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Jon C. Scahill, is the chief executive officer of Quest Patent Research Corporation, a publicly traded IP asset manager. Under his leadership, Quest has grown its intellectual property assets under management from a single patent asset to over 175 IP assets across 14 portfolios.  The company has engaged assets as a patent owner, purchaser, licensee, licensor, plaintiff and defendant. Mr. Scahill has advised and negotiated public and private transaction terms on behalf of and opposite patent owners, hedge funds, litigation counsel as well as opposing counsel and/or their clients.  Prior to leading Quest, Mr. Scahill was founder and managing director of the Urban-Rigney Group, LLC, a private consultancy specializing in new business/new venture development, operations optimization, and strategic analysis. Mr. Scahill holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester, an MBA in finance, strategy and operations from Rochester’s Simon Graduate School of Business and a JD, cum laude, from Pace Law School. Mr. Scahill is admitted to practice in New York, Florida and the District of Columbia, and he is a registered patent attorney admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.