About
I have been called an innovative and creative technical leader due to my having provided multi-million-dollar growth, development and maximization of profitability, and the building or restoring market share in highly complex and competitive business climates for some of America’s best Companies.
During the course of my efforts, I have worked on thousands of patents in the course of brokering, prosecuting and enforcement efforts. In terms of brokering, I am often asked to breathe life into a patent or portfolio, determine any prior art issues and evaluate infringement opportunities. I typically generated marketing materials, high level claims charts and prior art reviews to this end.
In terms of enforcement, I am usually brought in to provide expert witness coaching, develop litigation-level claims charts and aid in translating technical patents into legal and judge-level verbiage. I also have 2 published patents and 4 pending patent applications.
Work history
• IP Best Practices: Served as Chief Technology Officer for PLURITAS, INC. and worked with multiple IT resources to engage and manage portfolio opportunities; performed KSR, market effects, and damage analyses for a wide range of patent portfolios and provided comprehensive patent acquisition and due diligence support. Created systems and processes for analyzing and packaging over 2,000 patents that led to successful brokerage transactions.
• Patent Development / Website Tracking: Developed patented innovation in website tracking for DATATRENDZ, LLC. Created a fully functional prototype and led patent prosecution for published and pending applications in an attempt to attract potential investors. Led litigation to overcome a hostile takeover and worked with multiple legal resources to maintain and solidify IP position. These efforts led to victory and retained DataTrendz LLC.’s IP rights. The current focus is on standing up previous proof of concept in order to market as a potential IP/M&A deal.
• IT Transformation: While assigned and working with Guident on behalf of SI International for U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, and serving in the role of CTO Consultant, identified processing capacity issues. Called upon to take the lead role and work hand-in-hand with management, developers, and business users to create and implement the complete re-architecture of a new U.S. Visa and new Passport Systems. In 2 years, these systems achieved 18X increase in processing capacity with a 25% reduction in IT resources.
• Online Marketing Strategy: Commissioned by the leadership team of CENTRAL ATLANTIC TOYOTA to restore order after a precipitous drop in online lead volume, quality, and flow was followed by costs spiraling out of control. Built the strategy, infrastructure, and led tactical execution that within 90 days drove 8X volume with an 80% reduction in costs and better conversion rates. This effort created a predictable, flexible, and scalable online marketing strategy that is still in play.
• IT Strategy: Recruited to assume the Chief Technology Officer role and establish infrastructure in support of business applications for COMPARISON SHOPPING ONLINE (CSO), LLC. Conceived, developed, and led advanced global virtualization infrastructure; increased portals from 2 to 50, reduced initialization time from weeks to hours, and re-tasked or invented technologies to integrate data streams (a first for the company). The team achieved peak efficiency within 6 months and within the year, business capacity increased 60%; enabling expansion to 9 countries.
• Social Marketing Ingenuity: IP GHOSTER, INC. Had a goal to obtain 250 users in 4 countries, but budget would only support a finite marketing effort. Served in the role of CDO / Operations / Product Development and in 10 days, executed a marketing strategy to exceed goals despite restrictions; utilizing unique banner ads and tightly-controlled managed social ad campaigns. In 6 months, delivered 1,693 users in 58 countries, nearly 7X expectations within the same budget.
• Global Integration: Recruited by CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL as CTO Consultant to resolve multiple delivery issues hindering growth. Built and sold strategy up and down the management chain; eliminated or replaced unproductive team members, instituted new IT- business communications, eliminated redundant software, incorporated COTS products, developed new IT processes/systems, and established Service-Oriented Architecture and data consolidation. These efforts met global demands in 50% less time and 25% under budget.
• Proprietary Software Success: Conceived and delivered custom software solutions WJH CONSULTING that anticipated client needs while fulfilling upfront expectations. Typical delivery time was 50% ahead of schedule. Successful completion of agile, proactive systems resulted in 10X expansion of services in outpatient care centers in less than 11 months.
• Advanced Rich Media Campaigns: Charged by PIVNET, INC. with developing online marketing strategy and to work with outsourced IT groups to implement comprehensive, custom Tracking and Reporting while providing new marketing opportunities. Leveraged advanced social media conduits and web portals with CRM systems, remote clients via XML, NoSql, Web Services and provided high throughput geo-targeting portals. Innovated, developed and maintains first-ever real time integration of Fortune 100 companies for multimillion dollar rich media campaign.
• Next Generation VPN/Counter-Intrusion Technologies: Called upon to lead SIPN, LLC to develop next generation VPN/Counter-Intrusion technology and manage technical resources through build-out. Invented next generation VPN/Counter-Intrusion technology and engineered numerous marketing documents that led to several potential pilot program opportunities.
