Cheryl Darrup - Innovation Gadfly

About Cheryl Darrup

Cheryl Darrup is Chief Strategist at Qti.ai, a brand protection agency featuring proactive proprietary solutions for inventors, artists, designers and the Intellectual Property lawyers that serve them. Based in Corning, New York, Ms. Darrup develops and sustains strategic initiatives for this dynamic company, dedicated to detecting, documenting and taking down infringements across ecommerce and social media platforms. Cheryl particularly enjoys brainstorming with colleagues in many different industries, as she’s always maintained that true innovation happens when two distinct disciplines intersect for the greater good. Ms. Darrup has published and presented dozens of times over her career, most recently about improving the efficiency and integrity of the funds verification requirement for global student mobility at the Association of International Educators’ Annual Conference in Washington, DC in May 2023.

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