About Us
At Hamilton & Boss, we help organizations turn AI-driven innovation into governed systems, defensible intellectual property, and durable business advantage.
AI adoption is changing how ideas are generated, tested, and deployed. At the same time, the line between technical execution and intellectual property strategy is becoming harder to draw. New models, workflows, data architectures, and product capabilities can create real enterprise value, yet only when they are implemented responsibly and protected strategically.
That is where we work best. We bring together deep technical experience, practical AI implementation knowledge, and decades of patent strategy leadership. We help clients identify where AI can create value, design governance that holds up under operating pressure, and convert important technical work into assets that can be protected, licensed, defended, and scaled.
The Team
Rick Hamilton
Co-Founder
Thought leader, innovator, and visual storyteller who inspires teams and brings novel ideas to life.
Rick Hamilton is a technology executive, AI strategist, and named inventor on more than 1,064 issued U.S. patents. In 2020, the Patent and Trademark Office Society recognized him as the 18th most prolific inventor in the world. He spent 25 years at IBM, where he was at one time the most prolific inventor in the company's history, and later served as Vice President and Senior Distinguished Engineer at UnitedHealth Group and as Chief Technology Officer of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, where he led AI adoption across a global research organization, reaching 92% staff adoption with a 73.6 NPS.
Rick has keynoted at USPTO headquarters, addressed technical and legal audiences in more than 30 countries, and writes actively on AI governance, enterprise AI architecture, and the operating models needed to move AI from experimentation to execution. Through Hamilton & Boss, he advises clients on AI strategy and governance, technical architecture, and patent strategy, and maintains an active expert declaration practice in matters involving AI/ML, healthcare technology, and enterprise software.
Greg Boss
Co-Founder
Trusted advisor for scaling and leveraging invention, with lengthy AI experience
Greg Boss is an enterprise architect, technology leader, and named inventor on more than 700 issued U.S. patents. A veteran of IBM and UnitedHealth Group, he helped drive a tenfold increase in patent filings over four years and currently serves as Strategic Advisor to the CTO Office at McKesson. His work spans AI, healthcare technology, cloud computing, and secure data systems.
Greg's particular strength is finding the patentable core in technical work that might otherwise go unprotected. He works directly with engineering and product teams to identify defensible inventions, strengthen technical differentiation, and build repeatable systems for invention harvesting and portfolio development. Through Hamilton & Boss, he helps clients systematize invention and build patent portfolios that reflect real technical and business priorities.
