The Foundry^® Management

K. Angela Macfarlane, Esq.
Chief Technology Counsel
The Foundry, Inc.

Biography/Professional Profile
Ms. Macfarlane joined the Foundry in January of 2005 and is currently the Foundry’s Chief Technology Counsel. In addition to managing the Foundry’s internal intellectual property portfolio, Ms. Macfarlane provides ongoing support to various Foundry portfolio companies in the area of intellectual property management; providing continuity from the early stage filings, patent strategy and licensing, to later stage activities such as claim strategy, due diligence support (corporate and venture) and commercialization activities.

From 1999 to 2004, Ms. Macfarlane served as Technology Counsel for Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D., a renowned physician/entrepreneur. Her responsibilities included technology/opportunity review, litigation management, as well as assisting in the formation and intellectual property development for 7 spin-out companies. In addition, she provided ongoing guidance to various Fogarty portfolio companies in the areas of intellectual property strategy, licensing and senior management.

Previously, Ms. Macfarlane served as part of the senior management team and in-house counsel at several medical device start-up companies, including TransVascular, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic), AneuRx, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic), and VidaMed Inc. (through IPO). While at Medtronic, following the AneuRx acquisition, Ms. Macfarlane was part of the team developing the early vascular technology strategy, and was responsible for spearheading a multi-million dollar acquisition of key intellectual property for the vascular division.

Ms. Macfarlane specializes in counseling early stage companies on intellectual property strategy, including business development from a patent perspective, licensing and portfolio management. She is an inventor on two U.S. issued patents with others currently pending. During law school, Ms. Macfarlane served as a judicial extern for the United States District Court, Northern District of California Pro Se Habeas Writ Division and is currently involved in various non-profit activities in the community. Ms. Macfarlane received her BA in Business Administration from San Francisco State University, and her J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law.