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Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Lead global team of 20+ patent paralegals, specialists and support staff across Roche Diagnostics sites in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. Develop and implement strategic plans for the patent administration team in alignment with the overall goals of Roche Diagnostics and Group Patents.

Provide comprehensive intellectual property (IP) support for life-cycle, product development, and due diligence teams at research and development sites across Roche as a member of the Assays & Reagents IP team within the Molecular Labs customer area.

Madison, Wisconsin

Identify, develop, and execute on business and intellectual property strategy, working intimately with executive and technical leadership to support creation and growth of a nascent biotech venture. Facilitate and cultivate both external partnering relationships and internal pipeline programs for the identification and development of novel peptides with drug-like properties.• Support advancement and execution of 5+ new pharmaceutical research and development collaborations, and management of external alliances.• Collaborate with the technical leadership to define and implement clear and succinct messaging to effectively communicate value proposition for Nimble Therapeutics’ core technology platform to prospective partners.• Lead creation and implementation of intellectual property strategy including management of 15+ licensed and internally developed patent families.• Research, identify and engage with key stakeholders at best-in-class pharma and biotech companies leveraging robust external networks, third party data providers and virtual and in-person business-to-business partnering events.• Apply strong organizational and project management skills to lead coordination of preclinical activities for internal pipeline programs, assess and understand internal requirements, identify and vet 10+ contract research organizations, collaborate on design of initial experimental activities and acquire project quotes.• Prepare and submit NIH Phase I SBIR proposal together with research colleagues, including education of company on process, corporate registration, drafting of research proposal and related documentation, and compilation of final submission packet.• Engage with and educate employees on intellectual property matters, identify new inventions, conduct patentability and freedom to operate studies, and direct outside counsel on preparation and prosecution of new and existing patent applications.

Madison, Wisconsin

Independently managed portfolio of 50+ patent families and supported life-cycle, product development, and due diligence teams for research and development sites in Madison, WI, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and Cape Town, South Africa. Drafted, filed, and prosecuted patent applications to achieve issuance of patents globally in areas of single-molecule sequencing, nucleic acid library preparation, target enrichment, and advanced peptide array synthesis and screening. Managed outside patent counsel activity at 5 law firms and partnered with internal ex-US IP team to coordinate global filing and prosecution of patent applications. • Engaged with 25+ inventors from 4 research and development teams both locally and globally to identify 45+ new invention disclosures; prepared and prosecuted 25+ new patent applications, generating 13+ granted patents.• Partnered with team of US and ex-US attorneys and business representatives to develop and implement national and international patent prosecution strategies for intellectual property originating from 3 distinct technology areas, determining country scope for both application and patent validation. • Conducted patentability and invalidity studies by leveraging tools including: Derwent Innovation, Clearstone FTO, and Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) system to provide real-time guidance for product development, due diligence, and lifecycle teams and to actively monitor relevant technology areas, ensuring successful and on-time launch of new products and awareness of competitor activities.

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Worked collaboratively with 15+ patent attorneys across 5 sites nationwide to provide intellectual property support for numerous clients in both academia and industry. Provided patent expertise in areas of chemistry, chemical engineering, medical devices, mechanical engineering, biotechnology, and materials science.• Prepared and prosecuted patent applications and conducted patentability and invalidity studies, leveraging industry best practices to obtain valid patents and providing sophisticated analysis for clients in diverse technology areas.• Served as editor for internal intellectual property group newsletter; identified and summarized relevant commentary on patent law from variety of media outlets, enabling increased visibility to key IP topics and facilitating information sharing within broader IP group.• Achieved status as registered Patent Agent in US.

Milwaukee, Wi

Madison, Wi

• Implemented synthetic biology techniques for production of polyester in microbes• Optimized and scaled-up production to bench-scale fermentation in bioreactors• Mentored four undergraduate student researchers and additionally managed the 2009international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team of undergraduates

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

• Independently researched, designed, and implemented methods for the growth,separation, and purification of single and double wall carbon nanotubes

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical And Biological Engineering

Activities and Societies: NIH Biotechnology Training Program, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Ambassador Program, College.

B.S., Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: AIChE Student Chapter, Omega Chi Epsilon, Marching Illini