Manager Engineering

TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION CAREER SUMMARY______________________________

• Decreased legal expenses by 33% since 2008

• Increased licensing revenue by 30% since 2009

• Flattened licensing negotiation time from six months to sixteen days

BAR ADMISSIONS AND ELECTED ROLE______________________________________________

USPTO Bar, #69200 January 2012

Vice-Chair, IP and Technology Law Section, Hawaii State Bar Association November 2011

Hawaii Bar, # 8937 June 2008

California Bar, # 251920 December 2007

EXPERIENCE___________________________________________________________________

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Honolulu, HI

Specialist, Entrepreneurship August 2011 to present

• Developed an interactive discussion series, Interface: Engineering Entrepreneurs (“IEE”),

for COE undergraduates and graduates to involve them with entrepreneurial alumni

and foster their own entrepreneurial impulses

• Established greater ties between the School of Medicine and COE to foster a nascent

bio-engineering program

• Developed and maintained links between a Fortune 100 defense company and COE and

with HSDC, the State Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation, to garner federal funding

for a venture accelerator

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Honolulu, HI

Technology Licensing Associate August 2008 to October 2011

• Developed a novel rapid licensing method, “The Mahele Method” - a more robust commercialization strategy which flattened licensing negotiation time from six months to sixteen days

• Managed the University of Hawaii’s engineering and life science patent portfolio and made IPR decisions for each innovation in conjunction with inventors, small businesses and venture capitalists

• Initiated and led nine quarterly showcases that features university technologies to 50+ businesses, Angels and Venture Capital investors. Garnered $100,000 in revenue from $9500 investment

• Created and negotiated license agreements, NDAs and sponsored research agreements

• Coached and mentored UH Business students in Business Plan Competition who won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place

• Published scholarly articles three times in Technology Transfer Tactics

ADAMA MATERIALS INCORPORATED, Honolulu, HI

Business Manager/Legal Counsel January to July 2008

• Managed and executed Intellectual Property plan on patents for a start-up company that recently completed its Series A round of funding for $5 Million

• Worked with UH-Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development to initiate IP/Commercialization strategy development at the initial stages of the business plan

U. S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, OFFICE OF UNFAIR IMPORT INVESTIGATIONS, Wash, DC

Law Clerk Summer 2005

• Assisted staff attorneys in all phases of 337 patent infringement litigation

• First chaired NAND flash memory drive dispute between SanDisk and STMicroelectronics

• Drafted investigation initiation documents

INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INSTITUTE, Washington, DC

Legal Researcher 2004-2005

• Coordinated seminar on IP development and health in West Africa

• Evaluated efficacy of numerous foreign IP regimes

• Reviewed Chinese, Brazilian and Indian patent office practices

SIXTEN & ASSOCIATES, San Diego, CA

Legal Intern 2003-2004

• Assisted an administrative law firm in preparing mandate reimbursements

• Completed refund filing that netted a client over $160,000

EDUCATION____________________________________________________________________

SHIDLER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA, Honolulu, HI

Master in Business Administration May 2011

• First Place Recipient for Best Overall and Best Technology in UH-PACE Business Plan Competition

• Recipient of the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship

• UH Small Business and Entrepreneurship Clinic Associate

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Washington, DC

Master of Laws Intellectual Property Law May 2006

Authored, “Chinese IP Enforcement: Is China Living Up to Its Int’l Obligations?”

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO LAW SCHOOL, San Diego, California

Juris Doctor, May 2004

• President, Intellectual Property Law Association

• Elected Class Representative, Student Bar Association

• Authored, “ERISA and Federal Preemption”, awarded highest grade

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Tokyo, Japan

Institute of International and Comparative Law (IP emphasis) Summer 2002

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Lawrence, Kansas

Bachelor of Science, Genetics; Bachelor of Arts, English Literature May 2000

• Research Coordinator, Denmark International Study Program

• Conducted biological research on Icelandic salmon and presented a scientific

paper, “The Health of Salmo salar and Salmo trutta in Icelandic River”

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