Prior IBM Professional Experience:

• Managing attorney in IBM’s patent licensing organization at IBM corporate headquarters in Armonk, NY.
• Executive responsible for the intellectual property law organization for IBM’s $4 billion Storage Systems Division, San Jose, CA.
• Drafting, negotiating and interpreting patent license agreements.
• Drafting and negotiating technology development agreements with internationally known companies of Japan.
• Performing license agreement royalty audits.
• Supervisory patent counsel in IBM V. Conner Peripherals.
• Supervising and preparing patent infringement opinions.
• Supervising and preparing patent validity opinions.
• Directing full range of patent preparation and prosecution for both software and hardware technologies. 
• Filed and issued IBM's first virtual storage patent