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Dallas, Texas, United States

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

• Develop and manage global IP strategy for all product portfolios, including working with cross-functional stakeholders to develop global intellectual property filing, prosecution and estate management strategies, and then translating strategies into appropriate actions.• Develop and manage a team of intellectual property associates, including attorneys (whether in-house or external counsel), paralegals and/or other support staff.• Develop and manage Intellectual Property Department global budget and coordinate cost allocations with other departments accordingly. • Manage external counsel relationships.• Oversee the external counsel in the development and prosecution of intellectual property rights.• Protect and manage trade secrets globally. • Provide insights, advice and counsel to cross-functional stakeholders and business leaders related to landscape, clearance and freedom to operate analyses. • Develop and manage trademark portfolio strategies. • In conjunction with other Legal team members, draft agreements and advise business on intellectual property licensing and development strategies and relationships.• In conjunction with other Legal team members, review and advise on third-party agreements. • Manages, directs and supports all intellectual property litigation. • Provides advice and counsel related to third party patent assets and supports strategies to minimize risks to the Company.

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

• Provide intellectual property services to the businesses. • Manage outside counsel in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications. • Meet with researchers and others in the business to identify inventions and intellectual property issues.• Identifies highly complex legal issues and develops resolutions to those issues.• Identify the need for, initiate, and direct implementation of significant intellectual property policies.• Coordinate and oversee the work product of less experienced attorneys, paralegals, and other legal support staff.• Draft, review, and modify contracts and other documents with intellectual property significance.• Counsel on infringement issues and clearance of products.

Troy, Michigan, Us

• Draft both provisional and non-provisional electromechanical, mechanical, and electrical patent applications.• Respond to final and non-final office actions in the electromechanical, mechanical, and electrical fields.• Prosecute electromechanical and mechanical patents for major engineering companies, universities, and individual inventors.• Prosecute both U.S. and foreign patent applications in the electromechanical, mechanical, and electrical fields.• Prosecute both U.S. and foreign patent applications relating to automotive control systems, automotive hardware, fuel cell systems, imaging software, refrigerant and cooling systems, building hardware, fire suppressant systems, flotation devices, and other technologies.• Draft motions, responses to motions, and answers for litigation matters.• Perform document searches and participate in discovery for litigation matters.• Perform legal research using Westlaw, LexisNexis, U.S. Patent Quarterly, and court websites.• Perform patentability searches and freedom-to-practice searches using PatBase, the US PTO website, Google Patents, the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) System, the Assignments on the Web for Patents System, and the US PTO Public Search Facility. • Perform trademark searches using the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS).• Perform copyright searches using the US Copyright Office Website.• Perform legal research in the area of copyright and trademark law.

Troy, Michigan, Us

• Draft both provisional and non-provisional electromechanical, mechanical, and electrical patent applications.• Respond to final and non-final office actions in the electromechanical, mechanical, and electrical fields.• Prosecute electromechanical and mechanical patents for major engineering companies, universities, and individual inventors.• Prosecute both U.S. and foreign patent applications in the electromechanical, mechanical, and electrical fields.• Prosecute both U.S. and foreign patent applications relating to automotive control systems, automotive hardware, fuel cell systems, imaging software, refrigerant and cooling systems, building hardware, fire suppressant systems, flotation devices, and other technologies.• Draft motions, responses to motions, and answers for litigation matters.• Perform document searches and participate in discovery for litigation matters.• Perform legal research using Westlaw, LexisNexis, U.S. Patent Quarterly, and court websites.• Perform patentability searches and freedom-to-practice searches using PatBase, the US PTO website, Google Patents, the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) System, the Assignments on the Web for Patents System, and the US PTO Public Search Facility. • Perform trademark searches using the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS).• Perform copyright searches using the US Copyright Office Website.• Perform legal research in the area of copyright and trademark law.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Calibrate Idle Control and Speed Control for 2.0L Turbo car engines• Present calibrations in Chief Calibration Reviews held at 80%, 99%, 100%, and RPR calibration levels.• Participate in GO FAST meetings to assist in improving company policies and procedures.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Calibrate Idle Control and Speed Control for small block V8 truck engines. (Series 8 and 11)• Present calibrations in Chief Calibration Reviews held at 80%, 99%, 100%, and RPR calibration levels.• Participate in GO FAST meetings to assist in improving company policies and procedures.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Calibrate Electronic Throttle Control and Cruise Control for small block V8 truck engines. • Present calibrations in Chief Calibration Reviews held at 80%, 99%, 100%, and RPR calibration levels.• Participate in GO FAST meetings to assist in improving company policies and procedures.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Performed PVET RAT/verification testing, Diagnostic Overview Evaluation testing, and electronic throttle control testing on Inline 4/5/6 GMT345/355/360 truck engines. • Attended and led data collection on development and verification vehicle ride trips.• Assisted Calibration Specialists by collecting and analyzing data to improve their calibrations.• Participated in GO FAST meetings to assist in improving company policies and procedures.

College Station, Tx, Us

• Assisted professors and tutored/mentored students in introductory honors and regular engineering classes.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Worked in Vehicle Performance in Energy, Mass, Drive Quality, and Environment for midsize and heavy duty trucks where Performed Fuel Economy Testing, Reduced Exhaust Part Numbers for Heavy Duty Truck Applications, Organized and Participated in Buy-Off Rides

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Worked in the Squeak and Rattle Department of Vehicle Performance evaluating and root causing vehicles for quality assessment and production purposes.• Evaluated high mileage mid-size luxury vehicles for JD Powers Blitz.

• Worked on the Right-of-Way team forming agreements for Surface Leases, Easements, Pipe Line Tie-ins, Pipe Line Crossings, and Permits.• Visited Pipeline Integrity Maintenance project and pipeline addition project in offshore Louisiana.

Juris Doctorate, Intellectual Property Law

Masters Of Business Administration, Business

Bs, Mechanical Engineering