Lauren Koester

Lauren Koester

Lauren Koester Director Google+LinkedIn Lauren Koester is a Director at ASQ Consulting and is based in the Chicagoland area. Mrs. Koester has nearly 10 years of financial and litigation consulting experience and held positions previously at Duff & Phelps, LLC, one of the leading valuation advisory and consulting firms in the world. Mrs. Koester has experience determining damages and/or remedies in matters involving breach of contract, fraud, patent infringement, and misappropriation of trade secrets, among others. These matters have been in a variety of industries including agriculture, biotechnology, chemicals, construction, consumer products, energy, financial services, food, healthcare, industrial, information technology, logistics, machinery, medical devices, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, power, real estate, semiconductors, and software, among others. She also has case management experience from initial discovery through trial and jury verdict. Mrs. Koester is a Certified Fraud Examiner accredited by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. B.S. – Finance, CFE T 708 209 0811 E...
Ryan LaMotta

Ryan LaMotta

Ryan LaMotta Managing Director and ITC Practice Leader Google+LinkedIn Ryan LaMotta is a Managing Director and the ITC Practice Leader of ASQ Consulting.  Prior to joining ASQ, Mr. LaMotta was a Vice President in the Houston office of Duff & Phelps, a leading provider of independent financial and advisory services.  Mr. LaMotta has over eight years of financial consulting experience, with a focus on intellectual property and other complex litigation matters.   Mr. LaMotta’s experience includes the determination of reasonable royalties and lost profits, as well as other forms of damages and business valuation.  Mr. LaMotta has consulted on numerous high profile patent infringement matters, managed and led engagement teams and has extensive experience with the creation of expert reports and the development of trial demonstratives and trial strategy. Mr. LaMotta is a member of the Houston chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (LES), as well as the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (HIPLA).  Mr. LaMotta is a former collegiate athlete, holds an M.B.A. and B.B.A. from Baylor University and is a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP). M.B.A., B.B.A., CLP T 281 728 8651 E...
Brandon Lloyd

Brandon Lloyd

Brandon Lloyd Director Google+LinkedIn Brandon Lloyd is a Director of ASQ Consulting. Previously, he held the position of Director at Duff & Phelps, LLC which is one of the leading valuation advisory and consulting firms in the world.  Mr. Lloyd has also held positions at Lumin Expert Group and Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLC.   Mr. Lloyd has nearly 10 years of experience as a financial service consultant and advisor to legal counsel and corporate clients in several financial damage, claim and business consulting matters.  While working with one of the nation’s leading experts in the area of financial damages, Mr. Lloyd has provided dispute support in a number of cases including intellectual property disputes, bankruptcies, and breach of contract cases. His damages analyses have included such remedies as reasonable royalties, lost profits, and disgorgement of profits. Mr. Lloyd has experience in a diverse set of industries, such as technology and communications; industrial products; medical devices; manufacturing; oil & gas, and retail and consumer products, among others. Mr. Lloyd earned a B.B.A. in finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and is a CFA charterholder. B.B.A. – Finance, CFA T 214 620 4958 E...
Doug Ellis

Doug Ellis

Doug Ellis Managing Director Google+LinkedIn Douglas Ellis is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of ASQ Consulting. Previously, Mr. Ellis was a Managing Director in the Dispute & Legal Management Consulting Practice at Duff & Phelps based in Houston. With more than a decade of experience as a business advisor and financial consultant, Mr. Ellis specializes in strategy, valuation, complex financial analysis, damages, and licensing of intellectual property rights. He has provided dispute support in over 100 cases and has testified in Federal and State Court.   Mr. Ellis’ industry experience includes aviation, biotechnology, construction, consumer goods, energy, financial services, manufacturing, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, retail, semiconductors, software telecommunications, and transportation, among others. Mr. Ellis earned his M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, PA; J.D. from Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO; and B.S. in Finance from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. His professional affiliations include the Illinois and D.C. Bar Associations; Houston Intellectual Property Law Association, The American Bar Association and the Licensing Executives Society. M.B.A., J.D., B.S. – Finance T 281 387 0597 E...
Thomas Britven

Thomas Britven

Thomas Britven President Google+LinkedIn Thomas Britven is President of ASQ Consulting. Previously, he was the Global Intellectual Property Practice Co-Leader and Managing Director in the Dispute & Legal Management Consulting Practice at Duff & Phelps. With more than thirty years of experience as an economic consultant and trusted advisor, Mr. Britven has served legal counsel and corporate clients in hundreds of financial damage, claim and business consulting matters. His extensive expertise includes complex financial damage analysis, breach of contract, business interruption, forensic accounting, and business valuation with an emphasis in intellectual property disputes. Mr. Britven has provided dispute support in hundreds of cases and expert testimony in over 50 trials, arbitrations and mediations across the country on such matters as reasonable royalty damages, lost profits, patent, trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement and the misappropriation of trade secrets. Mr. Britven has applied his intellectual property damages, valuation, licensing and strategy skills in numerous complex matters for clients in diverse industries, such as technology and communications; biotechnology and pharmaceuticals; industrial products; medical devices; manufacturing, oil & gas; and retail and consumer products, among others. He has also served as the past President of the Licensing Executives Society Foundation. Mr. Britven is a Certified Licensing Professional, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Valuation Analyst, Chartered Global Management Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and is accredited in Business Valuation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Britven received his B.B.A. in Accounting from The University of Iowa; is a graduate of the Owner/ President Management program at Harvard Business School and is recognized by IAM Patent 1000 as one of the foremost patent...