Mandy Chan - Founder at Upshaw PLLC

Mandy Chan

Founder at Upshaw PLLC

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Mandy Chan is a patent-focused founder and consultant with 10+ years blending technical software expertise and IP strategy across telecommunications, semiconductors and machine-learning domains. She founded LambdaIP and advises clients on valuation, licensing and litigation, drawing on prior roles at Microsoft and Nokia where she led global inbound licensing, portfolio analytics and high-stakes negotiations. With a background in computer science and electrical engineering, Mandy uniquely combines hands-on software experience (including early roles at Amazon, Raytheon and contributions to Chrome DevTools localization/accessibility) with deep patent analysis and trial support. Comfortable briefing C-suite and working with expert witnesses, she converts complex technical patents and prior art into defensible financial and legal positions. Based in Vancouver, she brings a rare mix of developer instincts and IP negotiation acumen that helps deter asserters and secure favorable settlements.

10 years of coding experience

7 years of employment as a software developer

MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of British Columbia

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at The University of British Columbia

English, Chinese, French

Github Skills (11)

uid10

javascript10

localization10

front-end-development10

ui-design10

developer-tools10

devtools10

accessibility9

typescript4

typescripts4

typescript-types4

Programming languages (8)

TypeScriptJavaCoffeeScriptC++JavaScriptHTMLSwiftClojure

Github contributions (5)

ChromeDevTools/devtools-frontend

Mar 2019 - Jan 2020

The Chrome DevTools UI

Role in this project:

Front-end Developer

Contributions:56 commits in 10 months

Contributions summary:Mandy primarily contributed to the Chrome DevTools UI, focusing on localization and accessibility improvements. They added checks to the presubmit script to identify and fix localizability issues, including incorrect string concatenation and missing descriptions. Furthermore, the user localized various strings within the UI, encompassing elements such as the debugger pane, remote debugging window, and heap snapshot worker. The contributions included refactoring existing code to embed localized strings.

instrumentationreactjavascriptchromecdp

ubc-cpsc/girlsmarts4tech

Aug 2017 - Feb 2018

Contributions:2 releases, 5 PRs, 56 pushes in 6 months

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