Transfer Pricing in 2012 Global Strategies LIVE Webcast

Mr. Fernandez has over 20 years of experience in both industry and economic consulting.

Mr. Fernandez’s industry experience includes energy, aerospace, telecommunications, and software, where he held positions in product development, finance, and marketing. He specializes in transfer pricing, business and intangible property valuation and other and valuation-related projects where he applies his understanding of technology and his economic analysis experience. He also has experience in business litigation cases involving patent infringement in the technology sector and in litigation support. In addition to his industry experience, he has extensive experience in the Latin American region.

Prior to joining Economics Partners, Rodrigo was a Director with Duff & Phelps, and prior to that he was a consultant at Analysis Group. Before working as a consultant, Rodrigo held a variety of operations roles in technology-intensive industries. He was a systems engineer at Ball Aerospace, performed energy-related product development with Redstone Engineering, was involved in IT strategy and pricing strategy at Qwest Communications, and also worked with several small software companies.

Rodrigo has worked on a broad array of transfer pricing and economics consulting engagements, including transfers of intangible and tangible business property, technology buy-ins, cost sharing agreements, services transactions, and the structuring of intangible property holding companies and operating companies. Additionally, he has worked on intangible property and business valuation projects, valuing firms in oil field services, energy, software, semiconductors, medical devices, packaging, metals, auto parts, and telecommunications. He has also worked on projects to determine royalty rates for tangible and intangible property based on profit splits and other comparable transaction methods

As President of ktMINE, David Jarczyk manages the business operations and innovations of this intellectual property information services firm. Prior to ktMINE, David served in roles of increasing responsibility as a transfer pricing economist at Deloitte & Touche, Arthur Andersen, and Ceteris. He has expertise in conducting economic analyses in a variety of industries and in performing intangible property valuations for multinational companies.

David presents regularly for organizations including Licensing Executives Society (LES), American Society of Appraisers, and global tax authorities. Thomson Reuters, LES, and Business Valuation Resources have published intangible property economics and valuation articles authored by David. In 2011, David was named to the IAM Strategy 250 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists and was voted in as Vice Chair of the LES International IP Valuation Committee. David is accredited with a Certified Licensing Professional designation and also holds an MBA and BS in Economics and Finance from DePaul University, Chicago Illinois.