David Martin
Dr. David Martin is an intellectual property expert, public policy advisory and foresight communicator. He is the Founder, CEO, and Chairman of M∙CAM, an international leader in intellectual property-based financial risk management. Under his leadership, M∙CAM has established a global standard in patent quality and commercial validity assessment and management. David is the developer of several innovation-based quantitative indices of public equities. He has also been at the forefront of IP management system development for over a decade, developing the world's first international intellectual property auditing systems. David managed the Innovation Alpha ETFs and is the creator of the public equity index CNBC IQ100, which is now the leading economic indicator for the U.S. and Global Innovation Economy published by The Conference Board. He is also a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.
David Martin Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder, CEO, and Chairman
Academic History
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Ph.D., Physiology, Sports Medicine
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M.S., Physiology
M∙CAM
M∙CAM has been an international intangible asset underwriter and analyst firm spanning work in innovation finance, trade, and intangible asset finance.
M∙CAM has supported the modernization of intellectual property, tax, and accounting laws through its work with oversight agencies and policy makers.
This work included work with the United States Congress, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the United States Departments of the Treasury and Commerce, the European Union and many other countries.
EXPERTISE
He pioneered the field of unstructured data analysis and linguistic genomics and groundbreaking new methods for global finance and ethics.
He has received several honors for his contribution to domestic and international entrepreneurial activities.
He has founded several for-profit and not-for-profit companies and organizations and serves on several boards.
He maintains active research in the fields of linguistic genomics, fractal financial risk modeling, as well as continuing his over 15 years of research in cellular membrane ionic signaling.
CONSULTING
David has worked with numerous governments on technology transfer policies and intellectual property protection.
He has worked closely with the United States Congress, numerous trade and finance regulatory agencies in the United States, Europe and Asia.
He has also closely advised intellectual property-based finance and investment programs in India, China, Denmark, the European Union, the United Kingdom, South Africa, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates.
He advocates and supports infrastructure to support growing reliance on proprietary rights in business transactions.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board Member, Research Institute for Small and Emerging Business (Washington D.C.)
Board Member, Academy for Augmenting Grassroots Technological Innovations (India)
Board Member, Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce (Virginia)
Board Member, Charlottesville Industrial Development Agency (Virginia)
RECOGNITION
Fellow, Batten Institute at the University of Virginia
Golden Angel Award, Charlottesville Venture Group
Spotlight Award, Virginia Piedmont Technology Council
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS