• Global IP portfolio manager for current and next generation nuclear reactor and fuel technologies. • Lead counsel for all intellectual property related matters, including: agreement negotiations, government funded projects and related contracts, IP security and theft, internal IP training, IP enforcement, data privacy, government compliance, management of outside counsel, and portfolio management.• Lead IP counsel for agreement negotiations and drafting of technology and intellectual property related clauses for the deployment of small modular reactor technology throughout North America and Europe.

• Global portfolio and strategy leader for cross business core technologies. Such technologies include power conversion systems, wide bandgap (SiC) semiconductor device design and fabrication methods, additive manufacturing systems and methods, multi-variable gas sensors, and services technologies. • Lead Intellectual Property Counsel for multi-year power electronics technology development initiative involving various government and private entities, resulting in an internal adoption of the technology and a successful out-licensing program.• Intellectual Property Counsel for Current by GE and GE Lighting business units. Responsibilities include providing support for patent litigation and settlement negotiations, managing product clearances, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements and managing patent evaluation boards. • Intellectual Property Counsel for internal R&D organizations developing next generation aircraft engine architecture and systems, avionics, additive manufacturing systems, medical devices, medical imaging systems, photonics, optics, semiconductor devices and power conversion technologies. Responsibilities include:-- Managing patent evaluation boards.-- Drafting and negotiating various agreements, including non-disclosure agreements, joint development agreements, comprehensive research agreements, material transfer agreements, government funded research and development agreements, master commercial agreements, and cooperative research and development agreements.-- Coordinating and instructing outside counsel, contractors and foreign agents on matters related to domestic and foreign filing and prosecution of patent applications.-- Training and reviewing work product of foreign associates from patent drafting organization in India.-- Drafting and prosecuting patent applications relating to subject matter including material science, semiconductor, mechanical, chemical, medical device and electrical applications.

Advised clients with regard to all aspects of intellectual property, including patent, trademark, copyright, licensing and intellectual property portfolio management issues. Drafted patent applications relating to subject matter including material science, semiconductor, mechanical and electrical applications. Performed prior art and trademark searches. Performed all facets of patent and trademark prosecution. Researched and drafted legal memoranda on issues concerning patent, trademark and copyright law. Drafted and reviewed contracts, licensing agreements and confidentiality agreements. Coordinated and instructed foreign agents on matters related to foreign filed patent applications and prosecution.

Examined invention proposals and disclosures. Performed prior art searches. Drafted opinion letters regarding patentability of proposed inventions.

Researched and developed piezoelectric lead-based single crystalline material. Produced calcium fluoride based Ultraviolet crystal lenses. Produced flux growth arsenate and phosphate non-linear optic crystals. Designed and maintained electrical systems and crystal growth stations.