Experience

InspireIP

• Brazil
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and CEO

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  InspireIP is addressing the need for innovation which is critical for all organizations. Unfortunately, many corporations are having trouble creating and maintaining an innovative environment. In less than a year InspireIP has multiple large corporations as customers and is demonstrating how creating the right ecosystem can create a successful, sustaining innovation environment. InspireIP is addressing the need for innovation which is critical for all organizations. Unfortunately, many corporations are having trouble creating and maintaining an innovative environment. In less than a year InspireIP has multiple large corporations as customers and is demonstrating how creating the right ecosystem can create a successful, sustaining innovation environment.



PQAI

• United States
• Software Development

• Team Lead

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Leading a collaborative open source initiative to create a state-of-the-art prior art search engine utilizing natural language processing, AI learning and visualization to radically improve the innovation process. PQAI is reducing the cost of innovation, enabling greater participation in the innovation process and improving the patent system from a quality and transparency perspective. Leading a collaborative open source initiative to create a state-of-the-art prior art search engine utilizing natural language processing, AI learning and visualization to radically improve the innovation process. PQAI is reducing the cost of innovation, enabling greater participation in the innovation process and improving the patent system from a quality and transparency perspective.



AT&T

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2010 - Jan 2014

  Established The Innovation Pipeline (TIP) an internal innovation program that has 17,000 ideas and more than 120,000 members. The program is generating over 500 ideas per month. The program has committed over $27M to develop ideas into commercial products.

• • Apr 2007 - 2010

  Managed AT&T's patent portfolio from patent filings decisions, office actions responses, continuation decisions to identifying infringers and working with legal on claims charts.



BellSouth Intellectual Property

• Managing Director Corporate

  • Apr 2002 - Dec 2006

  Responsible for the management and development of the BellSouth patent portfolio. Responsible for the management and development of the BellSouth patent portfolio.



SEVEN Networks

• United States
• Wireless Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director

  • Sep 2000 - Nov 2002

  Employee number 5. Contributions included strategic planning, business development and carrier sales. Employee number 5. Contributions included strategic planning, business development and carrier sales.



BellSouth Cellular

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager

  • 1995 - 2000

  Strategic Technology development and standards forum representative. Filed 20 patents. Strategic Technology development and standards forum representative. Filed 20 patents.


Ameritech
• United States
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Architecture planning

  • 1983 - 1995

Illinois Bell Telephone
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• Engineer

  • Jun 1981 - Jan 1983