Greater Chicago Area
I am a strategic, results-driven intellectual property leader dedicated to helping technology-focused companies develop, protect, and maximize their IP assets on a global scale. With a deep passion for using technology for good, I thrive at the intersection of innovation and legal strategy, partnering with businesses to safeguard their breakthroughs while unlocking new opportunities for growth. As the leader of global IP teams, I drive initiatives across the full spectrum of IP strategy—from prosecution and freedom-to-operate analyses to complex transactions, M&A, licensing, R&D agreements, due diligence, and litigation. I am committed to fostering innovation through comprehensive IP protection, ensuring companies stay ahead in today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape. My expertise spans strategic IP counseling across a broad range of instrument-based, consumable-based, emerging, and digital technologies—including software applications, AI, ML, medical devices, product lifecycle management, computer-aided design and manufacturing, electronic design automation, simulation, mechanical, and cloud technologies.
Chief IP Counsel of Leica Biosystems & Mammotome (Danaher companies) Portion of the role was a dual-hat as Chief IP Counsel Danaher Diagnostics Platform, comprising Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, Cepheid, Leica Biosystems, Mammotome, Radiometer, and HemoCue.