Mr. Collin was born and raised in Silicon Valley California to a family that has been involved in innovation for generations. Mr. Collin founded his first consulting company while attending university, which focused on trade and biotech innovation between Japan and New Zealand. After graduating from law school, Mr. Collin went to work for Mallesons, one of the largest international law firms in the Asia-Pacific. From there he was recruited to work for one of Washington, D.C.’s prominent international trade and intellectual property firms, Collier, Shannon & Scott. For several years Mr. Collin was based in their Asia Pacific Regional Office in Sydney, Australia, and then in Taipei, Taiwan, and Washington, D.C. While there he worked with and represented both the law firm and the consulting firm Georgetown Economic Services. He has worked, lived, and traveled extensively throughout Asia, Europe, and the world.

Mr. Collin was featured in the May 6, 2002 issue of California Law Business as one of the top twenty lawyers under the age of 40 in the state of California in recognition of his legal work in the intellectual property and international fields. Mr. Collin was formerly Chair of the Information Technology & Media Group for the firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps and a Senior Partner heading up the Technology Transactions and Trademark Group at Pillsbury Winthrop in San Diego, California. He advised and assisted in the establishment of the San Diego office of Townsend, Townsend & Crew, the West Coast’s leading intellectual property boutique firm. Since 2007 he has worked with IPWatch Corporation’s Consulting group, to serve a broad spectrum of clients in the United States, Asia, and Europe.

Mr. Collin holds an economics and law degree (with Honors) from Otago University in New Zealand, and a Master’s Degree (with Distinction) from Georgetown University Law Center in International and Comparative Law with his Master’s Thesis on “The Harmonization of the World’s Intellectual Property Laws“. Mr. Collin has spent 12 years of his life working and living outside of the United States in numerous countries. He is admitted to practice law in three countries and has lectured internationally in more than 10 countries.

Mr. Collin has been a guest lecturer at the Wharton Business School, The Graduate School of Public & International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, George Mason Law School, The University of California, National University, University of San Diego, and Curtin Technology University in Australia. Sean Collin is an Assistant tenure track Professor at the University of North Alabama, and teaches in their United States, China and Taiwan campuses in International Business Law, Entrepreneurship, international Business and other related subjects. Mr. Collin has been a frequent speaker to national and international trade associations such as the ACC, INTA, at business groups, and at national and international legal seminars in the United States, Australia, and Europe.

Mr. Collin has been extensively involved internationally with the American Chamber of Commerce while resident in Australia. He has sat on the boards of a number of different companies in different countries. Mr. Collin has been Vice President, International for the San Diego Software and Internet Council, Chairman of the International Trade Committee for Biocom, and was a member of the Board and International Public Policy Forum for the San Diego World Trade Center. He has also served on the Advisory Board of National University in California. He presently serves on the Advisory Board for the Business School of the University of North Alabama and is Executive Director of UNA’s Institute for Export Research & Technology Transfer.

Mr. Collin has been an accredited United Nations representative in New York, U.S.A. and Geneva, Switzerland for The Pacific Rim Institute for Development & Education, an international non-governmental organization that represented the interests of orphans around the world. He has sat on the board of The Adoption Center of Washington, an international adoption center. Mr. Collin is currently Secretary of Sacred Healing Circle, a New Mexican non-profit corporation that focuses on assisting Native American communities. Mr. Collin is of Native American descent and has served as an ambassador for his ancestral tribe in Tennessee.

Ponda worked as a seasonal interpretive ranger for Tennessee State Parks from 2008-2013. She reached thousands of people and developed a loyal, enthusiastic following by creating and organizing educational programs, marketing her programs to the public, and then implementing them for park visitors. In 2009 she was a Research Intern for Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tullahoma, Tennessee and collaborated with several departments on multiple research projects.

In addition, Ponda has a background in film as a writer, director, producer, editor, and actor in Nashville, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California. Since 2013 she has served as co-president of Nashville-based Couchville Lake Productions, which has produced several award-winning films. In 2014 she studied improvisation at the legendary Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles. Her filmmaking career has allowed her to use - and expand on - many of her people skills, networking tools, and marketing talents.

Ponda is responsible for promoting innovative technologies which are continuously being created and offered by IPWatch. She also provides educational materials and client personal assistance for the products available to give the maximum probability for success pertaining to the intellectual property protection process.