Patrick Ennis spent seven years doing nuclear-physics research at national and government labs before moving into speech recognition, software, and network roles at Bell Labs, AT&T, and Lucent, and later led technology incubation and commercialization at Intellectual Ventures, including investments across Asia. His investing track record centers on deep, materials-heavy technology companies like Impinj and Innovalight, and his advisory work spans Wipro's board, the Potomac Institute, the University of Helsinki's commercialization advisory board, Cybereason, and NUS's push to grow international venture investing.