claudia dene

* Updated and maintained CLO’s calendar * Coordinated and managed Governance and Compliance Committee activities including scheduling of meetings and preparing and mailing of meeting materials * Maintained minute books for company and subsidiaries; developed and maintained an electronic filing system for Board and Committee meeting materials * Prepared and filed expense reports (ensure compliance with Company T&E policy) * Prepared and proofread legal documents, letters, and reports * Responsible for tracking of the legal budget; including reviewing and submitting of invoices * Tracking of engagement of outside counsel, obtaining monthly forecast and monitoring estimates verses actual costs * Assisted in-house attorneys with travel arrangements, creation/revisions of presentations, projects, in-house training sessions, and other tasks * Supported Corporate Counsel in the organization and delivery of due diligence materials for sale of several businesses * Handled archiving and document retention for department

* Supervised daily operations of patent and trademark docketing * Managed daily, weekly & monthly calendar for patent and trademark docketing * Prepared various documents for filing with United States Patent & Trademark Office * Prepared, reviewed, and maintained Non-disclosure Agreements * Developed and managed Database for all Corporate Agreements * Maintained Corporate Records and Minute Books

* Developed processes and successfully brought entire global patent and trademark portfolio docket in-house * Acted as liaison for all docket related communications between in-house attorneys and outside US and foreign counsel * Managed daily, weekly & monthly calendar for patent and trademark docket * Worked closely with attorneys and agents to manage their dockets and support patent prosecution activities. * Managed payments of annuities for patent portfolio * Consolidated US counsel fees by bringing portfolio in-house from five law firms * Managed off-site paralegal * Worked with finance team to update invoice coding system for the intellectual property portfolio; completed conversion of new invoice coding for the Ipendo software system * Assisted with preparation of strategy meetings * Managed, monitored and balanced United States Patent and Trademark deposit account * Provided exceptional customer service to internal clients, including R&D teams, inventors, and managers. * Corresponded with international firms and agents

* Update and maintain CEO’s calendar * work with team to coordinate internal/external meetings * Manage all in-coming and out-going emails for CEO * organize meetings as necessary, maintain * actions list with timeline for emails requiring follow-up * ensure all actions are current, * communicated and timely completed * Coordinate special events and travel arrangements, and establish weekly meetings for direct * reports * Act as a liaison and maintain open lines of communication among direct reports, board members * and clients * Assist team members with various projects