Tag: Veteran Highlight

Veteran Highlight: Phyllis Black

Posted on March 10, 2024 by USPTO Military Association (UMA)

Open to opportunity Phyllis Black wasn’t actively searching for a post-military job when she attended a career fair the month before her military retirement in 2014. However, after 25 years in the M... Read More

Veteran Highlight: Jordan Landes

Posted on November 1, 2023March 16, 2024 by USPTO Military Association (UMA)

Jordan Landes’ career path has been as varied as his world travels, from teaching English in China to serving in the Air Force as a Spanish Linguist, Flight Attendant, and finally in the Defense Att... Read More

Veteran Highlight: Thomas Worden

Posted on August 25, 2023September 8, 2023 by USPTO Military Association (UMA)

A chance encounter at a job fair just over ten years ago led Thomas (Tommy) Worden to the USPTO, and he hasn’t looked back since. One of the agency’s 868 military veterans, Tommy now serves as a p... Read More

Veteran Highlight: Keith Peterson

Posted on April 16, 2018September 8, 2023 by USPTO Military Association (UMA)

Keith Peterson is a management and program analyst in the Office of Patent Information Management. He is also a U.S. Army Cold War Veteran who applies lessons learned in the military to serving at the... Read More

Veteran Highlight: Dr. Olivia Wise

Posted on January 8, 2018January 19, 2018 by USPTO Military Association (UMA)

Dr. Olivia Wise is a Patent Examiner in TC1600, AU 1631 Bioinformatics who has worked at the USPTO since November 2014. Olivia has served on the USPTO Military Association Board of Directors since ... Read More