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Cate Elsten is an accounting, marketing and finance professional with over twenty years of professional experience. She is a Managing Director for Ocean Tomo and manages the firm's west coast Expert Services practice.
Ms. Elsten's services to clients include business and intellectual property valuations, expert testimony in complex commercial litigation and strategic and operational consulting. She was the Principal in charge of Tait Advisory Services Intellectual Property Practice prior to its acquisition by Ocean Tomo. Before 1991, Ms. Elsten was a Partner in PricewaterhouseCooper Intellectual Property Practice and served as national director for trademark and copyright matters. She has also held management positions for companies including Playhouse Square Center, Target Corporation, Aveda Corporation and Sign Consultants, Inc.
Ms. Elsten holds a Masters Degree in Business from the University of Wisconsin and a Bachelors Degree from Oberlin College. She is a Certified Management Accountant. Ms. Elsten is an active member of the International Trademark Association, the Licensing Executives Society and the American Marketing Association. She is a past member of the Board of Governors for the Brand Name Education Foundation. She has lectured on a variety of business topics organizations including the Los Angeles and Orange County Patent Lawyers Associations, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, Institute for International Research and International Business Forum, among others. | 