Providing intellectual property (IP) counsel to 20 clients located across the U.S. Responsibilities include running all aspects of law practice, including legal and business-management areas. Examples of skills routinely used include: communication (oral and written), collaboration, strategy formulation, goal setting, persuasion, negotiation, and timely-results delivery. Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.• Authored license agreement between corporate owner… Show more Providing intellectual property (IP) counsel to 20 clients located across the U.S. Responsibilities include running all aspects of law practice, including legal and business-management areas. Examples of skills routinely used include: communication (oral and written), collaboration, strategy formulation, goal setting, persuasion, negotiation, and timely-results delivery. Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.• Authored license agreement between corporate owner of patents for medical device and subsidiary of Ecolab Inc.• Advised client regarding IP aspects of technology for removal of lead residue from human skin.• Analyzed coronary-artery-surgery heart retractor invention relative to the prior art, and advised client regarding prospects for patentability.• Earned patent protection for barbecue grill that generates electrical power. Show less

Kaivac, Inc. is the Category Creator and Innovation Leader of Touchless Cleaning Machines and Systems for the Built Environment.• Led cross-functional team in earning Green Seal® certification for select cleaning compositions.• Developed and launched, in collaboration with President/CEO, diagnostic test for assessing cleanliness of surfaces and effectiveness of various cleaning methods.• Co-developed and performed lab and field experiments. Analyzed and interpreted… Show more Kaivac, Inc. is the Category Creator and Innovation Leader of Touchless Cleaning Machines and Systems for the Built Environment.• Led cross-functional team in earning Green Seal® certification for select cleaning compositions.• Developed and launched, in collaboration with President/CEO, diagnostic test for assessing cleanliness of surfaces and effectiveness of various cleaning methods.• Co-developed and performed lab and field experiments. Analyzed and interpreted results.• Scaled up in-field data collection, including training and managing team of in-field data collectors.• Established specifications for product, including use parameters, packaging, and labeling.• Selected and collaborated with suppliers to manage production and timely delivery of product.• Co-authored, with VP of marketing, white paper illustrating use of product to assess effectiveness of various cleaning methods. Show less

Kaivac, Inc. is the Category Creator and Innovation Leader of Touchless Cleaning Machines and Systems for the Built Environment.• Co-developed strategy for enforcing IP rights and licensing IP assets.• Collaborated with other senior managers to develop strategy for international markets.• Worked with sales management to develop policies and procedures for distribution channels. Developed and wrote distributor agreements for multiple categories of distributors.• Negotiated… Show more Kaivac, Inc. is the Category Creator and Innovation Leader of Touchless Cleaning Machines and Systems for the Built Environment.• Co-developed strategy for enforcing IP rights and licensing IP assets.• Collaborated with other senior managers to develop strategy for international markets.• Worked with sales management to develop policies and procedures for distribution channels. Developed and wrote distributor agreements for multiple categories of distributors.• Negotiated supplier-vendor agreements with key national account customers. Show less

A leading national intellectual property law firm.Provided IP counsel to clients throughout the U.S. Developed extensive international IP experience.• Earned protection for innovations in a variety of healthcare areas including, for example: pharmaceuticals, disposable stethoscope-cover dispensing devices, medical laboratory culture slides, drug delivery systems, incontinence undergarments, immunoassays for detecting drugs of abuse, dental amalgam capsules, and orthodontic… Show more A leading national intellectual property law firm.Provided IP counsel to clients throughout the U.S. Developed extensive international IP experience.• Earned protection for innovations in a variety of healthcare areas including, for example: pharmaceuticals, disposable stethoscope-cover dispensing devices, medical laboratory culture slides, drug delivery systems, incontinence undergarments, immunoassays for detecting drugs of abuse, dental amalgam capsules, and orthodontic appliances.• Earned patent protection in 17 countries for group of anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical compounds invented by physician/biochemist team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation.• Assessed patentability of device for maintaining animal in anesthetized state during surgery.• Earned patent protection for environmentally-friendly wastewater treatment process.• Patented air-pollution control methods.• Settled patent and trademark infringement disputes, achieving clients' goal of litigation avoidance.• Determined infringement risk and design-around opportunities for various technologies. Show less

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Office of Regional Counsel, Seattle WA

Consumer-goods management consulting firm, Chicago IL

A healthcare management consulting practice in collaboration with Bain & Company, an international management consulting firm.Managed consulting projects by interviewing clients, determining data needs, collecting and analyzing relevant data, identifying profit opportunities, presenting information to clients, and leading clients toward establishment and implementation of action plans.• Led team of orthopedic surgeons, nurses, and administrators at an Oklahoma hospital to… Show more A healthcare management consulting practice in collaboration with Bain & Company, an international management consulting firm.Managed consulting projects by interviewing clients, determining data needs, collecting and analyzing relevant data, identifying profit opportunities, presenting information to clients, and leading clients toward establishment and implementation of action plans.• Led team of orthopedic surgeons, nurses, and administrators at an Oklahoma hospital to achievement of improved patient care and annual cost savings in high-volume total-hip-replacement procedure.• Led cross-functional team at Baxter Healthcare Corporation's I.V. nutrition therapy business to annual cost savings through improved distribution practices.• Analyzed pharmacy operations at a Maryland hospital, and presented findings to hospital CEO.• Established methodology for performing rapid assessment of a hospital's operations.• Created and performed parenteral nutrition therapy study at a North Carolina hospital, evaluating therapy cost and quality. Show less