CONSULTANT

Lexington, MA OCTOBER **** -

PRESENT

Contractor

. Assisted in legal research, writing and preparation for client. Ad-hoc

contracting projects in real estate research, financial research,

database development, consultation services, and analysis for client upon

request.

. Provide computer technical support (hardware/software) to client as

needed.

OFFICE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE TREASURER

Boston, MA

Legal and Financial Analyst/Administrator MAY 2012 -

MARCH 2014

. Work with internal Treasury organizations to develop customized data

management solutions and report management. Conceptualized and created

Access database applications for Treasurer, Treasury management, Treasury

counsel, Treasury Human Resources, and treasury analysts for data mining,

query, and reports. Projects developed, implemented, and currently used

include banking, procurement, accounts payable, customer/vendor, and

human resource systems.

. Project work included interfacing with Massachusetts agencies for vendor

payments and reconciling addresses.

IMMUNOGEN

Waltham, MA FEBRUARY 2008 - OCTOBER

2010

Intellectual Property Administrator

. Report to the Director of Intellectual Property and provide support for

ImmunoGen's patent portfolio. Created a patent information management

database in Microsoft Access to administer the company patent portfolio.

Database collects patent family information, outside counsel billing,

annuities, and action docket items in one centralized location. Patent

system provides standard and ad-hoc reports for Director, executive level

staff, accounting, and scientists. Reports include year-to-date, fiscal

year, and total prosecution costs by science/technology group, matter

number, date, or by request. Daily, weekly, and monthly coordination and

interaction with outside counsel, annuity providers and internal staff to

effectively execute patent prosecution for company. Managed the

dissemination and research of U.S. and foreign patents, and report

thereon.

. Responsible for management, distribution and collection of Power of

Attorney documents, Scientist declarations, and other signatures for

outside counsel and patent prosecution needs. Utilized USPTO, WIPO, PAIR

and other patent related research sites to perform research for director

and other scientists as requested.

. Liaison with outside counsel, business partners, educational

institutions, and firms to provide intellectual property support. Serve

as a point of contact for the administration, dissemination, and

recordkeeping of proprietary business and legal documents to support our

internal and external groups and clients. Daily/weekly coordination with

internal scientists to adhere to patent deadlines, office action

responses, and other related prosecution requirements.

. Type, fax, e-mail, draft, FEDEX letters and legal documents to support

patent prosecution administration.

BANK OF AMERICA

Boston, MA JULY 2006 - OCTOBER

2007

Paralegal

. Primarily support two Employment Law General Counsel Attorneys. Also

work with other Bank of America Attorneys and several outside counsel law

firms to litigate Bank case matters. Draft demand response letters,

special agreements, research employment law/opinions, and interact with

Bank of America employees regarding employment or human resources

issues/concerns.

. Additional responsibilities include pulling personnel files from

databases, investigating or preparing non-solicitation employment

agreements, work with in-house counsel to investigate human resource

related complaints.

TD

Boston, MA MARCH 2003 - JUNE

2006

Office/Project Manager

. Support senior level TD BANKNORTH executives in the Insurance and

International Banking division. Work includes developing sales leads,

interacting with external and internal clients; typing correspondence,

handling multiple task/projects according to priority and urgency.

. Additional administrative responsibilities include database development,

business tracking and forecasting, data research and analysis. Reports

and research analysis sent to senior management staff and their

respective business line employees. Ad-Hoc projects handled as

requested.

CURIS

Cambridge MA JANUARY 2002 -

DECEMBER 2002

Biotechnology Paralegal/Database Administrator

. Work with the business development and legal team to provide legal and

business support to the

General Counsel and business development team. Daily handling of

contracts, agreements, and patent

documents. Prepare due diligence materials for potential partnerships

with large pharmaceutical and biotech firms.

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS JUNE 1996 - DECEMBER 2001

Boston MA

Project administrator

. Worked in a variety of job/roles of increasing responsibility. Initially

started as an administrative assistant for the Real Estate group.

Eventually worked up to Legal Assistant/database administrator for the

Real Estate Tax group. My roles included heavy mutual fund research,

legal research, database development using Microsoft Access, financial

reporting, and cross business functions at the firm.

EDUCATION

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Certificate in Paralegal Studies (3.5 GPA.), 2002

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST, Post-Baccalaureate degree in

History, cum laude (3.56 G.P.A.) 1996

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, B.A. in Urban Sociology, 1990

AWARDS: Full page, featured employee of the 2004 TD Banknorth Annual

Report.

SKILLS

COMPUTER SKILLS: CPI patent management software, Microsoft Word, Excel,

Access, PowerPoint, Outlook

OTHER SKILLS: Proficient in speaking/reading/writing Spanish

ASSOCIATIONS

Association of Legal Administrators, 2009 to present

Notary of Massachusetts through April 2015

ACTIVITES

Speaker and presenter at Bedford School district for Spanish tutoring,

learning and training. Specialize in conversational learning techniques.

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