Mr. Malak is vice president and general counsel of John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. (dba PPC) in East Syracuse, NY, a global OEM of coaxial cable and RF products for the cable/TV, satellite, Telco and wireless industries. He is a leader on the senior management team, recommends and directs all IP litigation and enforcement actions and participates in all general business operations decision-making, including strategic planning, recommendations for new products, and business venture opportunities. He is an inventor and co-inventor of over 50 US and foreign patents issued and/or pending.
Prior to joining PPC in 1998, Mr. Malak was Group Legal Counsel to five recreational product divisions at Brunswick Corporation, with division sales exceeding $750 million. He counseled the various divisions through four major acquisitions totaling over $500 million.
Prior to Brunswick, he co-founded Lineax Instruments (a manufacturer of high technology alignment instrumentation based on his patents) and was successful in helping bring in over $3 million in venture capital funding to the start-up business.
Mr. Malak has over 16 years of intellectual property law experience (registered patent attorney covering technical areas of electronics, analog and RF circuits, optics, mechanics, composites and acoustics), 10 years of general law experience, and 9 years of general business experience. He earned his law degree from Indiana University, and graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with a concentration in automatic controls and guided missile systems design. He has completed MBA courses at the University of Chicago, and Masters in Patent Law studies at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He has served on numerous law and engineering society committees and served for four years as a Technical Business Advisor to the Electrical Engineering Department at Tulsa University.