She is an author, patent futurist, and economist. She work with companies both large and small to help them utilize their patent data to make more informed decisions and realize the true value of their intellectual property. Her specialties are quantifying legal risk, forecasting patent trends, increasing diversity in innovation and helping companies place IP bets now to ensure access to innovation and markets in the future.
She is the Founder and Principal of Percipience LLC, a board-level advisory group focused on IP strategy and management, quantifying and mitigating IP risk, and using patent data to improve decision making. She was recently chosen to serve as a PPAC member to the USPTO. Additionally she is a board member and co-chair the Diversity & Inclusion committee at the USIPA.
Since 1995, she has led an IP best practices group called the ICM Gathering, that meets regularly to define, create, benchmark and test best practices in IP management. She has written 3 books that on her work with the Gathering, and feature success stories of companies leading the way in innovative IP and IA management.