McBroom, John

John McBroom is IBM Open Technology Counsel and provides legal support for IBM's various open activities across its entire enterprise. John also helps lead IBM's Competition Law Team and serves as Board Secretary of Open Innovation Network (OIN), an institution focused on mitigating patent risk in Open Source Software (OSS). John earned his legal degree from the Duke University School of Law, and prior to joining IBM, served as law clerk for Federal District Court (MN) Judge Ann D. Montgomery and worked for the Faegre & Benson law firm (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath) in Minneapolis.