Marlene Valderrama
Innovation & Tech Scouting Leader | Intellectual Property (IP) Thought Leader | 17 yrs mapping energy, sensor & AI breakthroughs | USPTO Patent Agent, MBA | Converting frontier tech into growth
- Role
- Principal Intellectual Property Manager & Technology Scout - Global R & d at Halliburton
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Marlene Valderrama
Innovation & Technology-Scouting leader turning 17 years of Intellectual Property strategy into protected revenue. I map AI, sensor, and energy breakthroughs into patent portfolios and freedom-to-operate defenses.USPTO Patent Agent (MBA) who de-risks product launches, drives open innovation, and fast-tracks market entry.I thrive at the intersection of R&D, legal, and commercial teams—translating frontier tech into competitive edge. Keywords: Innovation leadership | Technology scouting | Intellectual Property (IP) strategy | Patent portfolio management | Open innovation | Freedom-to-operate | AI patents | Sensor technology | Energy transition | Tech commercialization | R&D partnerships | GenAI/LLM
Experience
Principal Intellectual Property Manager & Technology Scout - Global R & d
Jan 2025 — Present
Strategically shaping Halliburton’s global R&D efforts at the intersection of IP, AI, and digital innovation. • Leading IP strategy for AI-driven initiatives, including generative AI, LLMs, transformers, and computer vision, aligning patent capture and protection with cutting-edge technological advances.• Spearheading high-impact brainstorming sessions by proactively assembling and guiding cross-functional technical teams, providing strategic framing, clear direction, and shared context to drive focused innovation and IP capture.• Supporting integration of AI into R&D strategy by identifying opportunities and tailoring protection approaches for innovations.• Partnering across global R&D, legal, and engineering teams to develop future-ready patent portfolios that reflect the evolving digital and AI landscape.
Education
Westmont College
Engineering Physics, Physics, Engineering, Art
2004 — 2008
University of Houston-Downtown
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Leadership
2019 — 2020
Skills
- C
- Ms Project
- Trade Secrets
- Microsoft Office
- Patent Portfolio Analysis
- Integration
- Patent Portfolio Management
- Html
- Databases
- Ip Due Diligence
- Upstream
- Debug Monitor (Dbgm)
- Project Engineering
- Gas
- Sdlc
- Process Improvement
- Manufacturing
- Patent Prosecution
- Eclipse
- Css3
- Lenze
- Intellectual Property
- Microsoft Sql Server
- Leadership
- Onshore
- Engineering
- Project Planning
- Patent Portfolio Development
- Drive Developer Studio (Dds)
- C#
- .net
- Perl Script
- Strategy
- Debugging
- Css
- Offshore Drilling
- Testing
- Troubleshooting
- Intellectual Property Process Development
- Python
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.