Art Monk
Education
University of Alberta
M.B.A., Marketing, Finance, and Operations Research 1974-01-01 - 1978-01-01
University of Alberta
Graduate Studies toward PhD, Solid State Physics 1970-01-01 - 1973-01-01
University of Manitoba
M. Sc., Biophysics 1967-01-01 - 1970-01-01
University of Manitoba
B.SC. (Honors), Physics 1963-01-01 - 1967-01-01Work Experience
Patent Contacts LLC
Current
Patent Contacts LLC
TechInsights
2011-01-01 - 2019-04-01
TechInsights
Inflexion Point Analytics, LLC
2005-02-01 - 2011-01-01
Inflexion Point Analytics, LLC
Meridian Executive Partners, LLC
2002-01-01 - 2009-01-01
Meridian Executive Partners, LLC
eZedia, Inc.
2000-01-01 - 2001-01-01
eZedia, Inc.
PointBase
1999-01-01 - 2000-01-01
PointBase
Art Monk & Associates
1986-01-01 - 1999-01-01
Art Monk & Associates
Silicon Valley Research, Inc.
1994-01-01 - 1996-01-01
Silicon Valley Research, Inc.
Keyword Office Technologies
1984-01-01 - 1986-01-01
Keyword Office Technologies
ROLM.ai
1982-01-01 - 1984-01-01
ROLM.ai
Skills
Summary
Art Monk is CEO at Patent Contacts LLC, an IP transactions and consulting entity focused on assisting international patent holders with patent divestment and acquisition transactions. Mr. Monk brings to Patent Contacts a history of successful patent transactions for clients in Japan, America, Taiwan, China, and Europe. He maintains a trusted network of contacts throughout these regions among the top 50 patent holders internationally. Since 2010, Mr. Monk has been annually named by IAM Journal as a member of the IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists. Prior to Patent Contacts, Mr. Monk was Vice President, Patent Transactions at TechInsights, the industry leading patent analysis and reverse engineering firm headquartered in Ottawa Canada. Over a period of eight years, from his office in Silicon Valley, Mr. Monk was responsible for facilitating numerous patent acquisition and divestment transactions. Prior to TechInsights Mr. Monk was CEO of Inflexion Point Analytics, an entity focused on large-scale patent transactions and the patent analytics needed to support the brokerage of them. He has been active in patent brokerage for over 18 years and entered into his position with TechInsights when TechInsights acquired his Company. Mr. Monk resides in Silicon Valley where he has held senior marketing and product management roles at HP and ROLM Corporation. Mr. Monk was a co-founder of the Alberta High-Performance Computing Center serving the seismic data processing and academic research communities in Canada. Mr. Monk is a dual citizen of Canada and the US and holds an Honors B.Sc. in Physics and a M.Sc. in Biophysics from the University of Manitoba. He holds an MBA in Operations Research from the University of Alberta where he also pursued post-graduate research in Solid-state Physics.
