Mr Lyford is an IP, technology, commercial and licensing lawyer with 28 years of experience at local, national and international law firms, BHP and global IT company ATOS. He is a Commercialization specialist and operated Western Australian Government Innovation Centre. As a commercialization adviser, Mr Lyford has assisted several start-ups and early-stage companies both as an adviser and a director. He has also operated and managed the Western Australian government's Innovation Centre incubator under two separate outsourced consultancy terms where he was responsible for assisting West Australian businesses on their path to commercialization.