Bill joined KAI in September 2008. Prior to KAI, Bill was Vice President, Intellectual Property at Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where he managed Alexza's intellectual property portfolio and was responsible for protecting, licensing and enforcing intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights. Prior to Alexza, Bill was in-house intellectual property counsel at Alavita, Inc. From 1992 to 2000, Bill was an intellectual property attorney at the law firms of Fish & Neave LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP where his practice focused on complex patent litigation, interferences, prosecution, and patent portfolio analysis for the pharmaceutical, chemical and medical device industries. Bill received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, an M.D. from the University of Illinois, and a B.S. in biochemistry from Iowa State University.