Edward Treska

Edward Treska has served as General Counsel for Control Plane since May 2020. Ed brings more than 20 years of experience as a public company general counsel. He managed all aspects of corporate legal departments with a heavy emphasis on intellectual property licensing and litigation. Before joining Control Plane, Ed practiced as an IP and general corporate consultant for serveral technology startup companies.

From 2004 to late 2018, Ed served a primary role in developing the corporate structure and licensing business of Acacia Research Corporation, most recently as Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary. Acacia Research Corporation was a pioneer in patent procurement and licensing to many of the world’s leading technology and medical device companies. Before his long tenure at Acacia, Ed was General Counsel at SRS Labs from 1996-2004, a publicly-traded audio technology company bought by DTS.

Ed began his legal career in 1992 at the law firm of Knobbe Martens. He holds a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law and an Electrical Engineering degree from Colorado State University.