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Mr. Bendekgey brings to Nuvelo more than 20 years of legal experience. Prior to joining Nuvelo, he spent six years at Incyte Corporation where he held several executive positions, including executive vice president, general counsel, acting chief financial officer and acting general manager of information business. Mr. Bendekgey had an essential role at Incyte, managing acquisitions, PIPE offerings, patents and licensing, as well as leading Incyte's government relations strategy, acting as a company spokesperson and leading efforts to reposition and restructure the company. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Bendekgey worked for Silicon Graphics, Inc. in Mountain View, Calif. where he held a variety of positions in its legal group including, director of legal services, products and technology and director of strategic relations, helping the company to negotiate strategic relationships and providing legal support to all product divisions. Prior to his time at Silicon Graphics, he served as a partner at Graham & James (now Squire Sanders & Dempsey) where he specialized in intellectual property, corporate and commercial law and founded the firm's Palo Alto, Calif. office. Mr. Bendekgey graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree from Kalamazoo College and received his juris doctorate from Stanford University.
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