Marshall Phelps
Corporate Vice President, Intellectual Property, Microsoft Corporation

Thank you for that kind introduction. You know, the last time I spoke before this august body, I had just been hired by Microsoft after a 28-year career at IBM and a 3-year career as a venture capitalist. And it’s funny, but at the time, every media pundit and IP wonk in the world claimed to know exactly why I was hired and what my job was going to be.