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Involved in all phases of patent application preparation and prosecution in electrical and mechanical arts, including diverse computer system and architecture technologies, communications, software, and business methods. Authored numerous original patent applications. Counsel and advise clients ranging from individual inventors to large corporations in all aspects of patent law. Involved with patent enforcement and defensive measures, including providing infringement and invalidity searches and opinions, reexamination proceedings, and litigation.

Developed network management software for IBM/AIX and SUN/Solaris processors. Team leader responsible for SNMP subagent design and development. Developed code-generation tools to automate subagent coding from MIB definition, reducing coding time by thirty percent. Developed platform-independent object model in C++to facilitate softwarere use for reduced development time and cost. Performed object-oriented design using UML, Rational Rose, and Visio. C/C++.

Developed embedded application software for satellite communicator in remote asset tracking application. Responsible for al aspects of design, coding and test of software. Worked with customer during requirements definition, and during field/beta testing of product. C/C++

Embedded software development and design for diverse avionics systems. Created graphical software design specifications using "Software Through Pictures" (StP). Developed requirements-based Hardware-Software Integration testing methodology to allow automated test execution and analysis as well as automated requirements-to-test traceability. Trained employees in testing methodology, and directed integration testing effort. Provided methodology training and team leadership for software requirements specification for advanced cockpit display systems. Adhered to standards for DO 1788 software verification. C/C++

Developed toolset based on "Software Through Pictures" (StP) to support graphical software design specification. Toolset provides diagram creation and editing functions to support the ADARTS structured design methodology. Toolset includes C++ code generation function to create compilable C++ code from ADARTS/Stp architecture and class diagrams.

Jd, Law

Bs, Computer Engineering