James Drake Appointed IP Special Counsel of Corning

October 2005 - ChampionScott Partners has placed James Drake at Corning, Inc. (www.corning.com) as the company’s new IP Special Counsel. With headquarters in Corning, NY, Corning is a diversified technology company with a proud history of developing breakthrough technologies that significantly improve people’s lives. Their focus is on high-impact growth opportunities in the telecommunications, flat panel display, environmental, life sciences and semiconductor industries.

Mr. Drakes joins Corning from The Dow Chemical Company where he was Business Counsel for the Dowpharma Business where he had responsibility for all legal functions of this $600 million global business unit. Mr. Drake joined Dow in 1999 as Special IP Counsel for their Custom and Fine Chemicals Global Business. Prior experience includes Division Patent Counsel for the BASF Corporation and Associate Patent Counsel for Nalco Chemical. Mr. Drake also spent several years in private practice with Weston Hurd Fallon Paisley & Howley. He received his J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University and his B.S. Biology from Cleveland State University.

ChampionScott Partners is the world's premier retained executive search firm focused exclusively on the technology industry and related sectors. Our firm delivers the personalized focus of a technology boutique combined with the research resources and global reach of a large international firm through our offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. We have conducted over 500 searches and played pivotal roles in the formation of over 200 technology companies around the world. ChampionScott Partners recruits CEOs, their direct reports, and Board Directors for companies ranging from start-ups to the Global 500 in the key technology centers of the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, India and Israel. On every engagement our team provides partner-level knowledge and judgment gained through our decades of experience in the technology industry.