Senior Management Team

AST’s senior management team consists of Daniel P. McCurdy, CEO, and Jonathan C. Brandl, 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.

Jonathan C. Brandl, CFO

Mr. Brandl has over twenty years of experience in financial and operational positions in companies ranging from Fortune 500 to venture funded high tech start-ups. He holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, an MST/MBA from the University of Hartford and is a licensed CPA in the State of Massachusetts.