David Leonardo Hurtado Martinez

Skills & Abilities

Ability to understand technical problems and solutions developed and implement the patent protection and business monetization strategy.

Ability to evaluate a commercial application from early-stage technology to propose go-to-market strategies.

Ability to negotiate the best terms in a licensing deal.

Looking for leads and prospects to sell the patents for the clients through outbound marketing strategies. 

Using Sales Navigator and LinkedIn to get leads and create a database in Dynamics 365.

LicenciArte. Founder & CEO. Cali

Feb. 2019 — Present

Business and technology development of a LegalTech pioneer in Latin America to promote the top LatAm inventions and their intellectual property available to one-click of global business leaders.

IPwe. Latin American President. Bogotá

Nov 2020 – May 2021

Expands the global presence in Latin America of IPwe, the first Platform for the World’s Patent Ecosystem

Universidad Javeriana. Interim Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Cali

Feb 2016 – Jan 2021

Leading the creation of the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship with the merger of two offices: Campus Nova Incubator and Innovation Coordination.

Muñoz Abogados. Patents and technology coordinator. Bogotá

feb. 2013 — dic. 2015

Leading the patent services of the company advising the clients in the patent strategy, patent drafting, and prosecution.

SENCON (SPIN-OFF). Co-founder, CEO & Intellectual Property Manager. Bogotá - Cali

MAR. 2011 — JUL. 2018

Ergonomic lap tray for wheelchair users. Patents license from Universidad Autónoma de Occidente and Pittsburgh University (US). +200k seed money raised from the Colombian government.

Universidad autónoma de occidente. YOUNG RESEARCHER SCHOLARSHIP - CALI

Feb. 2009 — Ene. 2010

Working on developing an ergonomic lap tray for a wheelchair.

the University of Haifa, Israel. MASTER’S IN LAW (LLM)

July 2015. Patent drafting specialization. Grade: 83 to 100.

UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE OCCIDENTE, Colombia. BS in Biomedical Engineering 

2008. Minor in Rehab. Final grade: 4,3 to 5,0.