Starting with any relevant education, walk me through the twists and turns of your career to date? How did one opportunity lead to the next + what was the key takeaway/ experience in each role + how did this lead you to where you are now?
Dan McGrath
Managing Associate
Marks & Clerk
Dan is an experienced patent litigator who advises clients on a wide range of intellectual property issues. He has considerable experience in biopharmaceutical patent and supplementary protection certificate litigation and has represented clients in some of the most complex technical disputes tried in the English courts. Dan also has significant expertise in litigation before the Unified Patent Court and is currently instructed on several high-profile patent disputes. Dan sits on the BioIndustry Association's IP Advisory Committee and its SPC sub-committee.
In the UK, Dan has advised clients in actions in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Dan regularly manages multi-jurisdictional disputes, co-ordinating and working with litigation teams globally. He has been involved in hearings at the Unified Patent Court, European Patent Office, District Court in The Hague and in North America.
With a keen interest in scientific innovation, Dan is readily able to master highly technical issues and has a strong grasp of the technical and commercial landscape in which his clients operate
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Kristen Wiley
Founder & CEO
Statusphere
Kristen Wiley is the Founder and CEO of Statusphere, a software platform that helps brands scale micro-influencer marketing and product seeding in a fraction of the time.
As a 10+ year influencer marketing veteran and previously a creator herself, Kristen has experienced first-hand the challenges that brands and creators face when partnering. She created Statusphere to help brands effortlessly scale their influencer partnerships while providing a more personalized experience to creators.
With a vision and a mission in mind, she launched the tech startup out of her apartment, raised funding, and built a team to bring the platform to life.
Brands partner with Statusphere to automate and scale every part of the influencer marketing process. From hands-free fulfillment technology to a creator matchmaking algorithm powered by more than 250 first-party creator data points – Statusphere saves brands 98% of the time they’d spend scaling influencer collaborations alone. To date, the platform has helped more than 400 brands scale collaborations with over 75,000 influencers.