 Jim Skippen is Chief Executive Officer of WiLAN and Chairman of WiLAN’s Board of Directors. He is responsible for all operations at WiLAN, including the development and implementation of the company’s strategic and operating plans. Since assuming this position in June 2006, Jim has assembled a world-class technology licensing team, strengthened WiLAN’s financial position by raising over $100 million in five separate capital market transactions and overseen a greater than 30 fold increase in the size of WiLAN’s patent portfolio as well as the broadening of the portfolio's technology and geographic coverage. In addition, Jim has led WiLAN’s licensing efforts, which have generated record revenues and patent licensing agreements with almost 200 companies, including agreements with technology leaders Samsung, Nokia, Fujitsu, Panasonic and RIM.
A seasoned licensing executive, Jim has managed several large and complex patent licensing negotiations and litigations. Prior to joining WiLAN in June 2006, he held a number of senior management positions, including Senior VP Patent Licensing and General Counsel at MOSAID Technologies. While leading the patent licensing program at MOSAID, Jim closed deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Jim is a member of the Board of Directors of Icron Technologies and the Governing Council of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. He is a former Vice-Chairman of the Canadian Diabetes Association. Jim is a frequent speaker at conferences and has delivered numerous papers and articles concerning topics such as management of intellectual property, patent licensing and technology law.
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 Shaun is responsible for all financial and fiscal management aspects of WiLAN’s operations including business planning, accounting, budgeting and financial reporting efforts.
Shaun has more than 16 years experience in finance and executive leadership positions in public and private high technology companies. Prior to joining WiLAN, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer at BreconRidge Manufacturing Solutions (where he was responsible for overall financial management. His many accomplishments while at BreconRidge included leading private placement transactions that raised more than $40 million and completing numerous corporate acquisitions. Prior to BreconRidge, Shaun served in increasingly senior positions at Calian Technologies Ltd, first as Chief Financial Officer and then President and Chief Executive Officer. During his tenure at Calian, Shaun was responsible for all financial affairs of this publicly traded company, completed several corporate acquisitions and divestitures, assisted in growing revenues to more than $125 Million and served as corporate secretary and as a Director. Shaun also held senior executive positions at Microstar Software Limited and led the company’s Initial Public Offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1993. Shaun is a Chartered Accountant.
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Bill Middleton, Senior VP, Licensing & General Counsel
 Bill Middleton joined WiLAN as VP Licensing, General Counsel and Secretary in August 2006. Bill is responsible for managing WiLAN’s Licensing Program, including negotiating patent licenses and the assertion of the Company’s intellectual property rights in court. Bill was promoted to the position of Senior VP, Licensing & General Counsel in January 2008.
Prior to joining WiLAN, Bill worked with Nygard International, a large Canadian manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer, where he was Vice President, Legal Services and General Counsel. He was previously General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of MOSAID Technologies. At MOSAID, Bill was instrumental in managing complex U.S. patent litigations and was actively involved as a significant contributor to the success of its licensing program.
Bill also has many years of private practice experience in at two major national law firms based in Toronto - Borden Ladner Gervais and Miller Thomson. Bill has a BA and LLB from the University of Western Ontario.
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 Jung Yee joined WiLAN as Chief Technology Officer in August 2006. Jung is responsible for WiLAN’s research and development effort including technology and product definition, management of WiLAN’s internal team of doctorate level researchers as well as the management of relationships with external research organizations and international standards bodies. In addition, Jung and his research team provide technical support to WiLAN’s licensing and technology acquisition programs.
Prior to joining WiLAN, Jung held a number of senior development and management positions with IceFyre Semiconductor, Conexant, Philsar, Newbridge Networks, and Nortel Networks. In 2001, Jung co-founded IceFyre Semiconductor and was CTO, with responsibilities for chip architecture, standards development, and technology development. While at IceFyre, he played an integral role in developing its rich portfolio of Wi-Fi patents. Jung has extensive research and development experience in wireless systems, including Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, CDMA, and GSM. He has also played an integral role in IEEE 802 wireless standards development, as well as wireless spectrum policy development by Industry Canada and FCC.
Jung was honored as one of Ottawa’s “Top 40 under 40” in 2001. He is a former Chair of the IEEE 802.16 MAC committee. Jung is a frequent speaker at conferences and has delivered numerous papers and articles on wireless technologies. Jung holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia.
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