M·CAM Internship Projects Expand Ethical Innovation, Information Sciences, and Structured Finance

Date:  Mon, 2008-07-07

M·CAM Internship Projects Expand Ethical Innovation, Information Sciences, and Structured Finance. Charlottesville, VA – July 7, 2008 – Four M·CAM Interns have completed their summer projects and presented their work in Charlottesville Virginia today. For the first year, M·CAM included a Senior High School Honors student in the Graduate Internship Class. Mr. Conor Pratt researched the adequacy of keyword based search algorithms for accessing relevant patent and technical literature and showed the considerable limitations of systems including those offered by patent offices and commercial endeavors such as Google Patent. Mr. Brice Stay, a Masters of Public Policy student from Brigham Young University in Utah, presented his work on repatriation and manifestation of ethical innovation economic development. Mr. Stay reported on his ground-breaking policy recommendations for the international recognition of traditional medicinal knowledge regarding anti-viral treatment for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis originating in Savai’i Western Samoa. He also discussed the innovation and ecological policy challenges of the undersea vent mining being proposed by Australia-based Nautilus Minerals Inc. and possible means by which the environmental threats associated therewith could be mediated by informed innovation deployment. View presentation slides. Mr. Francis Godwin, a Masters of Business Administration student from Georgetown University, presented modeling of equity markets investment hedging strategies using innovation data optimization. In addition to this quantitative modeling project, Mr. Godwin played a principal role in providing technical support to M·CAM’s on-going collaboration with an international aggregator of desulfurization technology for polishing and finishing petrochemical and other fossil fuel feedstocks. View presentation slides. Mr. Saul Yeaton, a 2008 graduate of the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, reported on his work with M·CAM CEO Yoav Millet. Mr. Yeaton created a standardized internal underwriting reporting system, streamlining the diligence process for the M·CAM Royalty Partners Fund. Using a combination of M·CAM’s proven intellectual property underwriting platform and industry standard financial analysis techniques, the creation of this reporting standard enabled effective and accurate review of potential investments. As part of an eight-week internship at M·CAM, Mr. Yeaton was responsible for the diligence process and company research on over thirty companies. This research involved review of intellectual property, financial data and market dynamics providing clear details for appropriate valuation and selection of investment approach. Mr. Yeaton will remain with M·CAM and provide leadership in M·CAM Financial’s investments initiatives.