Experienced professional with 9+ years of extensive experience in IPR operations, regulations, New Product Conceptualization, development & management. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement, demonstrated leadership abilities, strategic planning expertise and problem-solving acumen.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineer - Intellectual Property Rights
Mercedes Benz Research & Development India
02.2023 - Current
Responsible for building IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Portfolio of MB group of multiple departments primarily including Cloud and Connectivity, Base Software and IT Operations.
Responsible for driving Innovation Index for the assigned departments, fostering continuous improvement and innovative practices.
Cross-border IP Planning and Strategy with various group subsidiaries of Mercedes Benz to build roadmap for the running year and Operations Strategy.
Strategic Initiatives : Developed and implemented strategic initiatives to optimize intellectual property growth and drive innovation across all departments, enhancing efficiency and maximizing value creation.
Strengthened Collaboration across R&D, Engineering and IT departments through various initiatives including Monthly Leadership Connects, Exclusive Innovation Building Platforms, Conducting Idea Harvest Cycle for building NPI (New Product Introduction) pipeline, etc.
Research work: Conducted in-depth research to stay ahead of industry trends, apprising leadership of trend reports to bring forth innovative solutions in Mercedes Products.
Training and Mentoring: Conducting monthly training sessions for Engineers, Leaderships, Innovation groups and Technical Communities of the MB group.
Building NPI (New Product Introduction) Pipeline: Pioneered comprehensive solutions with help of Innovation platforms that met rigorous industry standards and customer expectations, from concept to launch.
Assistant Manager - Intellectual Property Rights
Grey Orange India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2022 - 02.2023
Lead Global IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) operations in the organization
Developed and managed complete IPR portfolio of the organization including Patents, Designs and Trademarks.
Cross Functional Team Excellence: Regular Interactions with Departments' Leadership and HoDs of Products, Services, Customer Development and Marketing to create Roadmaps and New Product Introduction (NPI) development pipeline.
Product Development: Managing Cross-Functional Team discussions to Improvise the Product Release Cycles.
Operations Network Development: Vendor development and management for Legal & IP services.
Finance Planning: Annual Budgeting and Cashflow management related to IPR requirements.
Operational Excellence: Developed operational excellence from product conceptualization to implementation via IP Harvest Cycles.
Conducted quarterly meetings with Department Leadership including Product owners, CTO and R&D teams to discuss the submitted IP proposals submitted and the way forward.
IP Compliance: Lead initiatives across organization including building IP Compliance Policies for various departments, conducting training sessions for engineers and other executives..
Mentored junior staff members in their professional development by offering guidance/support in their assigned roles.
Strengthened organizational IP growth through various initiatives like Designed Training modules for different departments, Reward and Recognition Programs, Annual IP Hackathon events, forming specific committees for IP growth and analysis
Strengthened operational efficiency to remain cost-effective while maintaining quality service.
Mentored team members to enhance professional development and accountability in workplace.
Setting goals for team members and overseeing their growth.
Sr. Engineer - IPR
Grey Orange India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2020 - 03.2022
Maintaining IPR portfolio, managing prosecution of over 250 IPR applications spread across US, APAC, Europe and LATEM regions.
Created a dedicated IPR resource pool for organization's central information platform.
Contract negotiation: Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
Conducted detailed research on possible new features of existing products, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results to the R&D team and other stakeholders.
Managing Cross-Functional Team Discussions to improvise the product release cycles.
Conducting Orientation and training sessions for the new employees and peers of the organization.
Created plans and communicated deadlines to vendors and peers for completing projects on time.
Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
Coordinating tasks and using planning skills to achieve results as scheduled in Product Release cycles.
Worked within applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote organizational IP growth.
Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
Engineer - IPR
Grey Orange India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2018 - 03.2020
Organized the team documents in a consolidated format on a new docketing tool from scratch
Designed Training and guidance module for understanding of the IPR operations throughout organization
Initiated and successfully ran IP recognition programs to popularize IPR filing peers in the organization
Organized monthly internal IPR committee meetings with stakeholders from multiple departments of the organization
Performed detailed research on all the received IPR proposals, existing product related features and assessment of new features of the products
Technical summarization of the received proposals for easier understanding of the peers
Building questionnaires and standard templates for peers to submit their proposals to the team
Build Team Information and Operations Update dashboards on organization's multiple internal platforms
Performed multiple FTO searches before new product launches in the US
Managing Cross-Functional Team Discussions to improvise the product release cycles
IP Researcher
CPA Global Pvt. Ltd.
11.2015 - 07.2018
Worked on over 300 data analysis work products including Prior-Art Search, State-of-the-art search, Validity/Invalidity Search, FTO searches
Worked on different service modules like Competition Portfolio Monitoring Services, White Gap Analysis, etc
Performed Quality check of deliverables
Participated in inter-teams discussions to improve the standard processes of creating work products
Worked with clients from varied domains including Communication, Electronics and Electrical goods, Customer Utilities goods, mechanical equipments, automobiles, healthcare industry, etc
Efficient in using multiple search tools and databases to conduct research, gather information for a work product