The Team at Smit & Van Wyk, Inc.

Wessel is a qualified electronic engineer, an Attorney of the High Court, and a registered patent attorney.

He specializes in patents in the fields of information systems, telecommunications, and computer-based inventions, and has more than a decade's worth of experience in the weapons industry, both in programming and in a managerial capacity.

Previously, Wessel was in charge of procuring, negotiating, and settling of international contracts for a division of a large weapons manufacturer in South Africa. Wessel is a director of Smit & Van Wyk, Inc.

Stefan graduated from the University of Pretoria with a Master's degree in Computer Engineering (data security) in 2001 and started his career in intellectual property in the patent department of a large South African intellectual property firm.

In 2005 Stefan accepted an offer to study towards a PhD at the Vienna University of Technology, and was subsequently invited to continue his studies of Complex Network Control Systems under supervision of the Canada Research Chair in Information Technology.

His recent publications include peer-reviewed keynote papers in both Europe and North America.

Corrie is our formalities and foreign portfolio manager. She has nearly two decades of experience in patent administration and is one of the most valuable members of our team.

She is a first point of contact for most local and foreign clients and ensures that our processes are streamlined and dependable.

Corrie has experience in all aspects of IP administration and follows a meticulous approach in each case we handle.