Strategic Advisor.
Mr. Docie is an inventor, entrepreneur, author, and innovation strategist with more than five decades of experience helping transform ideas into commercially successful technologies.
Five decades of invention, licensing, and commercialization.
Throughout his career, Mr. Docie has negotiated more than 100 patent licensing agreements and complex business transactions with organizations including General Motors, Bosch, Johnson & Johnson, and Lifetime Brands. He is the author of The Inventor's Bible, published by Penguin Random House.
He has advised inventors, entrepreneurs, corporations, and legal professionals on intellectual property commercialization, licensing strategy, negotiation, and innovation management. Today, Mr. Docie is the Founder and Executive Director of the Emotional Development Association, where he works to advance ethical leadership, emotional development, and experiential learning.
As Strategic Advisor to HyGyHya, his unique combination of entrepreneurial success, commercialization expertise, and leadership development strengthens the Company's mission of building foundational infrastructure for the emerging botanical economy — creating technologies that improve human health, protect natural resources, and deliver lasting humanitarian impact.
How the role shapes the company.
Across licensing, advocacy, and advisory work, the same priorities repeat: commercialization, institutional knowledge, and long-term innovation.
Questions about Ron Docie
Ron Docie serves as a Strategic Advisor, providing guidance on intellectual property commercialization, licensing strategy, technology partnerships, organizational development, and long-term innovation.
Mr. Docie is an inventor, entrepreneur, author, and innovation strategist with more than five decades of experience. He has negotiated more than 100 patent licensing agreements with organizations including General Motors, Bosch, Johnson & Johnson, and Lifetime Brands, and is the author of The Inventor's Bible, published by Penguin Random House.
Mr. Docie has served as a public speaker for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, developed innovation workshops for the U.S. Department of Energy, testified before the United States Congress on behalf of independent inventors, and served three terms as President of the Ohio Inventors Association. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the Emotional Development Association.