Rembrandt Management Group

Dr. Paul B. Schneck	John T. Meli, Jr.
Barry Ungar	Derek D. Wood	John J. Garland III

An internationally accomplished scientist, Dr. Schneck holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from New York University and is a recipient of The Foreign Intelligence Community’s Seal Medallion awarded for exceptional contribution. With more than 40 years of experience in applied and theoretical sciences, Dr. Schneck has conducted scientific research in fields as diverse as aerospace, supercomputing, paralleled processing, and digital IP anti-pirating technologies.

An inventor himself, with two issued patents, Dr. Schneck began his career in aerospace where he developed an optimizing and parallelizing compiler that enabled NASA to use ILLIAC IV, Cyber, and Cray computers without the need for extensive reprogramming.

After joining the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in 1970, Dr. Schneck held a succession of positions where he oversaw, conceived of, and developed a range of technologies and programs for the processing of space data.

While at NASA, Dr. Schneck was appointed project manager for implementation of the Massively Parallel Processor (MPP), which upon completion was the fastest computer in the world. Dr. Schneck delivered the project on time and in budget. Dr. Schneck’s career at Goddard Space Flight Center culminated with him serving as Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science until 1983.

From 1983 to 1985, Dr. Schneck headed the Information Science Division for the Office of Naval Research, where he directed a $10 million contract computer and research program for the U.S. Navy. In that role, he initiated a new research thrust in parallel processing that remains a legacy to his research vision.

Named Founding Director, Supercomputing Research Center at the Institute for Defense Analyses in 1985, Dr. Schneck managed the ground-up development of the Center, starting with a single employee and building it to a 130-person division. Dr. Schneck and his team were contracted to the National Security Agency to perform research in computer science and parallel processing, which led to breakthrough advances in hardware, software, and algorithmic research. SRC was awarded the Foreign Intelligence Community’s Seal Medallion by then Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, William B. Gates, for exceptional contribution.

In 1993, while serving as a Fellow for MITRE Corporation, Dr. Schneck invented the IP System that allows an owner of digital data to continue to control the use and dissemination of data as they are delivered to second parties. He was named Vice President, Technology and Systems Development of MRJ Technology Solutions in 1997, where he represented the corporation to the scientific community and developed new technology-based business opportunities.

Dr. Schneck also served from 1995 to 1998, as a consultant and then as a member of the National Science Advisory Board to the National Security Agency.

Most recently, Dr. Schneck worked as Vice Present and Chief Technology Officer for Veridian Corporation, where he was responsible for corporate technology strategy, IP value management, and strategic alliances.

Dr. Schneck is an Elected Fellow of ACM and of IEEE. He holds a Masters of Science in Engineering Mathematics, School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University, where he was the recipient of NASA Traineeship.

Dr. Schneck is the author of more than 50 published scientific articles and has spoken before countless audiences at scientific conferences and symposia across the U.S. He sits on numerous scientific committees and advisory boards, and has taught at The Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, and Columbia University.

Executive Vice President and

Prior to joining Rembrandt, Meli was a partner at Fish & Richardson, P.C., where his practice focused on complex IP litigation in the fields of hardware and software, electrical engineering, information technology and the Internet. While with Fish & Richardson, P.C., Meli’s representative cases included:

Earlier in his career, Meli was the Supervising Attorney for Technology at Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, and was a member of the firm’s IP Litigation Practice Group and Commercial Litigation Practice Group. From 1981 until 1990, Meli worked primarily in Silicon Valley as a software and systems engineering consultant where he provided technical advice and analysis to leading technology companies including General Electric Space Division, Lockheed, TRW, Boeing, Ford Aerospace, Hughes Aircraft, and Harris Communications.

An entrepreneur in his own right, in 1981 Meli founded and served as president and CEO of SDL Corporation, a Silicon Valley software and systems engineering firm that he successfully merged with a NASDAQ listed technology company in 1985.

Meli holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Widener University and has a law degree from Widener University School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1993. Meli has won a number of honors and awards. He was named a Josiah Wolcott Fellow in 1993, and in that same year served as a law clerk for the Honorable Joseph T. Walsh, Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware.

