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Our Founders
Dr. W. Milton Gosney
William Milton "Milt" Gosney, Jr., earned a B. S. degree at North Carolina State University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of California at Berkeley. He holds 14 patents in the field of semiconductor devices, processes and circuits. He is a Life Senior Member of the IEEE, and a registered Professional Engineer in Texas. He has served as an expert witness in over 100 patent-infringement cases.
He joined the faculty at Southern Methodist University as the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Electrical Engineering in 1986. In 2006, Professor Gosney was recognized as an Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and also has received several Outstanding Professor Awards in Electrical Engineering. Prior to SMU, Professor Gosney worked in industry for 17 years at Texas Instruments and Mostek Corporation (now part of ST Microelectronics).
Dale Nixon
Dale Nixon received a bachelor of science in electrical engineering degree with honors from the University of Arkansas and a Juris Doctor (Law) degree from the University of Texas. Mr. Nixon is a licensed attorney in the State of Texas and is a registered patent attorney with the US Patent Office. He served four years in the US Navy with the rank of Lieutenant in the Naval Security Group working in the field of electronic warfare.
In the legal field, he worked as a partner in the intellectual property law firm of Richards, Medlock and Andrews in Dallas, Texas and then as a partner with the international law firm Sidley Austin. His legal work includes extensive patent litigation in federal courts, patent license negotiations and licensing for major semiconductor companies and the drafting and prosecution of over 300 patent applications in the US Patent and Trademark Office.