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    Kevin Keller

    Kevin Keller

    Inventive, flexible & pragmatic engineer/attorney/investor w/experience across a wide range of tech industries and business models, incl: IOT, CV, AI, ML

    Startup Attorney Sunnyvale New York University S...
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    Experience
    Adept.AI
    Adept.AI
    Legal 2024 - Present (over 2 years)
    InSITE
    InSITE
    Board Member
    Super
    Super
    General Counsel 2022 - 2023 (over 1 year)
    General counsel
    Instacart
    Instacart
    Employee
    Meta
    Meta
    Director, Associate General Counsel, Director of Legal (Cross Product Experiences)
    Lab126 an Amazon company
    Lab126 an Amazon company
    Associate General Counsel, Director of Legal - Devices and Services 2016 - 2019 (over 3 years)
    My team supports the development of Amazon devices and services, including hardware and software development, worldwide compliance and manufacturing.
    Amazon
    Exit
    Amazon
    Associate General Counsel/Director of Legal 2014 - 2016 (about 2 years)
    Supporting technology development for Amazon Go.

    Computer Vision, Machine Learning, AI, Sensor Fusion.
    Amazon Lab126
    Amazon Lab126
    Associate General Counsel/Director of Legal 2008 - 2014 (about 6 years)
    Supported Amazon's consumer electronics - Kindle, Kindle Fire, Fire Phone, Fire TV, Dash, Local Register, Echo. First full time attorney for the team, grew from a team of... more one to twenty handling issues from software (open source, API licensing, app development (iOS and Android)), regulatory (privacy, FCC, FTC, etc.), hardware, patent licensing and manufacturing/supply chain.
    Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Corporate Counsel 2005 - 2008 (over 2 years)
    Supported Microsoft TV software development and OEM licensing. Also supported custom component development for Xbox, including custom silicon development for CPU/GPU of Xbox... more and other projects across Microsoft.
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    Technology Transactions Senior Associate 2003 - 2005 (about 2 years)
    Drafted and negotiated technology agreements for clients. Advised on intellectual property issues related to business plans and pending litigation. Participated as lead technical... more attorney in M&A transactions and intellectual property asset purchases and sales.
    Micron Technology
    Micron Technology
    Corporate Counsel 2002 - 2003 (over 1 year)
    Responsible for managing university technology development relationships, enterprise software licensing, trademark prosecution and protection, confidentiality program, intellectual... more property training, export control program and other technology agreements related to the development and manufacture of semiconductor memory, image processors and other products sold by Micron.
    Founder
     
    Employee
    Microsoft, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Amazon, Micron Technology, Amazon Lab126, Lab126 an Amazon company, Meta, Instacart, Super, Adept.AI
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
     
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    InSITE
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    I have supported a business from start to multi-billion dollars across the world. I am a business minded attorney. I dive deep and understand business from the details of the technology and business to the cutting edge of the law.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Tech Transactions, Privacy Law Regulatory and Governmental Compliance Open Source Software Financial
    Locations
    Asia New York City Silicon Valley Palo Alto Mountain View Cupertino Sunnyvale
     
    Q&A
    What's your favorite non-business book?

    Songs of Earth and Power

    If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

    Developing and launching one of my own big ideas

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Develop and launch one of your big ideas

    What's the most creative thing you've ever done?

    Cooking - all the time.

    Which founders or startups do you most admire?

    Jeff Bezos

    What's your super power?

    I see through corners and 20 buildings ahead.

    What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?

    E-mail or LinkedIn messaging

    What words of wisdom do you live by?

    The golden rule - do to others as you would hope they'd do to you.

    What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?

    Finding elegant solutions to hard problems

    What was the most impactful class you took in school?

    Discrete circuits - only because it was the most difficult class and the professor did not water it down or curve. My A- was the only grade above a B. I earned it and am most proud of it.

    What's something you wish you had done years earlier?

    Angel investing

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