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Myron J. Kassaraba

PARTNER, STRATEGIC ADVISORY & TRANSACTIONS


Myron is a seasoned business development and technology licensing executive with experience in closing major transactions.  He has licensed-out technologies that ship in hundred’s of millions of personal computers worldwide including the color management system in Windows 95 and the font rendering technology in Adobe’s Flash.

With over 25 years of executive experience at both Fortune 500 Companies (Eastman Kodak, Fidelity Investments) and early-stage startups (Trellix, Edsun Labs, Project Yangtze, InfoPlus), background spans a wide array of technologies.  At Kodak, Myron ran the Corporate Strategic Alliances Group and managed major relationships with companies such as Adobe, Apple, IBM, Microsoft and Nortel. He also started Kodak’s Developer Relations Group and was a leader in the formation of the International Color Consortium and the DIG (Digital Imaging Group).

For the past 7 years he has been the Principal of MJK Partners, a strategy and business development consultancy where he has provided services to a number of companies including Ambient Devices, Callisto Software, Mitsubishi Electric’s Research Labs (MERL), OutSmart Power Systems, Progress Software, ULocate Communications and Zeetoo.   He has also been active in the emerging clean tech market as a co-founder of the MIT Enterprise Forum’s Energy SIG and Ignite Clean Energy Competition.  He serves and an Advisor to Frame Media and Givvy.

Myron has a BS in Political Science from Northeastern University and completed The Wharton School's Executive Development Program. He was a longtime Board Member of the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council, is a co-founder of the New England Chapter of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2.org) and serves as the Vice-Chair of the Belmont Media Center, the local cable access channel for the Town of Belmont, MA where he lives with his wife and two daughters.

Myron has also been recognized by IAM Magazine as one of the top professionals globally in Intellectual Property transactions.