Experience

Invitae

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Counsel, Commercial Procurement

  • May 2022 - Present

  Leads Legal Procurement team in the review, development, and negotiation of a variety of commercial transactions including master services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, business associate agreements and other types of agreement templates. Leads Legal Procurement team in the review, development, and negotiation of a variety of commercial transactions including master services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, business associate agreements and other types of agreement templates.



Lowe's Companies, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Counsel

  • Jun 2021 - May 2022

• Corporate Counsel

  • Nov 2018 - May 2021

  Responsible for the development, review and negotiation of a variety of commercial agreements including confidentiality/non-disclosure, master services agreements, master professional services agreements and application services agreements that support Human Resources, Enterprise Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, Corporate Communications, Energy, and Asset Protection business division units. Successfully served as lead attorney for project team tasked with the research, design, development, and implementation of an automated, enterprise-wide legal contract intake process. Show less



Sears

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Counsel, Retail Operations

  • Jul 2017 - Nov 2018

  Responsible for the development, review, and negotiation of various transactional projects in retail operations including master services agreements, confidentiality agreements and consulting agreements. Worked as the team lead in coordinating the project review and management of vendor contract portfolio with company’s Procurement department for facility operations. Reviewed and advised business units on various contractual and regulatory privacy and security matters to assist in the evaluation of risk in commercial arrangements . Responsible for the review and management of inquiry requests and correspondence with state attorneys general and assistance with legal review of OSHA-related projects . Show less



R.R.Donnelley & Sons Company

• Chicago, Illinois

• Assistant General Counsel

  • May 2006 - Jul 2017

  Responsible for the review and development of business agreements for various commercial transactions and for providing legal advice and counsel to management on legal and business matters including contract risk allocation, privacy laws and contract structure. Actively negotiated multi-million dollar customer contracts with large Fortune 500 companies including procurement-based projects for specified sourced products and services. Responsible for the review and development of business agreements for various commercial transactions and for providing legal advice and counsel to management on legal and business matters including contract risk allocation, privacy laws and contract structure. Actively negotiated multi-million dollar customer contracts with large Fortune 500 companies including procurement-based projects for specified sourced products and services.



Takeda

• Japan
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Counsel

  • Oct 2002 - May 2006

  Provided legal consultation to various internal clients on a diverse array of commercial issues including contract risk assessment. I was responsible for drafting, revising and negotiating various interdepartmental agreements including services, consulting, contractor and confidentiality agreements with concentration on Sales, Marketing and Procurement-related vendor agreements. I also assisted in supporting the launch, sales and marketing of company products by assisting in the provision of legal advice relating to state and federal government healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid). During my tenure, I also served as a Law Department representative for the company’s Diversity Advisory Board and Work-Life sub-committee. Show less