James E. Malackowski

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James E. Malackowski is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Tomo, LLC, an integrated Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc® firm providing valuation, investment and risk management, transactions and expert testimony.   Ocean Tomo assists clients – corporations, law firms, governments and institutional investors – in realizing Intellectual Capital Equity® value broadly defined.  Subsidiaries of Ocean Tomo include: Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC; Ocean Tomo Asset Management, LLC; and Ocean Tomo Capital, LLC -- publisher of the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index (Amex: OTPAT), the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Growth Index (Amex: OTPATG) and the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Value Index (Amex: OTPATV).

Mr. Malackowski is an internationally recognized leader in the field of Intellectual Property (“IP”) management as well as a noted expert in business valuation and intellectual property strategy.  He is a member of the IP Hall of Fame Academy and was recognized in 2007 as one of the fifty most influential people in intellectual property.  Prior to forming Ocean Tomo, he served as a finance and investment advisor working with one of the Nation’s oldest investment banks as well as one of Chicago’s largest private equity firms.  Mr. Malackowski began his career spending fifteen years as a management consultant and forensic accountant focused on intangible assets.   In this capacity Mr. Malackowski served numerous roles as a founding principal including President and Chief Executive Officer of his firm, growing the practice to the nation’s largest before its sale.

Mr. Malackowski has advised clients and counsel on business valuation issues as well as all phases of the technology transfer process.  He has substantial experience as a Board Director for leading technology corporations as well as companies with critical brand management issues.  Mr. Malackowski's expertise extends to intangible asset portfolios as well as business segments and complete entities.  He has a unique appreciation for the hidden intellectual capital within emerging markets.

Apart from his own firm, Mr. Malackowski has served in a leadership role with numerous corporate entities, both public and private.  He is a member of the President’s Council for the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and a current Director of Invent Now, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Inventors Hall of Fame where Mr. Malackowski previously served as Trustee.  Mr. Malackowski is Chair of the Membership Committee and Secretary for The Licensing Executives Society International, Inc.  He is a Past President of The Licensing Executives Society USA and Canada, Inc. and a former Director of the International Intellectual Property Institute as well as a prior Resident Advisor for the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Information Agency on matters relating to intellectual capital.

On more than thirty occasions, Mr. Malackowski has served as an expert in Federal Court on questions relating to intellectual property economics, including the subject of business valuation and the impact of advertising programs.  As an inventor, Mr. Malackowski has nine issued U.S. patents and an even larger number of pending applications.  He is an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business where he was a Summa Cum Laude graduate majoring in accountancy and philosophy.  Mr. Malackowski is a Certified Licensing Professional and a Registered Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois.

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