Summary
Ron Chichester is a technology executive and lawyer with over a decade of experience blending software engineering, cybersecurity, and legal expertise as Vice President of Technology at JBB Advanced Technologies. He combines hands-on development (principal language: Python) and database architecture experience with deep domain knowledge in software licensing, AI ethics and regulation, blockchains, incident response, and electronic discovery. A former adjunct law professor and frequent speaker, he has litigated and served as an expert witness on complex IP and e-discovery matters while advising corporations on privacy and compliance across HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA and other regimes. His background uniquely spans engineering at General Dynamics on advanced aerospace programs to patent prosecution and in-house counsel roles, giving him a rare technical-legal perspective on product risk and governance. Certified in computer forensics and information systems auditing, he specializes in translating contested technical issues into defensible legal strategies and auditable technical controls.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, B.S., Aerospace Engineering at University of Michigan
J.D., Intellectual Property, Computer Law, J.D., Intellectual Property, Computer Law at University of Houston Law Center