Mike O’Neill is general counsel for Mainstream Engineering Corporation. Founded in 1986, Mainstream’s core purpose is to continually strive to design, develop, and manufacture the finest energy conversion and thermal control products in the world and to lead the world in research in these areas. O’Neill unique skills as a general counsel center largely upon his more than two decades of work in the intellectual property (IP) field. Through that IP experience, O’Neill has assisted Mainstream to: create and execute strategies for leveraging current United States’ IP law, and technology assessment and utilization; create new forms of business with IP to expand revenue and to leverage existing business in order to create new structures and joint ventures; and navigate and negotiate agreements relating to all manners of IP.