Peter Hlavnicka Keynote Speaker

Venture Partner, R3i Ventures
Founder & CEO, Phi Ventures
Former Director of Brand Protections APAC, Fitbit, Director of Pricing at Blackberry, Director of IP Protection and Enforcement, Dolby

Peter Hlavnicka's Biography

Peter Hlavnicka is Venture Partner with R3i Ventures in Singapore, and Founder & CEO of Singapore based company Phi Ventures. He is a keynote speaker on supply chain and product security, including intellectual property strategy and brand protection, among other topics.

Peter founded Phi Ventures, a consulting practice specializing in IP Commercialization and Compliance, Brand Protection, Supply Chain Security and related services. Previously, he was Director of Brand Protections APAC at Fitbit (Singapore), Director of Pricing at Blackberry in Waterloo Ontario, and Director of IP Protection and Enforcement at Dolby in San Francisco, California.

Prior to Dolby, Peter worked at Avaya and Nortel Networks, where he established and led global IP protection (incl. Brand Protection) and IP Licensing and Strategic Pricing. During his thirty plus years at these companies, his roles also included strategic pricing, contract management, sales and marketing, operations, and supply chain management.

He served as President and Treasurer of AGMA Global, a non-profit organization comprising leading hi-tech companies focused on IP protection in the technology sector.

He has written and spoken on a number of brand protection issues and contributed to numerous publications, including Business Week StateTech Magazine, ECN Magazine, and ChannelPro, among others.

He is the leading author “Protecting The Brand: Counterfeiting and Gray Markets” (published as Treatise by Law Journal Press, 2013) and an updated two-volume book published by Business Expert Press (BEP), “Volume I: Protecting The Brand: Counterfeiting and Grey Markets” (2021) and “Volume II: Protecting the Brand: Busting the Bootlegs”. Mr. Hlavnicka is a contributing writer to two books, Reputation Risks in an Asian Century and Enhanced ERM: Best Practices, both published in 2022.

Mr. Hlavnicka received his MSc in Computer Science from the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia, and his MBA from the University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business.

Intellectual Property Strategy

Intellectual Property Protection

Supply Chain and Product Security

Brand Protection, Best Practices:

Grey Market and Anti-Counterfeiting

He brings deep authority on supply chain and product security, drawing on more than three decades leading IP protection, brand enforcement and pricing strategy at global technology companies.
He helps leaders protect value in complex global markets, translating hard-earned insight from roles at Dolby, Fitbit, BlackBerry and Nortel into practical action on counterfeiting, grey markets and compliance.
He offers boardroom-relevant perspective on intellectual property as a strategic asset, shaped by his work advising companies through Phi Ventures and R3i Ventures.
He equips organisations to manage risk and resilience across supply chains, connecting technology, operations and brand integrity into coherent, executable strategies.
He brings recognised thought leadership to the stage, grounded in widely cited publications and authoritative books on brand protection and reputation risk.