Mark Vallone

Mark Vallone is Chief Patent Counsel, Americas at IBM, where he manages the company’s patent procurement team in the Americas and its patent portfolio management team, and where he serves as a leader in patent strategy and policy matters.  He previously served as lead IP Counsel for IBM Cloud and IBM Commerce, for which he supported transactions and product clearances, led patent procurement operations, and provided advice and counsel on a wide range of other IP matters.  He also previously led patent procurement operations for IBM Consulting and IBM Global Markets.  Mark received his B.S. in Computer Science from The Pennsylvania State University in 1998, after which he spent five years as a software developer for IBM in the areas of network security, distributed computing, and e-commerce.  He received his J.D., summa cum laude, from Syracuse University in 2006.  He is a registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is a member of the New York State Bar.