University of Maryland.