Nathan (Nate) Zhang currently serves as Head of IP Asset Management and Litigation at Applied Intuition, Inc., a physical AI company creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Prior to Applied Intuition, Nate was Managing Director, Head of IP and Commercial Litigation at Applied Materials, Inc., the global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce every new semiconductor chip and advanced display in the world. He started his legal career as an IP Litigation Associate at White & Case LLP in Silicon Valley. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, and his JD from UC Davis School of Law.