Mr. Nguyen joined Intuitive Surgical Inc. in April 2004 from Macrovision Corporation, where he was Director of Intellectual Property and Chief Patent Counsel from 1999 to 2004. Previously, Mr. Nguyen was Patent Counsel for Cirrus Logic Inc. and Senior Associate for the law firm of Wagner, Murabito & Hao. Before embarking on his legal career, he was a mechanical and lead electro-mechanical engineer at Hughes, as well as General Electric. Mr. Nguyen received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, a MS in Electrical Engineering (with a robotics specialization) from the University of Southern California, where he was a Hughes Fellow, and a JD from Santa Clara University School of Law, where he was an Editor of the Santa Clara Law Review. |