Our Inventors

Our Inventors

Intellectual Ventures’ goal is to assemble a world-class team to invent and invest in inventions. Our team is a very unique mix of scientists, technologists, business leaders, strategists, engineers, mathematicians, programmers, attorneys, IP experts, and support staff.

  • Nathan Myhrvold

    Founder, CEO

    Nathan Myhrvold founded Intellectual Ventures after retiring from his position as chief strategist and chief technology officer of Microsoft Corporation.

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  • Edward Jung

    Founder, Chief Technology Officer

    Edward Jung founded Intellectual Ventures after leaving Microsoft Corporation, where he was chief architect and advisor to executive staff.

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  • Casey Tegreene

    Executive Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel

    Casey Tegreene is executive vice president and chief patent counsel at Intellectual Ventures where he focuses on a variety of projects relating to invention and innovation.

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  • Ken Caldeira

    Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Global Ecology

    Ken Caldeira is a staff scientist at the Carnegie Institution, wherein his only job responsibility is “to make important scientific discoveries.”

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  • Bran Ferren

    Co-Chairman, Applied Minds, Inc.

    Bran Ferren is a designer and technologist working in entertainment, product development, engineering, architecture, and the sciences.

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  • W. Daniel Hillis

    Co-Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Applied Minds, Inc.

    Danny Hillis is co-chairman and chief technology officer of Applied Minds, Inc.

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  • Leroy Hood

    Co-Founder and Director, Institute for Systems Biology

    Dr. Leroy Hood is recognized as one of the world’s leading scientists in molecular biotechnology and genomics, and was a major contributor to the Human Genome Project.

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  • Muriel Y. Ishikawa

    Senior Scientist and Inventor

    During her 18 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Dr. Muriel Y. Ishikawa was a project and program leader of new-concept technical innovative projects.

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  • Robert Langer

    Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Robert S. Langer is one of 14 Institute Professors (the highest honor awarded to a faculty member) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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  • John Latham

    Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester, U.K.

    John Latham’s principal current research interests are in the fields of cloud physics, atmospheric electricity, and global climate.

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