Project Manager Management
Resume:
CHARESSE L. EVANS
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301-***-**** (Home)
Bowie, MD 20716
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
? More than 11 years Intellectual Property (IP) expertise including,
preparing/drafting and prosecuting patent
applications, interpretation and application of Patent Statutes,
Regulations and Codes, USPTO processes/tools,
invention (or innovation) disclosure assessment/management, IP
licensing / commercialization; and delivering IP
Education Workshops and Lectures
? Specific experience analyzing and drafting Inter Partes and Ex Parte
Reexaminations, Interferences and ReIssues
? Demonstrated ability to synthesize and analyze complex IP statutory /
regulatory / technical data and guidelines
? Demonstrated leadership and project management expertise delivered via
client facing, project leadership, and
project management engagements ranging from Fortune 500 corporations
to DOD entities to start-up enterprises
? Extensive experience utilizing multiple electronic research / docketing
management / analytical tools and
databases such as Concordance, Vantage Point, USPTO Search Tools such
as EAST, WEST, OACS, BRS, and
PALM, CAS, STN, Dialog, Delphion, KSS/TechTraks (relational database),
LexisNexis, Improtech (data
management tool), PAIR, e-Filing and Westlaw
? Superb verbal, written and presentation communication skills - skilled
at making information understandable and
compelling
EDUCATION & REGISTRATIONS
MBA, Management, University of St. Thomas Graduate School of Business
December 1998
JD, Hamline University School of Law
August 1997
BS, Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, Tuskegee University
May 1990
USPTO, Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office
October 2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (SAIC) - Reston, VA
Senior Advisor -- Technology and IP Management - 2006- May 2010
? Extensive experience drafting, researching and negotiating agreements
such as patent and trademark licenses,
software copyright registrations, partnership agreements, CRADAs,
material transfer agreements, confidentiality
and nondisclosure agreements, and other technology agreements across
multiple technology fields
? Perform extensive technology patentability evaluations in light of
research, evaluation and application the US
and PCT Patent Code, Statutes and Regulations
? Perform analysis of technology, industry and competitor landscape
within the gaming, software code, simulation
and training, and munitions sectors
? Perform market, technology and company assessments in preparation for
technology matching and licensing
activities
? Advise Department of Defense (DOD) inventors, researchers and managers
to identify, evaluate, protect, collect
and market federally owned innovations within the gaming, software
code, simulation and training, munitions,
electrical and mechanical technology sectors, where applicable FAR and
DFAR guidelines were applied
? Provide creation, oversight, evaluation and management for
invention/innovation disclosure capture and related
technology management processes
? Provide Patent/IP Education, Training and Workshops to inventors,
managers and other personnel related to the
patenting process, invention protection strategies and intellectual
property/technology agreements
? Initiate, improve and sustain successful relationships/alliances with
key leadership and associates by collaborating
with and demonstrating in-depth understanding of business needs
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COMPUTER PATENT ANNUITIES N.A. Consulting Firm - Alexandria, VA
Patent Analytics and Intellectual Property Consultant - 2005 - 2006
? Researched and analyzed client intellectual property portfolios to
develop strategic and tactical recommendations
for portfolio management utilizing advanced data collection and
analysis tools
? Researched and authored patent analytics based studies and
presentations, utilizing proprietary patent metrics and
algorithms, to assist client enterprises reach commercial business
decisions
? Advised domestic and international clients on researched and
interpreted trends whereby commercial relevance
was extracted and communicated
? Sample Project Leadership and Client Facing Engagements:
? Presentations to executive management teams of Fortune 500 clients
within the chemical,
insurance and financial services industries
? Led project team in performing research and executing industry level
analytics project to produce
study on hybrid vehicle technology - deliverable received
international distribution
? Led management and design of deliverable whereby industry level data
and metrics were
collected and analyzed within the patent analytics business and
technology sector
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Office of Technology and Intellectual Property -
Chicago, IL
Project Manager/Licensing and Commercialization - 2004 - 2005
? Utilized extensive intellectual property law expertise to evaluate
academic/university-generated technologies for
patentability and commercialization potential including licensing
opportunities within the medical device,
biotechnology and pharmaceutical technology sectors
? Performed scientific and market research on related technology sectors,
competing technologies and potential
industry partners with the goal of establishing proper valuation for
licensing the technology
? Drafted, negotiated, implemented and monitored license, option, non-
