Mark Bio — Upstream Partners

Mark Chandler

Managing Director

Mark is the founder of Upstream Partners and a recognized expert in commercializing intellectual property (IP) and technology, with an acute understanding of the concomitant financial, legal, technology and manufacturing requirements needed to fully capitalize on technology and IP-based opportunities.

Mark's expertise in managing and monetizing IP assets comes from extensive portfolio experience in every aspect of commercialization, including patent, copyright and technology licensing and sales, product and business creation, IP litigation, and financing. His industry and market experience ranges from semiconductors and medical devices to oil exploration and financial institutions. He regularly works with attorneys, private equity groups, inventors, and scientists, to help bring new products and technology to market efficiently.

Mark has testified as a financial damages expert and as a licensing expert, on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, for patent litigation and contract dispute matters in U.S. District Court, state courts and arbitration proceedings. Mark’s wide-ranging experience includes both licensing and investing, negotiating from both sides of the table. His extensive experience in financial damages and licensing adds depth and credibility to his analysis and opinions.

Mark was previously a Managing Director with Invotex Group, a US-based firm specializing in IP and financial consulting services. Prior to Invotex, Mark led corporate venturing activities for BTG plc, a UK-based technology investment and development firm. In that capacity, he led his organization's corporate venture group with over $50 million of investment capital and over ten portfolio companies under management.

Mark also served as an Entrepreneur-in-residence at Children’s National Medical Center, in Washington, D.C., for four years, where he advised its research institutes on new company formation, licensing and intellectual asset management strategy.

Mark completed his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering (BSEE, Bucknell University), and continued his technical education in physics while working at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. He practiced as a researcher building the world’s most accurate atomic clocks and implantable medical devices, and obtained his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mark holds the Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) accreditation from the Licensing Executives Society and has been recognized for the past thirteen years by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) in its peer-selected list of the Top 300 professionals worldwide in intellectual asset management strategy, the IAM Strategy 300.