AST Names VP, Corporate Development & Global Strategy

AST, a provider of proactive patent risk mitigation solutions, has appointed Ray Strimaitis to the newly created role of vice president, corporate development and global strategy.

Strimaitis joins AST after serving as vice president and deputy general counsel for Yahoo! Inc., and led the formation of Excalibur IP, LLC, a wholly-owned Yahoo! subsidiary. Before joining Yahoo!, Strimaitis served in various legal, management, marketing, and sales roles at IBM. He received his J.D. from Cleveland Marshall College of Law, and his B.S. in electrical engineering from Cleveland State University.