Blue Sands Intellectual Property

George Bendak

Founder and CTO of Blue Sands IP                                                              2012 – Present


IP Portfolio Management at Applied Micro Circuits Corp                                 2005 – December 2011


 

Solutions Architect and Principal Engineer Applied Micro Circuits Corp            1999 – December 2005


Digital and Systems Architect ComStream Corp.                                          1993 – October 1999


George is highly respected for his expertise in a broad cross section of technology areas. He has led cross-functional engineering teams from concept to production for many successful products. His ability to understand business and market needs and merge them with efficient engineering practice led him to become successful in Marketing and Sales. These talents also helped him become successful in the area of Intellectual Property Management where he analyzed product portfolios,  directed patent generation, generated claim charts, and generated millions of revenue dollars.


Technical lead for patent sales and patent evaluations, explaining the technologies, concepts, potential infringements and how to determine infringement to technical and non-technical parties

• Performed product assessments and created claim charts to reinforce patent value

• Invention gatekeeper – Evaluated all inventions to determine which to proceed forward with based on: Contribution to portfolio, Marketability, and Product coverage

• Expertise in Microprocessor Architecture, SoC & FPGA design, board design, RF, Network Processors, Traffic Management, Switch Fabrics, Satellite Communications, Forward Error Correction, Modulation and Demodulation, SerDes, Telecom, Data Comm, Optical Communication


Accomplishments and Associations:


  Board of Directors, Blue Sands Intellectual Property, Inc.

• Published various papers in the fields of networking and image processing

• Awarded 28 US Patents in the fields of Forward Error Correction (FEC), Framing Protocols (Digital

  Wrapper, SONET, TDM), Switch Fabric Architecture, and Power Control and Memory Interfaces in

  multi-core SoC designs


Education:

June 1996: M.S.E.E. in Communication Theory and DSP at SDSU – Summa Cum Laude

May 1990:  B.S.E.E at California State University San Diego (SDSU) – Summa Cum Laude

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