Rick Alber

Rick Alber practiced law briefly in San Francisco before embarking on a Silicon Valley tech career. He will recount how he applied his business and law school training and legal knowledge in several software startup organizations, including Ansa, Borland and Slate. Rick will also discuss issues he believes will become important in the near future and describe some of the opportunities he sees for young attorneys, MBAs, and entrepreneurs interested in the tech world. Tuesday, April 22, 2003
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Room 80 (Moot Courtroom)
Stanford Law School
Reception to Follow
Open to all!

About the Speaker:

Rick Alber is a Stanford Law graduate (J.D. 1977) who currently manages
marketing and business development matters for Local2Me, a
geography-based online community service based in San Carlos. After
graduation, Rick practiced corporate and securities law in San Francisco
before yielding to his technical/business instincts and joining a
Silicon Valley startup as product manager and in-house counsel. A few
years at Ansa Software led to some time with Borland International and a
career metamorphosis from legal practitioner to technical geek.

Working for early tech startups, Rick was involved in several legal
matters including look and feel litigation, database copyright, and fair
use on the Internet. Rick's legal background and tech knowledge gave him
a unique perspective on these first-look issues. In the 90's Rick
managed online operations for Senator Boxer's reelection, created the
popular Ask Dr. Science website, and developed "Dr. ROM", the
opinionated tech product reviewer heard every Saturday morning on KSFO
radio.