Gary Amato

Attorney, Member of the Firm

Phone: 970-219-4999
Email: Email:gamato@outsidegc.com

Gary Amato has been an attorney with Outside GC since 2008.

Gary Amato brings a broad understanding of both legal and business issues, having served as counsel for companies in many different industries, a business development professional and a co-founder of several companies. Gary's practice has focused on international transactions, licensing, corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions, primarily for technology companies. Gary's clients at Outside GC include Maverick Brands and First Rain, Inc.

Before joining Outside GC, Gary was the Director of Technology Transfer at Colorado State University. Prior to that, Gary served as the Director of Business Development for Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC), a NASDAQ traded telecom semiconductor company, and as co-founder, COO and General Counsel, of SiLutia, a telecom semiconductor company acquired by AMCC. Before co-founding SiLutia, Gary acted as Assistant General Counsel and Director of Environmental Health and Safety for Symbios Logic a semiconductor and RAID storage array company acquired by LSI Logic. Gary's private practice experience was primarily Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (now Pillsbury Winthrop) in its San Francisco office and with Rowe & Maw in London, UK.

Gary received a BS with Honors in Aerospace Engineering and a JD from the University of Virginia.

Gary is active in community affairs, serving on the Fort Collins UniverCity Energy Subcommittee, Rotary, and Boy Scouts. He is also an adjunct professor at Colorado State University, where he has taught classes in Entrepreneurship and International Business.

Gary grew up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. He plays soccer, in a manner of speaking, and enjoys camping and fly fishing.