Senior Management Team

AST’s senior management team consists of Daniel P. McCurdy, CEO, and Kerry G. Hopkin, CFO.

Daniel P. McCurdy, CEO

Mr. McCurdy has more than twenty years of experience in intellectual property positions at highly regarded technological companies including ThinkFire, Lucent Technologies and the IBM Corporation. Mr. Curdy recieved his B.A. summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina and serves as Chairman of PatentFreedom, an online community providing companies comprehensive information and networking capabilities to better manage Non-Practicing Entities interaction.

Kerry G. Hopkin, CFO

Mr. Hopkin began his career in public accounting but for the past twenty years has served as the CFO of venture capital-backed companies. He holds a BS in Economics from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.