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Todd Smithline

Todd Smithline was General Counsel of Marimba, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRBA, later acquired by BMC Software, Inc.), an enterprise software company he helped guide from start-up to successful public company. Todd’s responsibilities included overseeing all legal issues for Marimba including software licensing, employee matters, litigation, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection and securities law compliance. Todd also served as Vice President of Business Affairs & Legal for Shockwave.com, one of the top rated entertainment portals on the Web. Todd started his career as a corporate attorney with Latham & Watkins in San Francisco, California and later as a technology attorney with Gunderson Dettmer in Menlo Park, California.

Todd is an Adjunct Lecturer at the U.C. Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law. He has been a presenter for PLI’s Strategic Alliances Conference and a guest lecturer at Santa Clara University School of Law and the Haas School of Business.

In 2009 & 2010, Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Magazine included Todd in its list of the 250 “World’s Leading IP Strategists.”

Todd received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Todd is admitted to practice in California.