Dave Furbeck

Dave Furbeck is a seasoned professional in the field of electrical engineering and patent management, currently serving as Portfolio Management Director at InterDigital, Inc. since September 2024. Prior to this role, Dave worked as a Patent Agent at Marconi from June 2022 to September 2024, focusing on the patent prosecution of the H.266 (VVC) portfolio. Dave's extensive experience includes positions at BlackBerry, where responsibilities included Patent Agent and Standards Manager, as well as serving as a Standards Manager for 3GPP SA4 from 2006 to 2014. Earlier in Dave's career, roles included Sr. Software Engineer at Nokia and DSP Engineer at Texas Instruments, contributing to proprietary speech codec implementation and signal processing software. Educational achievements include a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering, summa cum laude, in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Stony Brook University.