Greg Jolley
Sr. Director, Head Of IP at Dropbox
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGreg Jolley is an intellectual property executive and patent attorney with nearly two decades of IP practice and a decade of in-house technology counsel experience, now serving as Sr. Director and Head of IP at Dropbox. He has led IP strategy and prosecution across fintech and cloud platforms, previously guiding Marqeta’s IP portfolio as Director and Assistant General Counsel after a decade in private practice as a partner and patent attorney. Based in San Francisco, Greg combines courtroom-caliber prosecution skills with pragmatic commercialization instincts, aligning patent strategy to product roadmaps and M&A. He’s experienced in building IP teams and processes from the ground up, translating technical inventions into defensible assets that support business growth. Known for bridging legal nuance and engineering language, he brings both JD training and a technical BS foundation to complex patent landscapes. Outside the obvious, his career path reflects a rare blend of partner-level boutique firm experience and fast-paced startup counsel, giving him a boots-on-the-ground perspective in both prosecution and corporate strategy.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BS at Utah State UniversityJD, JD at Brigham Young University—J. Reuben Clark Law School
Github Skills (44)
javascript10
python10
api-client10
sdk-nodejs10
dotnet10
dropbox-api10
dropbox-sdk10
java10
netstandard10
netframework10
api10
sdk10
dropbox10
plaid10
leancloud10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
dropbox/mdwebhook
Feb 2018 - Mar 2020
A sample app that uses webhooks to convert Markdown files to HTML.
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 1 month
markdownwebhookwebhooks
dropbox/cordova-datastores-example
Aug 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 comment, 1 issue in 1 year 4 months
modifiedjavascriptcordova-appcordova
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