Bill Budinger, inventor, holder of over three dozen patents, founded and served for 33 years as CEO and Chairman of Rodel, Inc. Rodel built plants in Delaware, Arizona, North Carolina, Germany, Japan, and Malaysia to manufacture products for the electronics industry. Bill was a founder of the Rodel Foundation, has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards, as a panelist on Talk of the Nation, a guest lecturer at several universities including MIT and Harvard. His writings have appeared in various law journals as well as trade and public policy magazines. He drafted much of the 1998 patent reform law and has testified on patent, trade, and labor law reform before various committees of the House and Senate. Bill currently serves on the boards of the Aspen Institute, the Grand Canyon Trust, The Democratic Leadership Council, PPI, the Rodel Foundation, and the Aspen-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership.
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