Arnold is the Chief Technology Officer at PPLSI, the parent company of LegalShield,

a provider of legal services in the United States, Canada and the UK.

I met Arnold a few years ago at a hackathon in Germany and I was struck by not just his charisma but also by his unique outlook on technology.

In this episode, Arnold shares his Origin story and how in the dot com era, he founded an e-commerce startup that he later sold to Microsoft.

We talk about his illustrious career and the contributions he has made to technology, such as authoring the Domain Connect standard

We discuss patents in the context of open source innovation and so much more.