Rafael V. ("Rafa") Baca, Esq. Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Rafa has decades of experience as a Federal Regulatory and Tech lawyer, a Registered US Patent and IP lawyer that includes a depth of experience in complex commercial litigation, legal transactions, business intelligence, tradesecrets, patent prosecution, and global asset portfolio strategy and regulatory work in tech and engineering. He is an active speaker in Software & Technology legal matters, GDPR Data Privacy regulations and a national expert and speaker in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data and international law as the Chair of the ABA’s AI committee. Rafa has a JD (law degree), MS in Computer Science (Data Science) and BS in Mechanical Engineering. Rafa is a passionate software developer, digital forensics investigator, as well as a member of the Stanford Blockchain group and San Francisco Legal Hackers. As a dual citizen of the USA and a naturalized citizen of Spain (EU) , Rafa is well versed with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and is thus legally equipped to act as an ideally knowledgeable US-Based Data Protection Officer under the EU’s GDPR while in sensitive data breach matters requiring lawyer-client privilege. Rafa is fluent in Spanish and a member of the USPTO, Texas and New Mexico Bars.

-DESCRIPTION OF RECENT EXPERIENCE- 02/29/20-SOFTWARE, COMPUTER SCIENCE & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS - (last 7+ yrs) computer software, internet, telecom & communications networks manufacturers, in the following representative areas: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Systems, Software architecture, software quality assurance & testing, and data structure applications, applications in JAVA, SQL, Python, C, C++Data Engineering Systems, data mining, Cloud computing, Dev Ops systems- AWS, SaaS, PaaS; database and data analytics, relational database designLegal Informatics - eDiscovery, Privacy and Security. Machine Learning of Litigation Documents.Commercialization of ultra-low power sensor networks, systems built around prototype MEMS research technologiesWireless User Equipment (UE) Registration, Authentication and Encryption - Public Encryption Key, PKI, Crypto Currency Payment Systems, Social Network systemsInternet of Things (IoT) Mobile Application SystemsVoice Over Internet Protocol - (Session Initiation Protocol, Real-time Transport Protocol, Media Gateway Control Protocol) over Radio Access NetworksPacket compression and optimizationMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY - (last 7 yrs):Telemedicine: Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, Medical Imaging TechHealth 3.0 and Health 2.0 related information systems and privacy applicationsBioinformatics and development of wearable applications (Internet of Things, IoT devices) for the Medical Field, HIPPAA, HiTech, Meaningful Use of EHRs, CLIA regs & trade secretsUS FDA- regulated medical devices, surgical and diagnostic equipment, implantable medical devicesOilfield & Energy Systems - (last 9+ yrs)Litigation & Prosecution of Oilfield Systems

Using artificial intellegence and machine learing to automate creation of legal contracts to global consumers.

• Patent prosecution docket in medical devices, electrical arts, and aerospace.• Patent Opinion work in medical device area.

• Preparation & Prosecution in the electrical arts for large Austin-area computer-based companies and tech startups, including telecom network layer protocols as well as computer & mobile device hardware systems

Houston, Tx, Us

• Extensive patent litigation experience, including drafting motions as well as managing various facets of Discovery for several internationally and domestically based clients.

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Projects involving negotiations and commercialization Intellectual Property agreements with Sandia Labs, Open source software licensing agreements, and licensing agreements for parallel processing technologies.

Albuquerque, Nm, Us

• Projects involving negotiations and commercialization agreements of Intellectual Property at a National Laboratory with outside corporations. Open Source Software License Agreements. United States Export Controls, Regulation Management.• "SECRET" U.S. Government Security Clearance -- U.S. Department of Energy

Law Clerk (Hispanic Assoc. of Colleges & Univ., HACU)• Office of Special Programs for the Assistant Commissioner for Patents: Legal research on 20 yr. patent term; Editorial work for Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)Examining Corps.; Art Unit 3306 (HACU)• Examined patent applications for medical device (catheters) in the Examining Corps; First Actions, Election of Species, and Examiner’s Answers.

Bitcoin Edge Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Developer Program

Masters Of Science: Data & Computer Science, Galvanize - San Francisco

Master'S Degree, Computer Software Engineering

Database & Data Analytics

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