Dr. Mark Kokes is Adeia's Chief Revenue Officer, a role he assumed on January 26, 2026. From October 1, 2022 to that date he served as Chief Licensing Officer and General Manager, Media, and he joined the company as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Media in 2021.
Prior to joining the company, Dr. Kokes was Chief Intellectual Property Officer for NantWorks and the Nant family of companies. Before that he was Senior Vice President of Intellectual Property, Licensing and Standards at BlackBerry, which he joined in late 2014, and Vice President of Corporate Development and Intellectual Property Licensing at Intertrust Technologies Corporation; earlier he held senior positions at Nokia Research Center, Sony Ericsson's Corporate Technology Office and HTC's Corporate Strategy Group.
Dr. Kokes is a named inventor on 14 U.S. and international patents and holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University, as well as an M.S. and B.S., summa cum laude, from Texas A&M University.