I am seeking new opportunities that align with my intellectual property and portfolio management expertise and my strong communication and problem-solving skills.As a registered Patent Agent, I have a proven track record of significantly enhancing efficiency and cost-effectiveness while fostering a culture of innovation. My notable achievements include increasing invention submissions by over 2000%, reducing the time from submission to final decision to under 10 days, and increasing the number of inventors from underrepresented groups by 3250%.As President of The WICT Network: Greater Philadelphia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing women leaders in media, entertainment, and technology, I lead a team of 40 members who provide professional development, scholarships, and resources. During the first year of my presidency, the chapter received both President of the Year and Chapter of the Year awards for 2023, surpassing 23 global chapters.I am now seeking new opportunities through full-time employment or consulting via my business, Clarke Innovations, LLC, in three main areas:• Intellectual Property: Cultivating innovation through data analytics and process improvements.• Operational Improvement: Enhancing efficiencies and reducing costs through automation and cross-functional collaboration.• Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging: Leading initiatives that drive meaningful change in organizational culture and policies.

Dedicated to helping companies develop a culture of innovation; providing the expertise and knowledge needed for organizations to thrive in rapidly changing business landscapes; inspiring creativity and ingenuity among employees, fostering a spirit of collaboration, and enabling companies to stay ahead of the innovation curve.

Leads a 40-member, non-profit Board dedicated to empowering women in media, technology, and entertainment. The WICT Network is a global organization positioned at the center of the media landscape with over 40 years of success in developing women leaders. The award-winning Greater Philadelphia chapter is one of the largest of the 24 global chapters, dedicated to working together to foster leadership and innovation worldwide.Achievements: • Recipient of The WICT Network: 2023 Chapter President of the Year Award• Recipient of The WICT Network: 2023 Chapter of the Year Award• Recipient of The WICT Network: 2023 Inspire and Others Will Follow Award• Recipient of The WICT Network: 2023 Programming Excellence Award -2nd Placewww.wictphiladelphia.org

• Created, designed, and implemented series of brainstorming sessions with women engineers to increase diversity and inclusion in invention process, as well as promote women leaders across company; increased participation of women inventors by 3,250% since 2007.• Worked with Business Unit to completely convert existing process into completely online and fully automated process, supporting 2,500 employees.• Maintained steady intake of ideas for patent consideration that averaged ~600 year.• Collaborated with department leaders to ensure synergy and foster collaboration, specifically in areas of sustainability, accessibility, innovation, and diversity and inclusion.• Continued to facilitate brainstorming sessions around emerging technologies such as 5G, privacy, haptics, non-verbal communications, blockchain, and IoT. • Supported inventors in 37 states, District of Columbia, and six countries.

• Developed and implemented new processes to ensure preservation and protection of intellectual property of company.• Cultivated strategic plan that aligned patent harvesting efforts to overall business strategy.• Facilitated innovation and brainstorming sessions for engineers to develop and evolve ideas into invention disclosures; worked with engineers to capture new ideas.• Continued to exceed goals related to invention submission, application filings, and granted patents year-over-year.• Collaborated with senior leaders and engineers to identify key technology areas and capture novel solutions therein.• Established and fostered cross-platform relationships to spark innovation that led to well-developed solutions and creative, collaborative working environment.

• Designed and implemented internal harvesting process and inventor recognition program.• Increased invention submissions by 1,921% in first four years.• Facilitated innovation and brainstorming sessions for engineers to boost innovation and capture ideas into invention disclosures; worked with engineers to capture new ideas.• Educated inventors and senior leaders on importance of patenting.• Assisted team in patent evaluation, prior art searches, and acquisition due diligence.• Managed $1M budget and team of 10+ consultants.

Managed IP portfolio of over 1,000 active matters, both foreign and domestic, pertaining to telecommunications, e-commerce, and electrical arts. Reduced patent prosecution cost by 30% in first year. Developed unique processes, algorithms, and software to evaluate intellectual property. Established foreign portfolio strategy based on detailed evaluation of economic structure, patenting laws and procedures, patent appeal, and market appeal of ~26 countries. Designed processes to formally capture inventions from first conception; drafted and filed patent declarations, assignment documents, and broadened existing patent claims.

Determined patentability of U.S. patent applications pertaining to photolithographic compositions, printing plates, and processes thereof. Prepared office actions on behalf of USPTO, including written evaluation of prior art and interpretation of law in accordance with Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) for U.S. utility patent applications and PCT applications (Chapter I, Chapter II).