• Managing and advising on all aspects of Intellectual Property (IP), including patents, trade marks, trade secrets, designs, personality rights, open-source and copyright • Growing a strong and diversified IP portfolio of over 300 patents across 10 jurisdictions protecting Soul Machines’ inventions in artificial intelligence, machine learning, human-computer interaction, computer graphics and animation• IP due diligence for funding rounds (raising over $100M US in series B/B1)• Pre-empting IP risks and supporting collaborations with R&D partners and research institutions• Competitor and technology landscape analysis to guide business and R&D strategy• Presenting educational seminars, panels and workshops on intellectual property, patents and AI to staff and the public• Managing the IP budget and improving legal operations and adoption of in-house legal & IP technology • Submissions on AI and IP law and policy

Marketing, IP strategy, product development (e.g. designing NZ's first off-grid fully-customizable pre-wired solar kits), R&D projects.

• Patenting mechanical and software inventions locally and internationally – patent drafting, and prosecution• Prior art, landscape, validity and freedom to operate searching and assessment• Patent oppositions and litigation

• Founded an Edu-Tech startup automating private math tutoring • Successfully exited after taking the startup through the inaugural FLUX accelerator program