Raymond Millien at Exrohttps://www.harnessip.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Volvo-Cars-chief-IP-officer-departs-to-head-up-US-boutique-_-IAM.pdf (He is now at Exro as General Counsel & Corporate Secretary) Joined Exro because of the Potential of success.Mr. Millien's tenure includes Volvo Cars, GE Oil and Gas and GE Healthcare. (GE tenure, wonder if Sue knows him from her GE days? Raymond Millien is the General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Exro Technologies.
Prior to joining Exro Technologies, Ray was the Chief Executive Officer of Harness IP, where he oversaw the firm’s operations, including HR, Finance, Marketing/Business Development, IT, and Docketing.
Previously, Ray also served as the Chief IP Officer at Volvo Car Corporation and CEO of Volvo Cars Ventures, where he led a global team of attorneys and managed a multi-million dollar legal budget. Under his watch, Volvo Cars significantly increased its IP licensing revenue and its patent application filing rates, while simultaneously controlling departmental operating expenses.
He has led the IP function at GE Oil & Gas and the American Express Company, and the software IP function at GE Healthcare. Ray has also served as General Counsel of merchant bank Ocean Tomo, LLC, and practiced law in the Washington, D.C. offices of DLA Piper US LLP and Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC.
He received a B.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University, and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. In addition to his career as an innovation and legal executive, Ray is a lecturer and published author with experience as a member of several boards of directors and in venture capital, licensing, software development, and corporate and technology law.
Ray has been named one of the “World’s 300 Leading IP Strategists” by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Magazine and a “Corporate IP STAR” by Managing IP (MIP) Magazine.