Inge Buffolo

Experience

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  Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  Nov 1988 - Apr 1990

  Freelancer

  Team member in test and measurement projects.Creation of a standalone product called “Graphical Switchboard Configuration System” which was accepted in the Hewlett Packard product line.

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  Société Européenne des Satellites

  May 1990 - Dec 1995

   Organisation and control of the Earth Station projects on a day-to-day basis using work breakdown structures and resource planning. Preparation of specifications, calls for tender and follow-up.  Involvement in the annual budget preparation process and cost to completion control on all Earth Station projects. Responsible for supporting the Business Manager in his management duties for satellite, launcher and ground station projects. This involved procurement, contract negotiations and administration, project control and reporting to executive management. Responsible for supporting the Business Manager in his management duties for satellite, launcher and ground station projects. This involved procurement, contract negotiations and administration, project control and reporting to executive management.

  • Project Control Engineer

    Jan 1994 - Dec 1995

  • Business Management Administrator

    Jun 1992 - Dec 1993

  • Assistant to the Business Manager

    May 1990 - May 1992
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  Career Break

  Feb 1996 - Feb 1998

  Freelancer

  Participation in the update of the 5th edition of a handbook for Project Management (“Handbuch Projekt Management”, Editor: Schäfer Poeschel).Living in Italy and Spain during this time I took the opportunity to learn both languages.Lectures given in the Master Programme for Intellectual Property Law at the University of Alicante.

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  EUIPO - European Union Intellectual Property Office

  Mar 1998 - now

  Leading the European Trade Mark and Design Network Operation Centre responsible for the maintenance and improvement for a portfolio of commonly developed online tools and databases together with the EU IP offices.Development and follow up of the Goods and Service strategy aiming at encouraging the use of the fully automated Goods and services database thus increasing operational efficiency and user satisfaction. Responsible for the website team striving users to increased ebusiness and ecommunication by providing continuously improved eservices such as Image Search or 3D uploading capabilities.Collaboration with other IP Institutions such as WIPO and IP Offices in US, Japan, Korea and China.Collaboration with EURid (Registry of .eu domain name) Show less Secretary of the governing body of the OHIM, the Administrative Board and Budgetary Committee and responsible for OHIM stakeholder relations with NGOs , WIPO, EPO or TM5 Partners (US, Japan, Korea and China).Responsible for the planning and organization of high level events between the OHIM President and the heads of National Offices as well as Ministers responsible for IP and other high level events. Following its launch in 2011 entrusted to lead the Convergence Programme where, in cooperation with the 28 EU National Offices, seven projects were run aiming at reaching a common ground and harmonizing practices across EU offices, offering users increased transparency and legal certainty. Show less International cooperation activities dealing with IP matters with European NOs and WIPO. Initiated the drive towards Harmonization in collaboration with NOs in the first cooperation projects.Managed a portfolio of strategic projects for business development, supervising project planning, review of high level deliverables across projects, mitigation of risk exposure in order to ensure timely deliverance of specified requirements in accordance with negotiated budget, specific rules, procedures and quality standards. Show less

  • Director Business Development Department

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Director Business Development Department

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Director Customer Department

    Nov 2019 - Jul 2024

  • Head of Business Analysis Service

    Oct 2016 - Nov 2019

  • Deputy Director Customer Services Department

    Oct 2014 - Oct 2016

  • Head of Institutional Relations

    Jul 2011 - Oct 2014

  • Head of Linguistic and IT Cooperation Projects Sector

    Sept 2008 - Jul 2011

  • Project Manager

    Sept 2004 - Sept 2008

  • Business Analyst

    Dec 2002 - Sept 2004

  • Trade mark Examiner

    Mar 1998 - Nov 2002