Work history
Total Awareness Consulting Services, President
Patent Services and Product Development
* Strong reputation for assisting small businesses, start-ups, and university research teams in achieving strategic goals through the protection and monetization of intellectual property. Results accomplished through verifying patent eligibility, searching for prior art, performing in-depth analysis on related references, recommending changes to overcome prior art, developing valuable patent disclosures, and filing patent applications with the USPTO.
* Strong reputation for assisting small businesses in understanding their freedom to operate. Results accomplished through searching for related patent claims, evaluating search results, and recommending options for design changes to overcome potential infringement challenges from existing patent claims.
* Experience in supporting institutional clients and investors with valuations of patent portfolios, acquiring strategic patents, and developing speculative portfolios.
* Experience in supporting patent attorneys by conducting clearance and validity searches, analyzing results, performing due diligence for potential IP acquisitions, identifying licensing targets, and constructing claim charts.
* Design and development of new products and services in telecommunications, mobile applications, web-based applications, social networks, technical analysis, and financial information.
Verizon Communications, Senior Product Manager
* Created concepts and designs of wireless operator assisted products and services.
* Managed product development, implementation, and feature enhancements.
* Wrote business cases for new products that included demand forecasts, capital requirements, and resource time lines.
* Led cross-functional management team through executive process improvement to complete 30 database upgrade projects within a 9 month span.
* Inventor of Method and System of Providing Navigation Service with Directory Assistance, US 8,706,134.
Verizon Wireless, Senior Network Planning Engineer
* Created usage forecasts for messaging system traffic and storage in 20 wireless markets.
* Created medium to long term expansion plans of wireless network architecture, system, and application evolution across 12 states.
* Engineered new capacity requirements for switching and adjunct platforms to cut capital costs.
* Developed annual capital budget for messaging platforms and switching systems.
* Wrote business cases for new plans and risk assessments of developed plans.
* Developed customer communication plans and feature packages with marketing teams for new products and services.
* Developed, documented and distributed common engineering guidelines and best practices.
* Recommended detailed enhancements to original equipment manufacturers to evolve future releases in order to meet functionality, performance, and financial goals.
* Developed robust strategies and procedures for integrating new technologies into existing network.
Vodafone - AirTouch, Senior Network Engineer
* Designed system expansion and optimized network performance of adjunct switching platforms.
* Project lead for all installations, software upgrades, and new feature integrations on all regional adjunct platforms.
* Project lead of first enterprise launch of Mobile Originated Short Message Service and Message Delivery Service (pay-as-you-go voice mail).
* Reworked algorithms developed by equipment manufacturers to solve network compatibility and performance issues.
AirTouch Cellular, Radio Frequency Engineer
* Designed system expansion, optimized network performance, and engineered necessary capacity for Analog and Digital cellular networks.
* Designed, implemented, and directed acceptance test procedures for system enhancements.
* Wrote scripts and database queries to collect and organize performance statistics used to improve network quality.
* Designed and recommended feature enhancements to equipment vendors.
* Supported Sales and Marketing in large customer meetings; supported Legal and Regulatory in public hearings.
