Ann is results driven with diverse paralegal experience including IP portfolio management, budgeting, and prosecution; contracts administration; and corporate governance. Skilled at working as a contributing member of a team (across departments and with external contacts), Ann is able to listen to team members and streamline processes to increase efficiency, performance and productivity while optimizing resources to meet objectives. She maintains an exceptional work ethic with a proven track record of integrity, ingenuity, analytical ability, and administrative skills in handling paper and virtual data rooms for due diligence, fund raising, or IPO; communications with Boards of Directors and executive staff; and other sensitive or confidential information. Ann joined NIAID’s Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Office (TTIPO) in Branch A in February 2020 as a Legal Research Analyst-Patent Paralegal (Contractor). She obtained her paralegal certificate from University of Maryland / Global Campus and has since served clients in small, medium, and large law firms as well as from the other side of the table in in-house legal departments. Three such in-house legal departments called upon Ann to set up internal systems from scratch and a fourth utilized her knowledge and experience to audit records and overhaul systems.Ann’s knowledge, experience, ability to see the big picture and manage the small details to help fill in that picture make her an asset worth having on anyone’s team.Specialties: Thorough working knowledge of computer software including word processing, spreadsheets, document management, electronic mail and database programs.Docketing Software – Contract Logix; Computer Packages, Inc.’s Patent and General Matters ManagementMicrosoft Office – Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Access