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Massachusetts, United States

• Head of IP
• Championed global IP strategy, competitive assessments, led risk appraisals and mitigation. Provided thoughtful actionable advice to senior leadership.
• Developed a landscape to evaluate portfolio gaps and assess competitor IP.
• Mapped third-party patent claims to products and improvements.
• Architected an international portfolio of 150+ patent families for three affiliates.
• Assessed know-how for trade secrets; implemented physical, software, and contractual safeguards.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Performed FTO analyses for product commercialization and evaluation for licensing.
• Conducted due diligence and participated in negotiations for university tech-transfer agreements.
• Counseled clients on FDA 510(k) requirements and performed product assessments for sale and export.
• Prepared and prosecuted U.S., international, and foreign applications, appeal briefs, and inventor declarations.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Counseled CEOs; heads of IP; R&D teams regarding commercialization, licensing, litigation, and prosecution strategies with a primary focus on life sciences. Counseled clients on FDA requirements and submissions.
• Prepared and prosecuted U.S., PCT, and foreign applications for industry, universities, and start-ups with a focus on biotechnology, medical devices, cellular therapeutic and drug delivery devices, molecular diagnostic.
• Supported litigation teams in district court, e.g., endoscopic vein harvesting medical device and system.
• Performed IP assessments for due diligence, FTO, litigation, patentability, etc. for M&A, licenses, opinions.
• Evaluated, drafted, and participated in agreement negotiations, in-licensing and out-licensing technology between large pharmaceutical, small startups, and university.

Newark, New Jersey

• Core member of patent litigation teams that primarily focused on chemical and pharmaceutical patents under the Hatch-Waxman (ANDA proceedings), drafted briefs, claim charts, motions, and pleadings; prepared and.
• Drafted claim construction briefs, e.g., infringement of a chemical composition; prepared Markman exhibits.
• Conducted due diligence regarding validity, infringement, FTO, patentability, and prepared opinions.
• Prevailed on a reexamination, successfully defending the validity of valuable claims.

Tucson, AZ

• Spearheaded engineering team developing a medical device for treating MRSA infections and skin diseases. Interacted with FDA advisors. Drafted the 510(k) submission. Directed R&D, industrial design, and manufacturing.
• Designed a diode stack with expansion matched materials coupled to an optical array. Prepared research proposals and presentations. Designed testing apparatus. Conducted reliability studies. Managed resources for $1M.

Vancouver, WA

• Designed and qualified a diode array system for surgical and dental applications.
• Managed a team of engineers focused on diode process development, including: photolithography, ion implantation, e-beam, ion beam, thin-film deposition, electro-plating, and materials bonding.

Vadnais Heights, MN

• Designed and built laser diode pump modules for medical and industrial applications and single-mode 980 nm pump modules for erbium doped fiber optic amplifiers.
• Served as a scientist, engineer, and project leader. Led all aspects of design and qualification of diodes, including operated MBE systems, process equipment, and performed bonding, assembly, and testing of devices.

New Orleans, LA

• Drove R&D efforts for synthesis and characterization of novel biochemical and inorganic materials.
• Mentored and trained undergraduate and graduate researchers.

New Orleans, LA

• Conducted basic and applied materials research of materials, thin films, and semiconductors. Designed and deposited thin film materials via MOCVD and MBE. Performed in situ analysis on processes using TOFMS, Quadrupole.
• Led a Smith-Kline Beecham funded studies of small molecules, such as Tamoxifen e.g. using LC/MS. Designed analysis and testing systems and apparatus. Performed data analysis and correlation.
• Taught lab and upper-level undergraduate courses; mentored undergraduate researchers.

J.D.

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Ba, Biochemistry

Education record