Dr. Joe J. Daniele
Joe joined Acorn in June 2001 as Chief Operating Officer. An expert in Intellectual Property (IP) and technology commercialization, he has led R&D efforts and completed more than 350 IP arrangements over the years.
Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Intellectual Property and Technology Commercialization at SAIC, a $6 billion San Diego-based Company. At SAIC, Joe was responsible for establishing the technology commercialization function and for generating significant revenue and equity through mining and commercializing the company's patent and know-how portfolio.
Before joining SAIC in 1998, Joe held senior positions at Xerox Corporation in IP commercialization as well as product development, corporate strategy and new ventures. There, he established and headed Xerox' Intellectual Capital Business Unit and Corporate Office for Management of Intellectual Property (COMIP). In all, Joe's teams were responsible for management, licensing and commercialization of Xerox' portfolio of more than 8,000 patents and associated know-how.
He holds an MBA from the University of Rochester, and a BSEE and Ph. D. in Physics of Solids from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).