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Frank A. DeCosta III, J.D., Ph.D., is a partner at Finnegan, LLP. He is
former head of the firm’s 130 member electrical and computer technology
practice group and a member of the firm’s management committee.
DeCosta has significant experience in patent litigation, client counseling,
and providing opinions related to computers, electronics, software,
medical devices, and information systems. Most of DeCosta’s cases have
involved technology related to his previous research, academic training,
and work experience at Bell Labs and The Mitre Corporation. He
has managed patent enforcement and defense activities for clients in
the United States, Europe, and Asia. As a first chair litigator, he directed
litigation teams that obtained jury and bench judgments of more than
$100 million.

Rana Glasgal has nearly 20 years of experience in higher education administration.
She is currently the Associate Vice Provost for Institutional Research and
Decision Support at Northeastern University, facilitating institutional decision
making by providing integrated analysis and research. Prior to holding this
position, Rana spent over 18 years at Stanford University, most recently as
Assistant Vice President for Workforce Analytics, designing and promoting
the use of analytics for decision making in academic human resources. Before
Stanford, she was a consultant with Decision Focus Incorporated. Rana just
concluded her term as an alumni-elected trustee on the Cornell Board of Trustees
and is a life member of the Cornell University Council. She is currently a
member of the Cornell Alumni Advisory Board, a member and former chair of
the CAAAN Advisory Committee, and a Cornell Class of ‘87 class officer. She
is a member of CAAAN and a former General Chair for the Northern California
region. She has served as a director of the Cornell Alumni Federation
and as a member of the Ways and Means Committee. Rana holds her B.S. and
M.Eng. from Cornell in Operations Research.

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