Timothy J. Douros, J.D. has served as our Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and Head of Litigation since January 2009 and has been our Chief Intellectual Property Counsel since May 2002. Mr. Douros began his legal career in New York as a patent litigator, first with Morgan & Finnegan and later with Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance). Later, he was associated with two smaller IP boutique law firms in Boston, where he developed expertise in a variety of intellectual property matters. Before attending law school, Mr. Douros worked as a Research Associate in the Infectious Disease group of a medical diagnostics company. Mr. Douros earned an A.B. in Chemistry from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School. He is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and New York, as well as before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Mr. Douros has served as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Commonwealth's Emerging Technology Fund since 2006.