2025-11-07 –, Room 145
Being the Compliance Manager of the Open Program Office of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (https://www.hpe.com/us/en/open-source.html) is the culmination of my prior lives as a computer programmer, lawyer and adjunct professor specializing in intellectual property subjects including open source. I'll discuss my start in computer programming and how I first became acquainted with open source along with the lessons I've learned along the way to maximize my impact in the Open Program Office at HPE.
I am delighted to work with the Open Program Office of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (https://www.hpe.com/us/en/open-source.html)! This role is the culmination of my prior lives as a computer programmer, lawyer and adjunct professor specializing in intellectual property subjects including open source.
I am admitted to practice law in Ohio, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and in-house in Washington. While in private practice, I served for two years as President of CincyIP, a local bar association dedicated to intellectual property education. I served as adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati School of Law and University of Dayton School of Law on subjects including Patent Litigation, Cyberspace Law and Open Source Licensing.