James E. Malackowski
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ocean Tomo, LLC

James E. Malackowski is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Tomo, LLC, an integrated intellectual capital merchant banc providing valuation, asset and risk management, corporate finance and expert services. Ocean Tomo assists clients – corporations, law firms, governments and institutional investors – in realizing value from their Intellectual Capital Equity® broadly defined.

Mr. Malackowski is an internationally recognized leader in the field of Intellectual Capital Equity® management as well as a noted expert in business valuation and intellectual property strategy. Prior to forming Ocean Tomo, he served as a finance and investment advisor working with one of the Nation’s oldest investment banks as well as Chicago’s second largest private equity firm. Mr. Malackowski began his career spending fifteen years as a management consultant and forensic accountant focused on intangible assets. In this capacity Mr. Malackowski served numerous roles as a founding principal including President and Chief Executive Officer of his firm, growing the practice to the nation’s largest before its sale.

Mr. Malackowski has consulted with clients and counsel on business valuation issues as well as all phases of the technology licensing process. He is frequently asked to participate as a member of the Board of Directors for leading technology corporations or firms with critical brand management issues. Mr. Malackowski's expertise extends to intangible asset portfolios as well as business segments and complete entities. He has a unique appreciation for the hidden intellectual capital within emerging markets.

Mr. Malackowski is a current and prior Director of numerous corporate entities, both public and private. He is a Trustee for the National Inventors Hall of Fame, a Director of the International Intellectual Property Institute and a member of the President’s Council for the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Mr. Malackowski is a Past President of The Licensing Executives Society and a former Resident Advisor for the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Information Agency on matters relating to intellectual capital.