Tim Torchia
Intellectual Property Consultant and Legal Executive – IP Strategy | Transactions and Licensing | Regulatory Compliance | Chemical Registration | Product Liability | Risk Avoidance | Forming Legal Organizations
- Role
- Intellectual Property Vice President & Consultant at Geno
- Location
- San Diego, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tim Torchia
I drive business growth and risk mitigation through strategic legal leadership. My…
Experience
Intellectual Property Vice President & Consultant
Jan 2012 — Present · San Diego, CA, US
Oversee Intellectual Property (IP), Legal Affairs, Contracting, Regulatory and Compliance matters, and the IP Steering Committees with international chemical companies. Lead scientific teams and guided business leaders through patent and trademark portfolio expansion, transactions enabling R&D and commercialization of products, technology development, acquisitions, spinouts, joint ventures and third party IP matters. Currently consulting on these matters.• Built legal team from the ground-up, resulting in in-house counsel, rapid growth of patent and trademark portfolios worldwide, and transformative transactional and licensing outcomes. • Led numerous financing rounds, resulting in significant funding that contributed to business growth. • Directed legal aspects in acquisition of biobased chemicals IP and assets, leading to a multi-million dollar joint venture. • Provided R&D and Commercial strategies for IP conflict resolution and avoidance. Led numerous successful patent opposition and litigation teams worldwide providing freedom to operate (FTO).• Devised systems and a team that negotiated and executed transactions and licensing contracts to expedite R&D and commercial business goals. • Created the first commercial supply and sampling agreements for cosmetic and personal products, which drove significant revenue, while providing product liability safeguards and IP capture. • Delivered royalty-generating out-licensing of bio-BDO production technology to major chemical and biobased companies to build manufacturing plants worldwide. • Spearheaded contract manufacturing agreements worldwide at lab, pilot, and demo scales for biobased chemicals production and formulations, enabling development and commercialization of multiple new products and technologies.• Led chemical registrations that enabled manufacturing and sale of first commercial specialty product for cosmetic, personal care, food, and industrial use in US with EPA and FDA and in Europe with ECHA.
Education
Penn State University
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of California, San Francisco - School of Medicine
Postdoctorate
Penn State University
Ph.D.
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