Reg Foster, Chief Administrative Officer at Exari Group, Inc.:

“As chief administrative officer of two software companies, I have worked with Ralph for 8 years drafting and negotiating dozens of software license and services agreements, often with the world’s largest commercial organizations. Ralph’s attention to detail is outstanding, and you can always count on him to catch the “gotchas” when you are working with counterparty paper. His knowledge of software licensing and contracting is encyclopedic, and his diplomatic-but-firm negotiating skills are excellent. I recommend Ralph without reservation to any company needing this type of legal services.”

Jeff Templer, Chief Financial Officer at Seahorse Bioscience, Inc.:

“Ralph has provided contract law services to 3 of my companies over the past 11 years. I keep going back to him because he’s the best and most thorough in drafting and interpreting contracts. If you’re working on a license or similar contract that is really important, or that could possibly ever be tested in court, Ralph is the lawyer you want.”

Ken D’Silva, President at Opturo, Inc.:

“Focus, Passion and Detail Oriented are a few of the words I would use to describe Ralph. I have had the pleasure of working with Ralph over the past year on several negotiations. He always precisely grasps the global implications of each word and sentence in a contract and ensures that its meaning is clear and reasonable. Then he superbly mediates to get us a fair deal. He has on more than one occasion come through for us on time-sensitive contracts. I would recommend his services to anyone.”

Priya Iyer, Chief Executive Officer at Anaqua, Inc.:

“I have worked with Ralph over the last 8 years. He drafted some of the very first agreements we created for software licensing, NDA’s, employee agreements, etc. and continues to help us in several areas. Ralph’s diligence and attention to detail is really impressive. He is also very efficient and cost conscious for his clients. I’ve never ever had to go back to Ralph and ask for a reduction in an invoice. I strongly recommend Ralph to anyone looking for help in his areas of expertise.”

Bill Fabbri, Life Science Attorney (Fabbri Law, LLC):

“Ralph provides me with excellent support with my legal practice serving the needs of life science companies. He pays great attention to details and picks up issues – legal, business and operational – that many attorneys would not. He’s responsive, can work with tight timelines and is a pleasure to work with.”

Gene DiDonato, General Counsel at Bullhorn, Inc.:

“Ralph is an experienced counsel. He is detail oriented and responsive, and I have engaged his services for licensing, commercial contract, distribution and intellectual property matters. He understands both the licensed software and SaaS distributions models. He also has a good business sense and is able to bring deals to closure.”

Derek Smith, CFO Services:

“We engaged Ralph Bakkensen at Castel, Inc. to provide a legal review of our various customer agreements to ensure compliance with current legal requirements and to ensure our revenue recognition policies were supported by the agreements. Ralph not only ensured our documents were current but in the process made them documents more “user friendly” such that our customers made significantly fewer modifications to them than previous versions. I highly recommend Ralph for drafting and reviewing customer agreements.”

David Sharp, Chief Financial Officer at Electronic Environments Corp.:

“We engaged Ralph Bakkensen at Andover Controls/TAC to provide a legal review for our various licensing and dealer agreements. He provided us with updated legal documents that reflected current legal standards at a very cost effective rate. I highly recommend Ralph for drafting new agreements as well as for reviewing exisitng agreements to make sure they have not become out of date.”

Dan Schirf, VP Sales & Business Development at CrossVista, Inc.:

“Ralph is awesome. He has been CrossVista’s primary attorney for the past several years. He is extremely detail-oriented, a hard worker, and a great guy. Ralph always goes above and beyond. It’s been a pleasure working with him. Highly Recommended.”