Mr. Quinn began his anti-counterfeiting career with the French food group Danone by eliminating counterfeiting factories in North Africa and Asia. He was Legal Counsel for Merck Sharp & Dohme in the Middle East/Africa, dealing with counterfeit medicines and coordinated global anti-counterfeiting investigations for the Pharmaceutical Security Institute. For the manufacturer of Marlboro and L&M he reduced the Russian rate of counterfeit cigarettes from 17% to less than one percent and oversaw police raids of twenty-two illegal cigarette factories in the ex-Soviet Union. Mr. Quinn, a lawyer, is a member of the State Bar of California. Currently Mr. Quinn advises multinational agrochemical companies, law enforcement, and governments about counterfeit and illegal pesticides, on behalf of CropLife International.