Paul Davis is Adeia Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer and serves as a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to the 2022 spin-off of the product business, Xperi Inc., from the IP licensing business, he served as the Chief Legal Officer and President of the IP Licensing business of Xperi Holding Corporation (renamed Adeia Inc. at the time of the spin-off). He served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Xperi Corporation, the predecessor to Xperi Holding Corporation, prior to the merger with TiVo Corporation in 2020. Davis joined the company in 2011 and in 2013 was promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Tessera Technologies, Inc., the predecessor to Xperi Corporation before the acquisition of DTS, Inc. in 2016. Before joining the company, he was an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where his practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate securities matters, and corporate governance.
Davis holds a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and B.A. degrees in history and political science from the University of California, San Diego.