I build patent portfolios for inventions relating to machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, speech recognition, signal processing and related technologies.

Founder and primary developer of cloud software for ranked-choice voting. The OpaVote website uses a Python Google App Engine backend and an HTML/CSS/Javascript/jQuery front end. OpaVote is the most used tool for ranked-choice voting elections.

Responsible for developing and protecting intellectual property rights for Amazon’s Lab126, which includes Echo, Fire phone, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Dash, and other projects still in development.• Increased Amazon’s patent portfolio by supervising outside counsel for preparation of about 150 new patent applications a year and the prosecution of previously filed patent applications.• Identified patentable inventions by working closely with software developers and machine learning scientists with an emphasis on speech recognition, text to speech (Ivona acquisition), knowledge bases (Evi acquisition), audio signal processing, optical character recognition, and computer vision.• Evaluated third-party patent portfolios for acquisition and licensing.• Performed clearance studies for Amazon products by reviewing relevant patent portfolios.• Evaluated open source software for use by Amazon and IP risks regarding requests by Amazon employees to work on outside projects.

Sole attorney for a startup company that provided speech recognition as a service, where I was responsible for legal matters and contributed to the development of speech recognition software.• Supervised outside counsel for prosecution of patents and trademarks. Drafted patent applications to protect innovations in speech recognition. Protected trademark rights by sending cease and desist letters to infringers and negotiating cessation of infringing activity.• Performed due diligence for acquisition of Yap that included audit of intellectual property, audit of open source software use, and supervision of litigation relating to acquisition.• Drafted and negotiated sales contracts and license agreements. Reduced risk through the implementation of a document retention policy and a privacy policy.

Associate attorney at a law firm specializing in intellectual property law. Responsibilities included patent litigation, patent prosecution, and other intellectual property litigation.• Lead associate and third chair at trial for a patent infringement lawsuit against a large Internet retailer in the District of Delaware. Responsibilities included taking depositions, drafting briefs and motions, working with opposing counsel, and participating in mediation sessions.• Wrote and prosecuted patent applications for technology relating to computer speech recognition, signal and image processing, and software and operating systems.• Lead associate and third chair at trial for a lawsuit alleging trademark infringement. Responsibilities included taking depositions, drafting briefs and motions, and working with opposing counsel.

Clerked for the Honorable Juan Torruella of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Developed mathematical models for the basic sounds in human speech for the English, French, and Spanish languages. Models were used in the development of speech recognition software.