Amar K. Mehta is Senior Patent Counsel at Google and currently leads patent strategy for YouTube and Google+. He has also been actively involved in patent transactions, including leading Google's patent acquisition program. Prior to joining Google, Mr. Mehta was Partner and Head of Investments at Altitude Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in intellectual property. Mr. Mehta was also a patent litigator with Fish & Richardson, primarily representing clients in high tech cases before U.S. district courts and the ITC. He began his career as an investment banker in the technology group of Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Mehta is a graduate of MIT (electrical engineering and computer science) and Harvard Law School.