• Product Development: The primary directive given by THAT’S A GREAT IDEA, LLC was to develop numerous consumer products. Collaborated with engineers to translate initial inventions into designs that could be easily manufactured. Achievements included Safer Socket and Bio Lock (patent applications pending).
• Mobile Applications: Created and patented an invention enabling cross-platform functionality for mobile applications and created proprietary dynamic ontology and semantic processing engine for INTELLIGENT MAPPING, LLC. Obtained funding and organized company development effort while managing technical resources and developing strategic IT plans.
• Intellectual Property Strategy: Analyzed patent claims elements for FRISKIT, INC. in the role of IP Technology Broker to avoid potential infringement and KSR considerations. Provided enhanced claim analyses, business opportunity, and authored market-positioning white papers. In addition, developed comprehensive marketing package and acted as patent broker in effort to sell portfolio.
• IT Solutions: Assigned the responsibility to serve as Enterprise Architect for CGH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. to provide advanced technical and executive services for Health and Human Services, Federal Aviation Administration, D.C. Vacant Properties Division, D.C. Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Health and Environmental Control for the state of South Carolina.
Publications
PATENTS
UNOBTRUSIVE METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION TRANSMITTED OVER A NETWORK; UNITED STATES 8,566,443; The present invention relates generally to unobtrusive methods and systems for collecting information transmitted over a network utilizing a data collection system residing between an originator system and a responding system. In one embodiment the Originator System can be a web browser and the Responding System can be a web server. In another embodiment the Originator System can be a local computer and the Responding System can be another computer on the network. Both these and other configurations are considered to be within the domain of this invention.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION TRANSMITTED OVER A NETWORK; UNITED STATES 8,095,622; The disclosure provides a transparent means of collecting context-dependent data nested in a client-server request/response paradigm. Through the use of an embedded web server, messages are terminated between the user and the disclosure wherein the disclosure takes on the role of a web server. The disclosure then initiates a new request, based on the content of the incoming request and submits this new message to a destination system. In this latter case, the disclosure is acting in the role of a web client. The response coming back from the destination system is then terminated at the disclosure which is still acting in the role of a web client. The content of the response is used to generate a new message which is sent back to the user. In this final phase, the disclosure is acting in the role of a web server.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING, IDENTIFYING AND CATEGORIZING INTERMEDIATE NODES; UNITED STATES 13/465,799; A system and method for obtaining node information from a variety of potential sources and storing the information in a logical repository, and a system and method for identifying and categorizing Intermediate Nodes using a combination of requesting and responding node information.
SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN NODES; UNITED STATES 13/480,057; Systems and methods for protecting communications between at least two nodes which protect the identity of a node requesting information, provide content of communications being sent and/or obscure a type of communication being sent. Varying degrees of protection options including encryption, intermediate node termination and direct node communications are provided.
PUBLICATIONS
ALCOHOLIC TENDENCY AND EEG AROUSAL IN WOMEN: EFFECTS OF FAMILY HISTORY AND PERSONALITY UNDER EMOTIONAL STIMULATION.
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, JUNE 1, 2002; Alcoholism is genetic, influenced by both genetic and personality factors. Important questions remain, however, as to just how neurological functioning is affected by these predispositions. As a result, the present study assessed the effects of both familiarity and personality factors on electroencephalographic (EEG) responses.
TRAIT ANXIETY AND PRIOR EXPOSURE TO NON-STRESSFUL STIMULI: EFFECTS ON PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL AND ANXIETY.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEPTEMBER 7, 2000; Arousal and anxiety responses to stressful stimulation are products of multiple factors that may include the physiological, behavioral, cognitive, affective, trait, and state components of our six-system model, as well as mediational and non-mediational perspectives. Within the context of this model, the present experiment examined the effects of prior exposure to neutral stimuli on arousal and anxiety responses to stress.
ANXIETY AND AROUSAL: TESTS OF A NEW SIX-SYSTEM MODEL.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEPTEMBER 1, 1999; The present experiment was a test of a new six-system model of anxiety, which includes physiological, behavioral, cognitive, affective, trait, and state components of anxiety and also differentiates between direct and mediated responses.
CAFFEINE AND AROUSAL: A BIOBEHAVIORAL THEORY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND EMOTIONAL EFFECTS
CAFFEINE AND BEHAVIOR: CURRENT VIEWS AND RESEARCH TRENDS 1999
CAFFEINE: EFFECTS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING AND PERFORMANCE; CAFFEINE MAY, 1998
