I am an energetic entrepreneur, attorney, businessman, and engineer with many years of experience in commercial and government business, management, compliance, and the law. My broad-based domestic and international experience includes mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts; providing information technology/cybersecurity related compliance advice; providing ethics and government compliance advice; and designing, developing, testing, evaluating, fielding, and supporting hardware and software, including hardware and software currently flown in low earth orbit. I also have considerable experience with patent preparation and prosecution; freedom to operate opinions; non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements as well as material transfer agreements; software and IP licensing; the management of subcontractors, budgets, and people; proposal development; U.S. Government procurement oversight; advising on export control matters; human research compliance; blockchain; and negotiating hundreds of multi-million dollar agreements/contracts including significant experience with joint development agreements. I am an accomplished collaborative project management and engineering professional with significant experience in aerospace systems as well as oil and gas-related exploration, recovery, and process control design. I also have considerable experience with communications and tracking systems design and testing, telemetry, avionics, electrical systems design, software development, and thermal control systems design.I have received training from the Judge Advocate General School in and have experience with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), the American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and its related Buy American certification provisions, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), and Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) compliance. I have received department of justice training in and have experience with the False Claims Act and Qui Tam Actions. I am also familiar with the UK Bribery Act.I am one of five elected executives on a board of directors with responsibilities over the largest municipal water authority in Texas, managing over $1 billion in assets.
Listed skills include Licensing, Patent Prosecution, Intellectual Property, Aerospace, and 32 others.