Our Staff
Ron Layton: Founder and Chief Executive
Ron Layton has combined successful careers in economic development and IP business to design the Light Years IP vision of engaging IP business techniques to alleviate poverty and secure income for poor people through export trade in developing countries
Pauline Tiffen: Director
Pauline has demonstrated an exceptional ability to nurture cross-cultural economic exchange and to develop new forms of business over more than fifteen years of work in the alternative trading sector in traditional and non-traditional commodities.
Mohammed Garad: Senior Consultant
Mohammed Garad possesses diverse and extensive know-how in international trade promotion and investment of development projects in developing countries.
Alison Dressler: Project Manager
Alison is contributing to the research and preparation of the DFID funded Scoping Study. She is also a member of the Licensing Team for the Ethiopian Coffee Trademarking and Licensing Initiative.
Damen Layton: Project Manager
Damen manages the organization’s project driven training programs and is responsible for development of the Ethiopian Coffee Trademarking and Licensing Initiative capacity building program.
Steve Williams: Project Manager
Steve has recently taken over responsibility for the licensing management team as part of the Ethiopian Coffee Trademark and Licensing Initiative.
