• Chairing the Intellectual Asset Management team for two businesses, (Synthetic Rubber and Latex)• Leading the process to develop the Intellectual Asset strategy• Participating in multi-functional teams to implement Intellectual Asset strategy• Managing the invention disclosure review process• Co-coordinating patent oppositions• Conducting initial Freedom-to-Practice opinions• Managing the patent publication current awareness program• Advising management on general patent, agreement, license and innovation matters• Scoping out secrecy/technology agreements and negotiates with other party • Conducting due diligence in IP transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures• Developing the information release strategy• Managing the information release process• Contributing to enforcement process and negotiating with patent infringers and potential licensees.• Contributing to the reward process for inventions, including statutory programs• Raising awareness of intellectual Asset management within the company through training• Conducting prior art searching and patent mapping for new technologies• Coordinating patent drafting and patent prosecution reviews with inventors and counsel• Co-coordinating assessment and procurement of tools, (databases, patent searching and mapping tools)• Managing the country patent filing and patent maintenance strategy• Subject matter expert on scope of in-licensed technology

August 2007 - June 2010 - Same role as current job. Dow latex business divested to Bain Capital as part of the Styron CorporationAugust 2000 - August 2007, Project Leader, Paper Latex R&DSeptember 1994 - August 2000, Paper Industry Sales, Dow (UK)December 1987 - September 1994, Technical Service and Development, Paper Latex, Dow Horgen.