Conceived, planned, and executed research-and-development projects aimed at selected security, defense, and intelligence decision-improvement problems.Capstone project: MERGEWHEEL air-to-air decision training software. Conceived, designed, developed, and coded multi-platform desktop application for use in training student fighter aircrews based on current U.S. Navy all-weather-intercept curriculum and military human factors research, including multimode pulse-doppler radar simulation, task saturation/cognitive limits model, and tactical artificial intelligence framework.

Designed and taught regular course on architecting and drafting commercial technology contracts, emphasizing scenario-based training and “design-for-negotiation” strategies.

Served in various roles at SF/SV element of FBI public-private partnership for information-sharing and infrastructure protection, including fifteen years' service on board of directors.

Technology Transactions Group, resident in Palo Alto. Drafted, negotiated, and drove complex, high-stakes IP transactions from whiteboard to contract. Experienced in IP-focused M&A, joint ventures, strategic patent licenses, technology transfers, and joint development/collaboration agreements across a variety of industries, including software (both on-premise and SaaS), cloud services/managed computing, security, semiconductor, advanced materials science, wireless and related technologies, AI/machine learning, and data storage/analytics.
Developed proactive legal strategies for novel lines of business launched by companies of all sizes; collaborated with founders and management principals on novel business model ideation and refinement; architected and drafted modular contract templates and custom legal playbooks to support new product/ service rollouts and revenue model transformation. 
Provided timely, decision-oriented analysis and advice to senior management under rapidly changing legal, business, and technical conditions. Served as risk scout on due diligence investigations for acquisitions, venture financings, strategic investments, and IPOs. 
Firmwide supervisory subject matter expert for open-source software, patent licensing, cybersecurity, national security encryption export controls, commercial risk allocation, and other specialized technical topics. Built and trained expert advisor teams from scratch in multiple disciplines.
Managed personnel at all experience levels in multiple office locations. Conceived and drove legal operations improvement. Responsible for practice group training; conducted legal training for in-house legal departments and professional organizations; directed annual firmwide summer associate negotiation workshop. Trained, supervised, and mentored attorneys at all levels.