Partner, Trademark Agent, Head of Intellectual Property

Calgary

Mr. Kratz has been using his education, expertise and time to serve many communities:

• He has authored papers for CIPS at the national level and represented them in committee meetings of the Government of Canada; he has chaired or served on a number of CIPS (National) committees; he was the chairman, vice-chairman or member of a number of International Federation of Information Processing Societies (CIPS is the Canadian member of IFIP) task groups or conference program committees; he has spoken at many conferences; he continues to author papers and provide advice on papers drafted by others for CIPS;
• He has provided, pro bono, legal advice to CIPS – Alberta on legal issues and bylaw drafting and amendments; he was a director and founder of a CIPS special interest group; he continues these services;
• He participated in the formation of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium ((ISC)²) the world’s largest IT security certification authority.  He was honoured at their awards ceremony in 2009.

In addition:

• He is a member of the Intellectual Property Committee for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce;
• He was chairman, national representative or member of a number of task forces or committees for the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA)
• He was an initiator and founding board member of the Alberta Science and Technology Awards and its Foundation (ASTech), serving as President or Chairman of the Board five times;
• He was a representative on the Intellectual Property Advisory Committee and a Member, Intellectual Property Advisory Committee for Industry Canada/Heritage Canada
• He has been, or is, a director of the following not-for-profit organizations:
  • Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
    • National Board, current Board Vice-Chair
    • Prairies/NWT Region Board, current regional Board Chair
  • TELUS Spark, the new Science Centre, current Board Chair

Martin has received the following awards:

• CIPS – Alberta:  Honorary member
• (ISC)²   Founders Award
• DPMA Canada, Edmonton Chapter:  Most Outstanding Contribution to the Data Processing Industry
• Elbow Valley Community:  Linda Knight Award for outstanding volunteer contribution
• Queen’s Counsel
• Scouts Canada:  Centennial Medal
• Calgary-Chinook Scouts Canada:  Fellows Medal
• Scouts Canada: Medal of Merit
• CIPS Fellow Status, 2013