Experience

Law Office of John M. Ribarich

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Of Counsel

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  Review and negotiate master service agreements, sales agreements, healthcare supply chain agreement, technology transactions, consulting agreements, nondisclosure agreements, BAAs, and information security agreements to comply with client policies and risk tolerance. Manage data privacy issues and ensure contracts contain essential provisions to protect client and associate personal information. Provide business teams with legal guidance, as well as risk assessment and mitigation. Counsel executive management about significant risks in vendor transactions and propose mitigation strategies. Manage client expectations to balance requirements and competing priorities. Show less



Vonage

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contracts Attorney

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Contract support to analyze and negotiate complex global commercial agreements for Vonage’s Procurement, Sales, and Business Development teams. Review scope includes master service agreements, consulting agreements, statements of work, technology development agreements, nondisclosure agreements, software license agreements, cloud computing agreements, data subscription agreements, and strategic alliances. Interact with internal and external clients to resolve contract-related issues. Restructure contract templates and policies to streamline processes and reflect Vonage’s business practices. Partner with Information Security and Data Privacy teams to ensure compliance with company guidelines. Show less



ADP

• United States
• Human Resources Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Counsel

  • Mar 2015 - Jan 2018

  Counsel for ADP's Global Procurement department with $1.9B annual spend under management. Negotiated, drafted, and reviewed complex commercial agreements with emphasis on information technology licensing, cloud and software-as-a-service agreements, equipment leases and purchases, hotel and events, market research, and professional services. Managed data privacy and cybersecurity issues, including protecting the collection, use and distribution of associate and client personal information. Ensured contracts have clear deliverables, business flexibility, and appropriate protection against business risk through indemnities, limitation of liability and insurance. Advised executive management and senior counsel regarding issues of critical impact to company risk guidelines and vendor relationships. Supported and coached 18 contract managers. Revised standard contract documentation and policies for Global Procurement to continually optimize contract provisions and contracting process. Recommend policy strategy changes and re-engineer existing business processes to ensure compliance and optimize efficiencies. Show less



Leslie Fries, Esq.

• Freelance Commercial Contracts Attorney

  • 2014 - 2015

  Drafted, negotiated and reviewed commercial contracts with an emphasis on streamlined, plain English drafting. Partnered with business clients to mitigate risk and develop solutions. Experience in healthcare agreements, integrated market data and pharmaceutical-focused business intelligence, including Data Use Authorization agreements, BAAs, NDAs, master services contracts, and SaaS agreements. Broad contract knowledge of employment and consulting contracts, commercial real-estate leases, corporate events contracts, internet terms of service, trial evaluation agreements, and freelance agreements. Show less



Avaya

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Global Contracts and Operations Lead

  • 2005 - 2014

  Structured and negotiated a wide range of commercial contracts including purchase agreements, sales agreements, software licenses, leases, and non-disclosure agreements. Counseled internal clients on contract and business risks and coordinate solutions. Developed and administered corporate compliance policies and procedures. Coached and educated a global team of 100+ sourcing professionals. Sarbanes-Oxley process owner for the global sourcing processes. Led and managed supplier diversity strategy and compliance. Show less