Menno Treffers

Menno Treffers has lead standards development organizations and created patent license programs. He is chairman of the Wireless Power Consortium, an industry group that developed the Qi standard for wireless charging of mobile phones. As founder of Treffers Alliance Management, he helps clients predict the effect of intellectual property license terms on distribution channels and on the competition between products. Prior to founding Treffers Alliance Management, Menno worked with Koninklijke Philips and with One-Red LLC, where he was responsible for new business development and the DVD video disc patent license program. At Koninklijke Philips he developed the VEEZA patent license program for CD-R discs and contributed to the creation of various industry standards, such as Super Audio CD, Blu-ray Disc, and the Zhaga standards for LED light engines. Menno Treffers has a PhD in physics from Leiden University in The Netherlands.