Paul Adams is the CEO of EverEdge, a global advisory, corporate finance and investment firm specialising in intangible assets. EverEdge helps companies and capital providers convert intangible assets (such as data, design, inventions, brands, software and content) into business impact: increased margins, market share and enterprise value.
Paul has been ranked as one of the top intellectual property strategists in the world for the last ten years consecutively and is a prior recipient of the Global IP Leader Award. Paul is a respected director of several New Zealand and Singapore based organizations and is also a Founding Chair of Weave® – the New Zealand Centre for Leadership Excellence.
Prior to EverEdge, Paul served as Intellectual Property Manager for the New York Stock Exchange listed Brunswick New Technologies. He was the founding incubator manager of The Icehouse Incubator, named one of the top 10 technology incubators in the world by Forbes magazine. He has served on the advisory board of the New Zealand government’s commercialisation vehicle Callaghan Innovation and on the Board of Lewis Holdings, a $350M private investment vehicle.
Experience:
– Managed the IP outputs for 500 engineers and scientists, specifically including:
- identification of intellectual property developed,
- evaluation of intellectual property rights including patents, trademarks and unregistered assets
- assessment of intellectual property management processes
- implementation of best-practice, strategic intellectual property management frameworks
– Senior Management Consultant with significant experience in:#
- Identification of registered and unregistered IP underpinning competitive advantage
- Intangible asset and intellectual property strategy
- Risk management
- Commercialisation and monetization of intellectual property
- Implementation of best-practice intangible asset management to drive company performance
Professional:
- LLB with Honours (Software Licensing Law) – University of Auckland
- BA (Economics and History) – University of Auckland
- Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of NZ
- Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
Recommendations/Accolades:
- Intellectual Asset Management Top 300 IP Strategist 2011-2022
- Global IP Leader Prize, Intellectual Property Focus Forum, Shanghai, China, 2012
