Dr Mang Zhu is the vice president and head of IP at InterDigital, leading the patent group responsible for the innovation creation and patent portfolio management including licensing and litigation support. She has more than 25 years of experience in the patent field, especially in SEPs. Previously, Mang was the head of the patent prosecution and portfolio management Group at ZTE, mentoring the team to create and implement a robust patent portfolio lifecycle management strategy which significantly improved ZTE’s patent portfolio’s market value. As an SEP specialist, she contributed to quality improvements that enabled ZTE's licensing success. Before ZTE, Dr Zhu was the IP strategy director at Motorola Mobility/Lenovo from 2003-2016, managing their SEP portfolio and licensing/litigation support. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and BSc from the University of Science and Technology of China and is honored as an IAM Top 40 Market Maker and IAM IP Strategy 300 for 2023.