Kevin Heald is a patent specialist with extensive experience relating to software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, financial technologies, wireless communications, data processing, and blockchain implementations. In addition to preparing and prosecuting applications in these areas, Kevin has experience analyzing patentability and filing strategies for cases filed in the United States and abroad.
Before joining Alston & Bird, Kevin was a patent engineer for a Fortune 500 company focusing on various aspects of patent prosecution. Kevin is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo with a B.S. in general mathematics and a minor in statistics.