Keith Spencer is Counsel with the law firm of Fasken Martineau and previously was a partner and the Chair of the Vancouver office’s Securities and Technology Practice Group for Fasken Martineau. Keith’s clients range from start-up to mature private technology companies. Keith was previously in-house counsel to the Vancouver-based Wireless Data Group of Motorola, Inc., where he had overall responsibility for its legal affairs.
Keith has lectured in the area of technology and intellectual property law at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law and at various continuing legal education and information technology industry conferences. He has also authored articles in the areas of computer and information technology, outsourcing, e-commerce, and intellectual property law.
Keith is a member of various boards and advisory boards for a significant number of early stage and emerging technology companies and technology industry associations, including Elastic Path Software, INETCO Systems, dPoint Technologies, TalentClick, Envisio Solutions, the BC Technology Industry Association, Vancouver Enterprise Forum, TiE (Charter Member), and the BC Science Fair Foundation. Keith was previously a member of the Board of Directors of BuildDirect of Layer 7 Technologies (acquired by CA) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dyaptive Systems (acquired by JDSU).