 Olson began his career in the research and development of supercomputers, parallel processing systems and related application architectures in the 1960s and 1970s.Olsen founded Data Securities International in 1982, which pioneered technology escrow and is known as the father of technology escrow.Olson is a former Chairman of the Board of Governors of Certified Licensing Professionals, Inc (CLP), a former President of the Licensing Executives Society, USA and Canada, and he has served as chair of LESI IP Valuation committee.