The National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), on behalf of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), hosts a series of Intellectual Property Theft Seminars throughout the United States titled Fake Products, Real Crime to assist federal, state and local law enforcement with combatting the sale of counterfeit products and organized crime. My part of the training seminars is focused on brand protection program development and management, coordination between brand owners and law enforcement, and internet investigative techniques. www.nw3c.org

One Team, One Goal. Companies, Government, and Academia working together to neutralize cyber crime.

The International Intellectual Property Crime Investigator’s College (IIPCIC), an INTERPOL initiative in cooperation with UL University, is a fully interactive online IP crime training facility which benefits all law enforcement, regulatory authorities and private sector IP crime investigators. The College delivers leading edge training to enable investigators to effectively combat current and emerging threats from the transnational organized networks behind trafficking in illicit goods. These certified courses set international standards and provide IP crime professionals with state of the art online training. http://www.iipcic.org/

- Designed and developed company-wide global intellectual property protection initiatives including multi-departmental task force for protecting Rosetta Stone’s brand, revenues, and customers- Created and managed anti-counterfeiting, anti-piracy, anti-fraud, copyright and trademark protection, affiliate and social media enforcement, loss prevention, and domain portfolio management programs resulting in significant recoveries of revenue, intellectual property, and sales- Managed completion of over 700 cases world-wide over the last five years resulting in civil settlement and/or criminal arrest; recovered millions of dollars via settlements and restitution- Expert witness, evidence collection lead, and key contributor for Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google Inc. lawsuit- Primary spokesperson for brand protection programs including board-level management, Congress, and media- Oversaw development of software to monitor, save as evidence, and prioritize products/ads on search engines (paid/organic), rogue websites, marketplaces, B2B sites, and social media- Stopped massive fraud rings operating domestically and internationally, led the implementation of cutting edge detection and prevention to reduce fraud rates from over 4% to ~0.1% within three months

- Directly responsible to the CEO and General Counsel- Led company-wide intellectual property protection initiatives- Built and directly responsible for Anti-Counterfeiting, Anti-Piracy, Anti-Fraud, and Copyright and Trademark Protection Programs, Affiliate Enforcement and Domain Portfolio Management and Enforcement

- Manager, Scrum Master and Senior Technical Leader for Rosetta Stone Web Development- Operations Management of distributed 13 person team in VA, MD, Washington D.C., and India- Responsible for scheduling projects and operations, product roadmap planning, stakeholder communications, inter/intra-team coordination- Increased team output by 10x from 2006 to 2007 with fewer developers and team break/fix ratio under 1%- Managed over 190 web releases in 16 months for US, European, and Asian websites, e-commerce, mobile- Managed company web rebranding, new product line web launches, company-wide IT systems audit team- Directly responsible for e-commerce system generating over $100MM annually – 99.99% up-time

- Manager, Scrum Master, and Senior Applications Developer for Rosetta Stone Core Applications Team- Manager and Lead Developer of Online Licensing with partner organizations in Korea and China

- Project Manager, Scrum Master, Technical Lead for Company eCommerce System (Ruby on Rails, Java)- Project Manager, Scrum Master, Sr. Developer for Content Management System (custom CMS in RoR)- Project Manager, Senior Software Developer for Online License Server (Java, J2EE, EJB)- Senior Web Developer for Online Language Learning Centers (Java, Apache Cocoon)

- Primary Software Developer for Rosetta Stone Student Management System (Java) - Redesigned configuration application for customized language learning paths with Rosetta Stone- Led implementation of company-wide programming standards- Served as liaison between users, customers, and development team

- Entire SDLC of many systems including Navy Secure Communications used in Wartime Simulation Training - Lead Developer for Aerocom 3000 Configuration Manager (Delphi, Java), Iridium Billing and Reporting System (PHP, PostgreSQL), and ProCAS, Professional Call Accounting System (Java)

- Contracted by NASA Langley Research Center- Sole Developer of Graphical Flight Analysis Tools for Mars Airplane (Java)- Redesigned/rewrote legacy code base - over 100k LOC reduced to 10k LOC (C++, OpenGL, GTKMM)

- Teacher Assistant for Java Programming and Advanced Java Programming courses

- Internship in Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars Program- Designed, documented, implemented, and tested software for The Cockpit Motion Facility Flight Simulator Motion Base Digital Computer Control System (C, X-Windows, VxWorks Real-time OS)