Develop commercialization strategies that transition innovations into the market, which includes attending various events; identifying and connecting external partners to the IP and licensing team; developing marketing materials; curating leads and conducting all necessary follow up to maintain relationships with corporate partners. Work collaboratively with colleagues to draft and negotiate agreements such as options, licenses, material transfer agreements, non-disclosure agreements, cooperative research and development agreements, and joint development agreements. Identify funding opportunities and prototype development resources for innovators and start-up teams. Provide proposal development support for internal and external funding opportunities which led to $125k in funding for three Technology Accelerator Fund awardees. Continuously identify and implement efficiency improvements to enhance productivity and streamline operations across all SUNY technology transfer offices. Supervise I&EA’s undergraduate, graduate, and law student interns who complete on average over 40 projects per semester. Increased faculty engagement in tech transfer by over 33% through identifying new intellectual property that should be disclosed. Present regularly to faculty, students, and staff on the technology transfer process and the services the Industry and External Affairs (I&EA) team provides. Timely deliver Disclosure Evaluation Reports (DERs) to innovators and campus stakeholders which outline intellectual property and market opportunity assessments of new technology disclosures. Manage an IP portfolio of over 200 active technologies in the physical and computer sciences portfolio, including campuses such as The University at Albany, NYCREATES, AIM Photonics, Upstate Medical University, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Provide campus customers with superior service, guidance, and recommendations to enable campus leadership to make decisions on IP-related costs.

Performed inventor interviews with Shipley clients to learn about their inventions. Drafted provisional patent applications to be sent to outside counsel for filing. Evaluated the patent and commercial potential of university owned technology to support well-informed patent strategy decisions. Educated colleagues and clients about the patent process. Created and presented a patent workshop for Clarkson University student innovators competing in Clarkson University’s President’s Challenge. Supported inventions from Clarkson University’s four research focus areas: healthy world solutions, data & complex systems analytics, advanced materials development, and next gen healthcare technologies.

Performed spatial data analysis across BuildingFootprintUSA's comprehensive data-set. Provided qualitative analysis and revision of building footprint polygons on behalf of the company's quality control standards. Helped to develop company's quality control standards. Co-Developed training modules for new hires. Trained, supervised, and further advised the 10-person Quality Control Team. Detected solutions to data problems and developed reports that identified discrepancies between both manufactured and acquired data. Created prototypes, implemented feedback, and developed additional ways to incorporate automation techniques on behalf of existing data. Created web-based story maps as marketing pieces to highlight the company's products. Used data visualization techniques from ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, and ArcGIS Story Maps.

Siena College and Albany Law’s Premier Summer Legal Fellows Program. Worked alongside Albany Law Staff Attorney, Taier Perlman and Professor Ava Ayers to support the Government Law Center's Rural Law Initiative. Additionally briefed intellectual property case law with Albany Law Professor Seve Falati. Researched and developed reports in support of the New York State Bar Association's Rural Justice Task Force. Utilized SQL and GIS mapping skills to develop visuals portraying the access to justice gap between urban and rural New York. Contacted state bar associations to research key rural law programs across the nation. Reported for the NYSBA Rural Justice Task Force on rural initiatives funded by state bar associations, law schools, and federal agencies that could be implemented in New York. Created and presented a policy brief on broadband and technology in support of the NYSBA Rural Justice Task Force Broadband and Technology committee. Proposed solutions and initiatives within said policy brief to help solve the rural New York access to justice issue using broadband and technology.