Education
University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
JD, Law 1993-01-01 - 1996-01-01California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
BSME, Mechanical Engineering 1987-01-01 - 1992-01-01Work Experience
None!
Current
None!
Intuit
2013-02-01 - 2025-04-01
Intuit
SAP
2002-04-01 - 2012-10-01
SAP
SeeCommerce
2000-01-01 - 2002-01-01
SeeCommerce
Howard Rice
1998-01-01 - 2000-01-01
Howard Rice
Skjerven, Morrill
1996-09-01 - 1997-12-01
Skjerven, Morrill
Microcurrents, Inc
1993-09-01 - 1993-12-01
Microcurrents, Inc
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems (now Guidant)
1993-01-01 - 1993-09-01
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems (now Guidant)
Skills
Summary
I lead teams of attorneys that currently handle FinTech partnerships, Global Alliances, and Patent Prosecution and Litigation. My experience began in patent litigation at the law firms of Skjerven Morrill and then Howard Rice. I started to focus upon partnerships at Howard Rice. From there I became in-house counsel for a small start-up company named SeeCommerce in Palo Alto. I then moved on to become the Vice President of IP Transactions and Counseling at SAP leading large teams. I am presently leading a large team at Intuit as the Director, Legal: FinTech Partnerships, Global Alliances, and Intellectual Property. Specialties: FinTech partnerships. Global partnerships. Generative AI and data policy. Intellectual property identification and protection. Complex contract negotiation. Product and privacy compliance. Design and execution of strategic patent acquisition program. Open source compliance issues. Standards setting organization IPR issues and negotiation. IP compliance policy and enforcement. Multifaceted IP strategy.