Mark W. Croll

Vice President, Intellectual Property

Mark W. Croll is Vice President, Intellectual Property of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW), a Fortune 200 diversified manufacturer of highly engineered components and industrial systems and consumables. With $15.9 billion in revenues, ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short lead-time industrial products and equipment. The Company consists of 840 business units in 60 countries and employs some 60,000 people.

Mr. Croll joined ITW in 1994 as Group Technology Counsel. He was named Vice President, Patents & Technology in 2000 and Vice President, Intellectual Property in 2010. Mr. Croll is responsible for all intellectual property related activities for ITW, including identifying, capturing and enforcing rights in proprietary new technology, coordinating with various marketing groups on trademark and domain name registration and enforcement policy and proactively administering related licensing activities. Prior to his employment at ITW, Mr. Croll had varying legal responsibilities in both corporate and private practice.

He holds a J.D. degree from DePaul University College of Law and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University.

Mr. Croll is a member of the Board of Directors for Center for Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology of DePaul University College of Law. He is a past board member of the Intellectual Property Owners Association. He is President of the WYC Youth Foundation.

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