JAMES KIRYAKOZA

James Kiryakoza is an IP Counsel at Block focusing on IP analytics. Before joining Block, he spent 10 years as Senior IP Counsel at VMware managing the storage and security patent portfolios, providing patent litigation support and clearing all outbound open-source projects. Before becoming an attorney, James spent 19 years as a software engineer at companies of all sizes such as RSA Security and VMware. James received his BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his JD from University of San Francisco.