Areas of Expertise:♦ Commercial Transactions ♦ IP Strategy ♦ Patent Portfolio Management♦ Trademark & Copyright Law ♦ IP and Technology Policy ♦ Legal Compliance♦ Mergers & Acquisitions ♦ IP Licensing ♦ Litigation Management♦ IP Training ♦ Regulatory Compliance ♦ Risk ManagementDraft, review, and negotiate complex commercial contracts, NDAs, and licenses for software, trademarks and patents with customers, suppliers, and third parties. Manage legal aspects of acquisitions, conduct due diligence on target companies' intellectual property portfolios, and negotiate IP terms for acquisitions. Deliver presentations to C-suite executives on litigation and IP strategy. Set patent and trademark strategy, manage filing goals for international portfolios, and oversee quality control. Manage all aspects of patent litigation, formulate litigation strategies, license IP, and negotiate with non-practicing entities. ● Achieved budgetary targets by managing multimillion-dollar IP budget, negotiating fixed fee rates with outside counsel, overseeing inventor compensation awards program, and approving all invoices.● Developed and presented training to company teams domestically and internationally on topics including company intellectual property patent filing process, trademarks, artificial intelligence, open-source software, trade secrets, and patentability. ● Drafted and revised policies on artificial intelligence, open-source software, inventor compensation, trade secret protection, and third-party patent searching.● Coordinated Board of Director meetings for Viavi licensing subsidiary, acting as corporate secretary, and preparing meeting minutes.● Launched patent docketing systems, categorized Viavi patents, and implemented virtual patent marking program.● Hired and managed Viavi intellectual property team, overseeing all aspects of IP operations.

Managed patent portfolio development and international prosecution counsel, led invention intake sessions, and reviewed new patent ideas to determine patentability. Developed and implemented Accenture's open-source software policy, conducted patent landscaping, and provided training on intellectual property principles and open-source software.● Provided strategic IP counseling to business stakeholders and delivered targeted IP presentations to clients.● Drafted invalidity opinions, freedom-to-operate opinions, and counseled business partners.● Managed and personally conducted the drafting, filing, and prosecution of patent applications.

Led patent portfolio development, oversaw external prosecution counsel, and conducted invention intakes with inventors. Negotiated with patent enforcement entities, managed litigation, and provided litigation advice. Offered expert IP advice for commercial transactions, conducted M&A IP due diligence, performed trademark clearances, reviewed open-source software, and delivered IP training.

Drafted over 100 applications from scratch and prosecuted hundreds of applications relating to technologies including business methods, software, digital imagers, and polymer and semiconductor processing. Senior associate on multiple litigations with experience conducting discovery, taking and defending depositions, drafting motions, preparing witnesses to testify in court, and managing trial support teams.