Amy Gagich
Arkansas,KS
Summary
Experienced Intellectual Property Professional with 20+ years of experience in both law firm and corporate settings, creatively solving the needs of intellectual property teams and their customers.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Product Manager
Clarivate
07.2022 - Current
- Evangelized for managed products at various industry events/conferences, communicating effectively with potential clients.
- Focused on existing customers to increase customer retention.
- Coordinated innovative strategies to accomplish marketing objectives and boost long-term profitability.
- Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
- Consulted with product development teams to enhance products based on customer interest data.
Global Intellecutal Property Operations Manager
Koch Companies Public Sector
01.2015 - 07.2022
- Develop and implement various processes, procedures and best practices for patent and trademark prosecution groups
- Develop and communicate training procedures for prosecution and other IP Operation procedures
- Draft responsibilities for team members in various levels of support; ensure each team member recognizes their responsibilities and expectations
- Assist with drafting IP Team vision and ensuring vision is carried out
- Create yearly key priorities for IP Team focusing on Company and Team vision
- Manage and plan yearly budget and forecast allocations
- Supervise team of 8 patent paralegals and support staff to successfully operate under Market Based Management® and Koch’s Guiding Principles; guiding team to become preferred partners to internal business clients and external vendors
- Work with group of paralegal and docket team members, employed by 3rd party vendor, to maintain paralegal and docketing best practices
- Manage vendor relationship with various IP vendors ensuring and maintaining Koch’s preferred partnership
- Act as the Administrator and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for IP Management System (IPMS) and Electronic File Room (EFR)
- Act as IP Steering Advisory Committee member to evaluate and rate upcoming projects, establish working teams, and expectations for projects
- Act as the SME and Project Manager for various technology related projects, conversions, and rollouts
- Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
Paralegal
Royal Appliance Mfg. Co., Dba TTi Floor Care NA
04.2010 - 01.2015
- Managed all aspects of patent prosecution for domestic and global patent and trademark portfolios
- Acted as preferred partner and liaison to R&D and Global marketing teams to creatively solve intellectual property challenges
- Managed Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality agreements, product liability claims, and litigation matters
Patent and Trademark Assistant
Jones Day
04.2007 - 04.2010
- Actively managed and prosecuted all aspects of domestic and foreign intellectual property portfolios
- Actively supported 5 trademark attorneys and 5 patent attorneys globally in all aspects of IP prosecution
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Legal Studies
Ursuline College
Glenwillow, Ohio01.2007
Associate of Arts - Legal Office Administration
Ohio Business College
Sandusky, Ohio06.2003
Skills
- Leadership/Mentoring
- Staff Management
- Strategic Planning
- Business planning
- Budgeting
- Verbal and written communication
- Operations management
- Self-motivated professional
- Creative thinking
- Computer skills
Affiliations
- Intellectual Property Operations Group (formerly IP division of CLOC) - Corporate and Trademark Chair
- Memotech North America Independent User Group Chair
- First-to-File Independent User Group Chair
- Youth Entrepreneurs, Wellington High School representative
- Young Adult Mentor, Wellington AG
- World IP Advocate, Koch Industries
- Paralegal Internship Sponsor, Koch Industries
Timeline
Sr. Product Manager
Clarivate
07.2022 - Current
Global Intellecutal Property Operations Manager
Koch Companies Public Sector
01.2015 - 07.2022
Paralegal
Royal Appliance Mfg. Co., Dba TTi Floor Care NA
04.2010 - 01.2015
Patent and Trademark Assistant
Jones Day
04.2007 - 04.2010
Bachelor of Arts - Legal Studies
Ursuline College
Associate of Arts - Legal Office Administration
Ohio Business College