Patent Counsel and Intellectual Property Strategist with law firm and in-house counsel experience. Converts solutions to business or technical problems into corporate assets that protect products and services. Experienced in developing patent portfolios that serve as strategically valuable business assets. Works with VCs, incubators, startups and established companies to build and strategically manage high value patent portfolios and assists clients in developing and administering an in-house patent program. Experience with NLP. CNN, ML, SaaS, wireless, robotics, medical devices, image and signal processing, radar, lasers, social networks, network security, and eCommerce.Experience working with executive, scientific, engineering, and product management personnel to identify innovations in products and services and develop an appropriate protection strategy, taking into account long term business objectives, budget, and the competitive environment. Relied upon to provide executives (Founders, CEO, COO, GC, CTO, VP Products) with advice regarding risk management and intellectual property issues that arise in the course of business operations.Experience with companies in the telecom, messaging, mobile internet, eCommerce, cloud computing (SaaS), social networking, machine learning, NLP, VR/AR, consumer electronics, business management, and payment transaction processing industries. Clients include NetSuite/Oracle, Proofpoint, Pixar, Openwave Systems,The Allen Institute for AI (wrote initial applications for YOLO, XNOR, and ELMo), Micron, Jawbone, Nordstrom, Visa, National Semiconductor, Helpshift and Madrona Venture Labs. Received Masters degree in Physics from the Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley and J.D. from Harvard Law School. Background includes coursework in Applied Math, Astronomy, and Physics, and experience in software development, radar system analysis and mathematical modeling of radar, optical, and infrared systems.Registered to practice with the US PTO and a member of the Calif. State Bar.Specialties: Development and management of high-value patent portfolios. Patent prosecution and management of counsel, patent litigation support, licensing, stimulating innovation and directed R&D, evaluation and due diligence of portfolios for purposes of purchase, M&A, or assertion. Use of business, legal, and technical knowledge and experience to create patent portfolios that function as a corporate asset.