Meli, who graduated in the top 1% of his law school class, received the American Jurisprudence Awards in Property Law, Securities Law and Legal Research and Writing. He is licensed to practice law in the state of Delaware.

Barry Ungar, Chief Litigation Counsel

He joined Rembrandt after being a litigator for 35 years, handling large commercial litigations in a wide range of industries. He is a cum laude graduate of the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, was an Editor of the Law Review, and was elected to the Order of the Coif (top 10% of the class). Upon graduating from law school, he clerked for the Honorable John Biggs, Jr. on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He thereafter began his litigation career in a Philadelphia law firm, at which he was made a partner after two and a half years. Thereafter, he and one of the firm's senior partners, and head of the Litigation Group, left the firm to create one of the first commercial litigation boutique firms in Philadelphia. That firm specialized in representing clients in a small number of complex cases. He practiced in that firm for 31 years, and has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He also is an experienced mediator and arbitrator, having been on the American Arbitration Association's international arbitration panel and having been one of the founders of JAMS' Philadelphia dispute resolution center. Throughout his career, he has been active in numerous non-profit organizations.

Derek Wood is responsible for Rembrandt’s corporate entity matters, as well as all transactions related to the acquisition of patents, patent portfolios, and partnering transactions.

Prior to joining Rembrandt, Wood served as Associate Counsel at Bentley Systems where he was lead attorney on U.S. and international corporate and IP acquisitions. While at Bentley, Wood created the company’s comprehensive licensing contract for its flagship subscription services, support and upgrade program which accounts for recurring annual revenue of more than $200 million. Wood also managed Bentley’s IP portfolio, and was responsible for enforcing the company’s IP rights, and served as Chair of the Patent Committee.

Wood has also worked as an attorney at two prominent Philadelphia law firms, where he specialized in advising clients in regard to IP transactions, technology transfer, and licensing.

Derek Wood is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law and is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

As an Executive Vice-President at Rembrandt IP Management, John is responsible for developing and implementing technology & patent licensing negotiation efforts on behalf of Rembrandt and its subsidiaries. John is also actively involved in the review and evaluation of new patent acquisition opportunities and their commercialization efforts.

Prior to joining Rembrandt, John was part of the initial management team that created ThinkFire in 2001, where John led multi-disciplined teams to assist and partner with corporate clients in offensive and defensive licensing negotiations, patent divestitures and acquisitions, commercial and technical assessment of patents, and IP strategy development.

Involved in the field of intellectual property since 1993 with AT&T and later with Lucent Technologies, Mr. Garland advanced to Director of Worldwide Licensing for Lucent Technologies. While at Lucent, John was responsible for leading a team of licensing professionals in the U.S., France and Japan with a focus on semiconductor, telecommunications, laser, multimedia, computing, and optical component & optical networking companies, where John’s team contributed over $250M of annual royalty revenues to Lucent Technologies. Mr. Garland has directed and led patent and technology license agreements with leading high-tech companies in North America, Asia and Europe. In 1996, John was awarded Lucent Technologies’ IP Division's Business Excellence Award.

Prior to joining AT&T's Intellectual Property Division, Mr. Garland was a Marketing Manager with AT&T Microelectronics with worldwide responsibilities for a portfolio of high voltage analog/digital integrated circuits (ASIC, semi-custom, and standard products). Mr. Garland achieved greater than 200% revenue growth during the four-year period (1989-93) and in 1991 was awarded the Outstanding Marketing Support Award for Europe.

Prior to his experience in Marketing, Mr. Garland was both a test engineer and IC fabrication engineer for AT&T Microelectronics. In these engineering positions John participated in circuit development, yield enhancement, cost reduction, chip re-design, failure mode analysis and improving manufacturing processes for a family of integrated circuits used in AT&T's Digital Voice Communication System.

Mr. Garland received a Bachelor's of Science (BSEE) in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College and his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Lehigh University and attended the Executive Development Program at the Kellogg School of Northwestern University.