Michael Lubitz is the senior managing director and founder, Global Technology Transfer Group. Michael Lubitz founded GTT Group in 1997. Patents have been vital to Michael’s life since he was a child. Growing up in Southern California, his father and mentor, a patent expert, litigator, and pioneer, most specifically in Japan and Silicon Valley, guided his sons down a similar path. Now, with more than three decades of experience of his own, Michael is passionate about creating avenues to patent value generation for GTT Group’s clients, and he embodies non-traditional thinking at his core. His creative spirit and novel ideas are what make Michael unique in the industry. Michael is most proud of GTT Group’s commitment to exemplary service and results, of being able to materially change the lives of inventors, advise on historically significant patent transactions, and for always being there when GTT Group’s clients need him. Michael earned a bachelor of science in general business from Arizona State University (emphasis in Japanese language), lived and worked as a salaryman in Japan as part of his corporate training, and received his juris doctor from the University of San Diego. Michael was employed by, co-founded, and served as a board member and advisor to a number of Silicon Valley-based start-ups.