David Drews is founding member and president of IPmetrics LLC. Mr. Drews has over thirty-five years of experience as a financial analyst, primarily concentrated in valuing and calculating infringement damages for intellectual property of all types. He also currently serves as Editor of les Nouvelles, a peer-reviewed journal published by Licensing Executives Society International.

His valuation experience includes projects involving use of the assets as collateral, transaction due diligence, joint venture negotiations, licensing, transfer pricing and bankruptcy / reorganization. He has performed valuations on assets as diverse as apparel, financial services, automotive, non-profit organization and consumer brand trademarks; mechanical, chemical and electrical patents, processes and trade secrets; customer lists; non-compete agreements; rights of publicity, and entertainment industry characters, trademarks and copyrights.

David is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) and a creator/instructor of the Intellectual Property: Calculating Damages and Lost Profits course for the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). He has also taught the Valuation of Intellectual Property course offered by the National Technology Transfer Center and the Monetary Remedies in Trademark Cases seminar at the University of San Diego School of Law. Mr. Drews is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a degree in Economics. In addition to regularly publishing articles in various journals and industry publications, he is a frequent lecturer on IP issues.