Leave the office behind!
“Explore Nature and Network with LES-SVC”

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Join the Silicon Valley Chapter on a fun hike in Palo Alto's Arastradero Preserve. Then we move to Rossotti’s Alpine Inn in Portola Valley for a social get-together. (If you don’t want to hike, then join us at Rossotti’s at 5:00 p.m.)

FOR HIKERS - Please read:  
WAIVER REQUIRED: Hike participants will be required to sign a waiver in order to participate.  Please download the link below, sign and bring to the hike.  Hard copies will also be available at the hike.

WAIVER LINK

HIKING (Optional)
Arastradero Preserve
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!

(Meeting at the parking lot at 4:15 p..m., leaving promptly at 4:30 p.m. – see parking lot link below)

Calling all beginners to experienced hikers! Take a break from the office and lace up your hiking boots or tennis shoes to explore the beautiful Arastradero Preserve trails around Portola Valley. 

We will be meeting at the Arastradero Preserve parking lot at 4:15 p.m. at 1530 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto (see link below).

Important: If you have difficulty locating the hiking group, please call Efrat Kasznik, 650-255-4943.

Be sure to bring plenty of water, sunscreen and a hat as we expect 80 degrees tomorrow!

Arastradero Preserve - Link to Parking Lot

Networking & Social Get-together
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Rossotti’s Alpine Inn
3915 Alpine Rd, at Arastradero Road, Portola Valley, CA
(Parking at Rossotti's – see below)

See you at Rossotti's Alpine Inn – whether you're coming straight from our scenic hike or joining us after work for networking and socializing in a beautiful setting (some of our SVC Board members will be in attendance to greet you). Please note, attendees are responsible for their own food and beverage expenses. See parking availability below.

Parking: Rossotti’s encourages guests to carpool, utilize ride share, horseback ride in, or bike in. All guests who arrive in a full car with 4+ adults will either receive front-row parking or a coupon for a free pitcher of beer if the front-row parking is full. The parking lot is staffed with attendants. Be mindful of parking on public roads. Please do not park vehicle in any way that blocks bikers and other vehicles. Cars parked over the white line on public roads can be ticketed and/or towed.

November LES Silicon Valley Chapter In-Person Event

“Royalty Compliance and Dispute Resolution”

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Networking, Registration, Lunch
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Program
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Networking

Location: KPMG Silicon Valley Office

2755 Augustine Drive, Suite 701
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Thank you to our meeting sponsor:

PANEL-- TBC
Braden Weatherhead, Managing Director, KPMG IP Compliance
Michael Pierantozzi, Board Member, LES-SVC, IAM Strategy 300 (Fmr HP IPL and KPMG IP Consulting)

Who Should Attend: Licensing Professionals, Intellectual Property Managers, FFRDC Managers, Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Business Development Executives, Investors, and Attorneys

Braden Weatherhead, Managing Director, KPMG IP Compliance  LinkedIn
Braden is a Managing Director and KPMG’s commercial line of business leader for contract compliance. He has over sixteen years of experience in providing royalty audit services to multinational organizations in a variety of industries including High Technology, Semiconductors, Consumer Products, Diagnostics, and Pharmaceuticals.  Braden has deep experience in helping to establish and execute global contract compliance programs combining elements of data analytics, royalty monitoring, audit targeting and remediation. He has led the development of cloud-based data aggregation, monitoring and executive dashboard tool to help better identify licensee compliance issues which range from erroneous reporting, low royalty payment and fraud. He has significant experience successfully managing relationships between potentially contentious third parties in an audit environment. Braden is also well versed in performing advanced data analytics and has developed analytical tools to implement proactive monitoring solutions leveraging third party data.  All together, these programs have resulted in the identification of over $300 million in overpaid rebates & discounts while strengthening contract lifecycle management and strategy.  Braden is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the AICPA.

Michael Pierantozzi, Moderator and Board Member, LES-SVC (IAM Strategy 300)  LinkedIn
Based in Silicon Valley, Michael is a technology and intellectual property (Tech/IP) entrepreneur, strategist and transaction expert. Andiamo Associates is a management consulting firm that specializes in Tech/IP business catalyzing and monetizing matters. Previously, Michael was responsible for strategic business development, including sales, acquisitions, and licensing for the IP Licensing group at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), and served as Director of KPMG's IP Consulting practice. Previously, Michael held executive leadership positions at Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) including HPE, Intellectual Ventures (IV), IPotential, and an IP transaction data services startup that he co-founded. Since 2009, Michael has been recognized by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Magazine in their IAM 300 rankings as one of the “World’s Leading Intellectual Property Strategists”. He is a frequent speaker at Tech/IP industry events in the US, Europe, and Asia, and has delivered IP management seminars at Stanford University.