Cable-Tec Expo 2018

Emily Ward
CEO & Chairman of the Board
AlcaCruz


Emily Ward is CEO & board chair for AlcaCruz, a Virtual Reality & Video Streaming company with offices in Silicon Valley & Seoul. AlcaCruz developed SuperStream technology which streams the highest quality Live and Video VR using the lowest bandwidth, providing fully immersive VR, AR, & 360 Video engagement at over 80% cost savings versus conventional streaming. Previously, she was Vice President & Worldwide Chief Technology Counsel at PayPal and eBay for many years where she led a global team responsible for legal technology, intellectual property, litigation and M&A issues. She was a driving force in the M&A teams that assessed and bought GSI ($2.4B), Bill Me Later ($1.2B), Braintree & Venmo ($800M), and many other companies, as well as divested Skype. She split the ip portfolios for eBay and PayPal during PayPal’s spin-off from eBay. She built an award-winning ip dept. as well as successfully resolved bet-the-company lawsuits, including Merc Exchange v. eBay, which had a unanimous US Supreme Court decision for eBay. She has testified on patent reform before Congress. She has won numerous awards, including being recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Silicon Valley (SV Business Journal), one of the Top Women Leaders in Technology Law, one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists, Legal Impact Winner, Multicultural Leadership Award, Legal Momentum Women of Achievement honoree and Direct Women Board Institute program. She enjoys spending time with family, friends and church, and she and her family are avid dog lovers and currently have 4 rescue dogs at home. They also support the Hope Technology School (a full inclusion school for special needs children).

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