Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Boliven Network Quickly Surpasses 2,000 Leading Professionals from Fortune 1000 Companies, AmLaw 200 Law Firms, and Top Universities

Utility of Your Innovation Network™ and Work Portfolio™ accelerating as the average member profile now includes 2.5+ items, enabling faster sourcing of clients, partners, and career opportunities

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 30, 2009 -- Less than three months after the public launch of Boliven (www.boliven.com), the company announced that its membership has grown to over 2,000 professionals with growth accelerating in recent weeks.

"Over the last two months we were pleased to see how many of our members are finding value in having a Work Portfolio™ of their patents, publications and other work experience on Boliven. Through the Work Portfolio™ and Your Innovation Network™ features, our members are finding out how easy it is to reconnect with clients and colleagues who already trust their work to develop new client and partnering opportunities," said Thomas Lehrman, Founder and CEO of Boliven LLC.

The Boliven Network now includes members who have worked at or have an affiliation with the following top companies, law firms, universities, and government agencies:

Companies: Accenture, Adobe, Airbus, Amgen, Areva, Boston Scientific, CPA Global, Dow Chemical, Dr. Reddy's, DuPont, Fujitsu, Genentech, General Electric, IBM, Intel, Jabil Circuit, Johnson & Johnson, L'Oreal Group, McKinsey & Company, Micron, Microsoft, Millipore, Mitchell Madison Group, Praxair, Procter & Gamble, Repsol, Rohm and Haas, Sasol, Schlumberger, Thomson, Tyco Electronics, W.L. Gore & Associates, Xerox, among many other research and technology oriented companies.

Government: Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US Patent & Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (FDA), U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Energy (national laboratories), U.S. Department of Defense.

Law Firms: Akin Gump; Bryan Cave; Cooley, Godward, Kronish; Covington & Burling; DLA Piper; Foley & Lardner; Kirkland & Ellis; Nixon Peabody; Ropes & Gray (Fish & Neave); Winston & Strawn, along with many specialty technology and intellectual property law firms.

Universities: Caltech, Cambridge University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, Princeton University, Stanford University, Yale University, University of California, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas (MD Anderson), University of Virginia, among other leading U.S. and foreign research universities.

About Boliven
Founded in 2007, Boliven is a free professional network built on the trusted foundation of over 100 million peer-reviewed and public record documents. Boliven helps users discover and develop new client, partner, and career opportunities through Your Innovation Network™, the professional network users have already built but never knew they had.

The Boliven community includes leading inventors, IP law partners, technology licensing directors and professionals, and venture investors from among the Fortune 100, top 20 law firms, top 25 research universities, and leading technology-focused venture capital firms globally. For more information, visit us at www.boliven.com

For more information, visit www.boliven.com

Media contacts:
Thomas Lehrman
Founder and CEO
(646) 710-3902

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