Innovation evangelist. Intellectual Property portfolio builder. Commercialization expert.

• Identified and secured large number of judges and speakers for the Conrad Challenge Innovation Summit, at NASA's Johnson Space Center designed to engage global students from around the world. • Organized and restructured committee charters for the Foundation and kept minutes.

• Consulted expertise with companies and law firms primarily providing litigation strategy for USPTO adversarial proceedings including strategic agreements, legal research, motions practice, complex sales transactions, transactional drafting, negotiations, business acumen, channel and partner contracting, and management of legal workflow.

• Ran a billion-dollar budget across all business units specifically CFO, PTAB plus the Chief Judge, TTAB plus the Chief Judge, unemployment, patent, trademark examiners, and commissioners. Presided as Judge over 7 cases before PTAB and TTAB.• Oversaw employee collective bargaining agreement strategies (CBA) strategies steering 3 unique union negotiations. • Influenced billion-dollar IT infrastructure upgrade including hardware, software, AI and 30+ AI tools.• Established a cross organization “One Voice One Message” communication through the implementation of organizational key business processes while ensuring consistency and compliances.• Forged stakeholder relationships including lobbying groups INTA, HTIA, US Chamber of Commerce, MPAA, IPO, AIPLA, LES, and Innovation Alliance. Co-chair of working group for National Council Expanding American Innovation (NCEAI).

• Generated multi-million-dollar annual revenues through the strategic execution of cloud in network security influencing new business development initiatives, innovative payment models across medical, automotive, mobility, entertainment, 3D, and measurement application industries. • Drove processes and systems for IPO readiness and subsequent IPO in collaboration with business and finance teams. • Grew intellectual property portfolio 3-fold including global brand vetting, protection, registration, and patent issuance by powering the legal strategy for all major licensing negotiations and litigations. • Collaborated with business team and engineers to appropriately protect assets via patent, trade secret, copyright, and open-source strategies.• Completed M&A transactions, including diligence and integration of software companies.• Oversaw all outside counsel, including litigation, securities and prosecution matters.• Crafted commercial agreements for innovative technologies, business models, including cloud-provisioning, software ‘rental’ models, SaaS, IaaS, and APIs.

• Energized start-up and mid-sized growth by providing strategic business development initiatives and optimized financial returns for 30+ companies and governing organizations such as Silicon Image, Myotest SA, Novasentis Inc, and HDMI Licensing LLC for standard essential patents (SEP) with a responsive team of 30+.• Influenced cost reduction by driving collaborative strategic plans with business managers to promote IP asset augmentation, business growth and the optimization of financial returns.

• Built and coached extended teams of comprised of in-house legal, litigation, outside lawyers, sales, finance, product management, CTO spearheading depositions, discovery, patent litigation, licensing, technology, and new product agreements.• Led the Immersion Corporation v. Sony Federal Circuit Court jury award winning patent infringement case as a result of prudently shaping the legal strategy.• Shaped, executed board governance charters and corporate policies in collaboration with Finance, HR, Facilities, Purchasing, and Data Security.