Leonard Stewart

Current

• Attorney-Intellectual Property at Caterpillar Incorporated

Past

• Associate Attorney-Intellectual Property Practice Group at Clark Hill PLC
• Project Leader-Six Sigma Black Belt at GE Healthcare (formerly Medical Systems)
• Engineer, Technical Leadership Program at GE Healthcare (formerly Medical Systems)

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Education

• University of Notre Dame Law School
• The University of Texas at Dallas
• Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

• McMain High School

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Industry

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Leonard Stewart’s Summary

Leonard Stewart’s Specialties:

Science & Technology Law, Intellectual Property (IP) Law (including Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents), IP Licensing Agreements, Intellectual Assets (IA) and IP Management.

Leonard Stewart’s Experience

• Attorney-Intellectual Property

  Caterpillar Incorporated

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CAT; Machinery industry)

  November 2008 — Present (9 months)

• Associate Attorney-Intellectual Property Practice Group

  Clark Hill PLC

  (Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)

  September 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 2 months)

• Project Leader-Six Sigma Black Belt

  GE Healthcare (formerly Medical Systems)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Medical Devices industry)

  May 2001 — April 2002 (1 year)

  Managed portfolio of projects in the United States, Europe, and Asia projected to reduce inventory costs by $16 million globally and improve service-parts inventory turns. Reduced obsolescence exposure in service-parts inventory for Americas region by $2 million.
  
  Trained Six Sigma Green Belts to use the Six Sigma Methodology including statistical, process Improvement, and change management tools. Mentored Six Sigma Green Belt projects through the phases of Six Sigma Methodology.

• Engineer, Technical Leadership Program

  GE Healthcare (formerly Medical Systems)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Medical Devices industry)

  January 1999 — May 2001 (2 years 5 months)

  Completed four six-month cross-functional rotations, including technology, corporate finance, and leadership training:
  
  Project Leader, eBusiness Six-Sigma Black-Belt, eGEMS Service Delivery Team
  • Redesigned the service contract renewal process to recover $9 million in foregone revenue.
  
  Systems Engineer, Ultrasound Systems Engineering Team
  • Designed, implemented, tested and documented object-oriented software modules using C++ to implement the thermal/acoustic management models for new product introductions.
  
  Software Engineer, Integrated Imaging Solutions Advanced Technologies Group
  • Designed a C/C++ program that interfaces with a proprietary decompression library to expand and view compressed radiological images.
  
  Hardware Engineer, X-ray Apollo Digital Detector Electronics Team
  • Provided engineering support to facilitate the release of the Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) Detector from engineering development to pilot production.

Leonard Stewart’s Education

• University of Notre Dame Law School

  Juris Doctor , Intellectual Property and Corporate Law , 2004 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Regional Chair, National Black Law Student Association, Midwest Region (2006-2007);
  Corporate Relations Director, National Black Law Student Association, Midwest Region (2005-2006);
  Notre Dame Law School, Student Bar Association (SBA), Honor Council Representative (2005-2006).

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Master of Science Economics , Applied Economics and Public Policy , 2002 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  Research Assistant of Dr. Susan McElroy Associate Professor

• Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

  Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering , Electrical and Computer Engineering , 1996 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Phi Alpha (1BT 1994), Chaplain; Vice-chairperson, National Society of Black Engineers Region V (1997-1998); Conference Planning Committee Chairperson, National Society of Black Engineers Region V (1996-1997).

• McMain High School

Additional Information

Leonard Stewart’s Interests:

Science, Technology, and Intellectual Property Law, Community & Economic Development, Personal Finance & Investing, Politics & Public Policy, Business Management, Six Sigma Quality & Process Improvement, Religion, Philosophy, & Christian Theology, College Football (Geaux Tigers! Go Irish!), Chess...

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