Yoga Instructor

• Nov 2020 - Present

Founder, Bawse and Yoga Instructor

• Jan 2010 - Present

www.thugyoga.com Thug Yoga® An Aspen original, this class, created by Courtney Smith, is designed for the rebel who doesn't follow the crowd. Laugh with your bros as you stretch and open the body in a medium flow designed with the mountain athlete in mind. Hilarious pose names and hip hop music or mixes by Berkel Beats make this "Gateway Yoga" the only option for those who have sworn they would never do yoga. Learn the basics as well as some badass moves for the dance floor, all while sipping on a Hair of the Downward Dogg, provided by the Aspen Brewing Company. Show less

Yoga Instructor

• Jun 2014 - Aug 2020

Yoga Instructor

• Feb 2015 - Oct 2016

Yoga Instructor

• Sep 2007 - Apr 2016

Commercial Lawyer, Partnerships

• Feb 2006 - Feb 2007

One of 5 on the legal team in Perth overseeing contracts and related legal issues for the partnerships business unit on the general insurance side of Norwich Union. Responsibilities include working with various business teams to draft, negotiate, amend, approve contracts with FSA (financial services authority) authorised intermediaries who sell Norwich Union insurance products such as credit card protection, mortgage protection, travel, home and motor, as well as with other third parties such as introducer appointed representatives and third party processors; working with compliance team to ensure FSA and data protection compliance in all partnership matters; review and approve financial advertising as well as policy documentation for compliance with FSA rules and regulations. Show less

Legal Counsel - UK Data, Australia, New Zealand and Japan

• Oct 2003 - Aug 2005

Sole in-house counsel for UK Data (Acxiom Limited business group made up of former Claritas (UK) Limited and Consodata U.K. Limited companies) as well as continuing responsibility for Australia/NZ group (as below). Advised Japan office on contracts for data products until April 2005 when office closed. Responsibilities for UK Data included reviewing, drafting, negotiating contracts with UK Data suppliers, clients (agents), alliance partners, resellers for UK data products and related services, including contracts for: the collection of data (online and paper) through surveys, product questionnaires and warranty cards, supply of data to clients/agents/resellers; supply of email/sms broadcasting services; supply of software products; coordination with Acxiom UK Services, other Acxiom Europe offices and Acxiom US on multi-country and global contracts involving UK Data or Aus/NZ. Also responsible for drafting and implementing new Acxiom standard contract forms and procedures for all areas of new UK Data business, including online click-thru terms and policies for customersconnect.com (acxiomonline.com); providing contract training to UK Data sales team; review/coordinate contracts with employment agencies for independent contrator hire; coordination with UK data protection officer on data protection issues; train new administrative assistants and work with them to create Access contracts database. Show less

Legal Counsel - Australia/New Zealand

• Jan 2001 - Oct 2003

Sole in-house counsel for Acxiom Australia Pty Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Acxiom Corporation) and its related bodies corporate in Australia and New Zealand. Responsibilities included representing the legal department on the Acxiom Australia leadership team, reviewing and/or drafting and negotiating contracts with Acxiom suppliers and customers for Acxiom products and services in Australia and New Zealand including: data products, database building/hosting services, data processing services, customer data integration software, address cleansing software; creating/implementing click-through agreement templates and policies for the Acxiom Data Portal; assisting HR manager with employement legal issues and liasing with outside counsel; reviewing documents for consistency with US company policies/practices as well as other legal compliance; assisting chief privacy officer, privacy auditors and outside privacy counsel with privacy compliance; developing Australia/New Zealand standard contract templates; coordinating/overseeing legal assistance with local counsel; creating/organizing/presenting contracts education/procedures training to various Acxiom Australia/New Zealand teams; Australia/New Zealand subsidiary maintenance and assistance to US corporate counsel on matters involving the Australia/New Zealand companies; training of legal administrative assistant in Sydney; creation/maintenance of legal page and content on local intranet, with assistance by IT manager. This assignment also included regular training/research on Australia and New Zealand laws regarding trade practices, intellectual property, employment privacy, corporate governance, contracts, bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions. Show less

Divisional Counsel

• Apr 1999 - Jan 2001

One of two (eventually three, after April 2000) attorneys responsible for legal matters within the Financial Services Division of Acxiom which included reviewing, drafting, negotiating (with Fortune 1000 companies) all of the following: data supply/license/use contracts for various Acxiom data products; services agreements for various Acxiom services, including prospect/customer database builds/services, modeling and analysis, linear processing services, verification services; software license/sublicense agreements, including Acxiom and third party software such as Oracle, ValEx, BMC Patrol, Unix, Acxiom Planner/Explorer, Acxiom AbiliTec; consulting agreements; credit bureau agency agreements and addenda; amendments to all customer agreements. Responsibilities also included answering questions/resolving issues regarding handling of credit data under the Fair Credit Reporting Act; assisting in training of administrative assistant and new attorney. Completed three-month assignment (July to October 2000) to Acxiom’s Sydney, Australia office where responsibilities included reviewing contracts for consistency with U.S. company policies/practices; assisting with developing Australia/New Zealand standard contract templates; coordinating legal assistance with local counsel regarding employment and intellectual property issues; presenting contracts procedures class to Acxiom Australia/New Zealand sales team; creating contracts filing system and database. Show less

Legal Associate

• Aug 1998 - Apr 1999

Primarily working with the transactional partners on mergers/acquisitions, securities and business related transactions for clients. Duties included reviewing and summarizing due diligence information, drafting sections of purchase and sale agreements, drafting documents ancillary to the particular transaction, drafting disclosure schedules, drafting closing checklists, drafting closing certificates and resolutions of entity parties, overseeing preparation of closing books and communication with clients, outside attorneys for other parties and title companies. Show less

Corporate Legal Counsel

• May 1995 - Jul 1998

Worked from an intern up to Corporate Counsel status after passing the bar exam. Areas of practice primarily included mergers and acquisitions, contract review and drafting and real estate transactions. Involved in the following transactions: Multifoods Seafood, Inc. - stock purchase of seafood business; Cargill, Incorporated - asset purchase of Cargill North American broiler operations; McCarty Farms, Inc. - stock purchase of poultry business; Gorges Quik-to-Fix Foods, Inc. - sale of Tyson beef division; Mallard Food Products, Inc. (pasta and sauces company) - agreement and plan of merger; Hudson Foods, Inc. (publicly held, integrated poultry processor) - agreement and plan of merger; Fresh Foods of North Carolina, Inc. (formerly, WSMP, Inc.) - sale of Hudson Pierre Foods division. Duties included due diligence work, review of purchase agreements, drafting of closing documents, drafting closing memoranda, involvement in negotiations. Responsible for Specialty Products Division offal contracts with suppliers and transportation agreements with independent contract carriers. Managed purchases and sales of real property in all states in which Tyson operates facilities. Worked with Tyson managed care organization and service company to procure third party administrator/service company licenses in 14 states. As an intern, was responsible for organization/maintenance of parent, U.S. and foreign sales corporation subsidiaries. Involvement in the following transactions: Culinary Foods, Inc. asset purchase of specialty foods business; Cobb-Vantress, Inc. (poultry breeding stock company) purchase of remaining 50% of stock not owned by Tyson; All Alaskan Seafood, Inc. asset purchase of seafood processing facility and related assets. Show less