disclosure, material transfer and other
technology agreements needed to move innovations/inventions forward
? Effectively communicated, both verbally and written, with industry
representatives, outside counsel, research
sponsors and scientists/faculty
? Served as liaison between university inventor and outside counsel;
managed patent prosecution activities of
outside counsel
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE - Arlington, VA
Patent Examiner - 2000 - 2004
? Examined patent applications for compliance with the patent statutes,
code, and regulations in light of judicial
precedence
? Analyzed and communicated findings as to the patentability of
inventions via written actions to inventors/patent
practitioners via application of the patent statutes and manual of
patent examining procedures, within US Patent
Classes 424 and 514
? Experience examining and drafting Inter Partes Reexaminations, Ex Parte
Reexaminations, Re-Issues,
Interferences, Examiner's Amendments, Advisory Actions and Examiner's
Answers related to bio-affecting
formulations such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and nutritional
supplements
? Researched, analyzed, and drafted International Search Reports, Written
Opinions and Preliminary Examination
Reports for international patent applications filed pursuant to the
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
? Extensive experience utilizing wide variety of electronic databases to
conduct prior art, inventor and scientific
literature searches
THE RHEGOS GROUP, LLC - St. Paul, MN
Legal Consultant - 1998 - 2000
? Drafted and assisted in negotiation of license agreements, non-
disclosure agreements and confidentiality
agreements
? Served as consultant to senior management evaluating business
development initiatives as well as
assessed legal risks
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MERCK PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY - Minnetonka, MN
Professional Sales Representative - 1997 - 1999
? Developed accounts by forming strategic alliances with key decision-
makers to maximize revenue/prescription
opportunities
? Assisted in the development, coordination and implementation of sales
plans, sales strategies and new
product launches
? Demonstrated excellent growth in revenue and market share of assigned
customer accounts
? Achieved the following sales results:
1997
? Total territory sales performance closed at 105% to plan.
? Zocor achieved 109% to plan with 188% growth from previous year.
Territory finished top in
Minneapolis Region as well as in the Regional Business Group for
percent change from the
previous year.
? Pepcid performed at 113% to plan with a 75% change from previous
year.
1998
? Only territory to finish the year above 100% to plan in the
district.
? Promotional responsibility for Singulair . Singulair was launched
in 1998 amid a very
competitive asthma market.
? Territory finished at 149% to plan, which was the highest growth in
district and second highest in
region.
1999
? Significantly grew Singulair dollars by 280% from previous year,
finishing at 156% to plan.
? Promotional responsibility for the successful launch of Vioxx into
geography as well as district.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
? Outstanding written communication skills and expertise developed via
experience developing and responding to RFPs, Statements of Work and other
government contracting solicitations
? Extensive experience and exposure preparing and delivering high-level
presentations (i.e., legal, intellectual property specific, and
scientific/technical in nature) to Department of Defense personnel, Fortune
500 corporate executives, and college preparatory students/programs
ORGANIZATIONAL/LEADERSHIP/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
? Licensing Executives Society, Inc (LES) ? Association of University
Technology Managers (AUTM) ? American Intellectual Property Law Association
(AIPLA) ? Thurgood Marshall Public Charter Academy Lawyer Mentor
(volunteer) ? College Summit Writing Coach (volunteer) ? Toastmaster's
International ? INROADS Pre-College Training Instructor (volunteer) ?
National Executive Board Member - National Black Law Students Association
(NBLSA) ? Urban League Youth Outreach Program (volunteer) ? CALI Excellence
for the Future Award in Law and Humanities ? Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc. (National Public Service Organization)
KEYWORDS
Intellectual property (IP), patents, trademarks, copyrights, USPTO,
statutes, regulations, MPEP, code, CFR, rules, IP management, IP portfolio,
IP portfolio management, innovation management, technology management,
technology assessment, technology, biotechnology, biomedicine, bioscience,
technology transfer, technology marketing, business development, term
sheets, contracts, patent procurement, patent preparation, patent
prosecution, agreements, project management, licensing, relationship
building, commercialization, sales, Department of Defense, DOD, munitions,
FAR, DFAR, procurement process, government contracting, JD, MBA, analytics,
patent analytics, data analysis, technical research, chemical, science,
hard science, software code, databases, pharmaceuticals,
biopharmaceuticals, dosage forms, compositions, particles, drug delivery,
bio-affecting, biotechnology, office actions, prior art, statutes,
statutory review, medical, medical devices
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