Versatile, results-oriented U.S. patent examiner with 20+ years of patent examination, search, and classification experience. Proven leader, innovator, and creative problem solver who can increase patent examination efficiency and workflow. Demonstrated ability to balance and prioritize workload while handling multiple tasks and demands in a timely and productive manner. Excellent ability to serve and to lead teams in achieving agency goals and objectives on the art unit and technology center level and to provide the necessary feedback to team members to achieve these goals and objectives. Loves to face new challenges, dig in, and conquer them. Adaptable and excited to learn entirely new technologies. Applies these skills in examining a wide variety of applications in the chemical art. Looking to merge this experience with a knowledge of the law to meet the USPTO's goals as we move toward the mid-21st Century.