WiLAN
Andrew Parolin has a strong background in leadership and business development. Andrew has served as the President and CEO of WiLAN since May 2022. Prior to this, they worked at WiLAN as Senior Vice President and Vice President of Business Development, where they significantly grew annual revenues and successfully closed over 150 transactions. Before joining WiLAN, Andrew was the Director of Wireless Data Products at SiGe Semiconductor, where they achieved substantial revenue growth and was responsible for marketing, product roadmaps, and customer interaction. Andrew also has experience at Skywave Mobile Communications, where they managed international sales and marketing and played a key role in software design and development. Andrew began their career at Nortel as a Senior Designer, contributing to the development of next-generation digital cellular base stations.
Andrew Parolin has a comprehensive education history, starting with their Diploma of Engineering from Dalhousie University, which they acquired from 1987 to 1989. Andrew then pursued a Bachelor of Engineering from the same university, specializing in Electrical Engineering, for the period of 1989 to 1992. Following this, they attended Queen's University from 1992 to 1995, where they obtained their Master of Science in Engineering degree, albeit the field of study was not specified. Later on, they enrolled at the University of Ottawa and completed their Master of Business Administration degree with a focus on Finance from 2000 to 2003.
WiLAN
WiLAN develops and commercializes innovative patented technologies, manages intellectual property and licenses these inventions to corporations. Intellectual Property has been highly valued in America since the creation of the U.S. Constitution. The Founding Fathers of the United States believed it to be of such importance that the intellectual property clause was included in the first Article of the Constitution. Their desire was to create an environment that was supportive of innovation through the establishment of property rights. The first U.S. Patent Act demonstrates a desire to create a system that rewards inventors in order to stimulate inventive activity and thereby foster economic growth. A continuous cycle of innovation and the commercialization of innovative technology drives the creation of markets, products, services and, ultimately, economic value. The commercialization of technology has helped establish a large and growing market for licensing patented inventions to the companies that design, manufacture or sell products and services that use these inventions. WiLAN plays an important role in the intellectual property market. WiLAN manages the intellectual property of third party inventors to ensure they receive fair compensation for their investment in research and development. By enabling patent owners to sell or license patented intellectual property, WiLAN helps provide a financial incentive for inventors to invest in the development of new technologies. WiLAN delivers compensation for innovation, assisting the underlying objectives of the patent system.