Sr. Commercial Counsel

• Dec 2021 - Present

Commercial Counsel

• Mar 2020 - Dec 2021

• Responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing legal aspects of all forms of commercial agreements, including supporting pre-sales activities, in North America, and providing ongoing post-closing legal support to internal business clients. • Interface with a highly collaborative and interactive legal / business team. • Interact with business clients, management and outside customers in regard to drafting and negotiating the relevant and appropriate complex commercial agreements and transactions. • Provide legal analyses and risk assessments and participate in business decision making processes, providing practical and issue focused legal advice and recommendations in view of business needs and applicable legal and company policy requirements and standards. • Lead the legal aspects of commercial negotiations with internal and external customers and vendors in a variety of settings. • Work on cross-department and cross-company legal projects. Show less

Counsel

• Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

• Negotiates, drafts, structures and interprets various complex legal and technology agreements, including SaaS, IaaS, consulting and outsourcing agreements, end user license agreements (EULA), service level agreements, and software license agreements. • Provides legal counsel and viable solutions for various corporate matters, including intellectual property, data protection, compliance/regulatory issues, strategic initiatives, and business transactions. • Closely work with and advise business clients, including senior executives in various areas of the law including employment law, immigration and sponsorships, data sovereignty laws, data protection and security laws, state data breach notification laws, and consumer protection laws, to influence strategy and improve business processes. Show less

Director, Senior Counsel

• Mar 2018 - Apr 2019

* Provide proactive legal support and advice to multiple departments regarding cyber security, data privacy, data security, and data protection laws and standards (e.g. GDPR, CFAA, PCI, state data breach notification laws, etc.). * Assist with and provide legal advice with regard to the company’s data security incident response preparedness training and counseling, as well as in the drafting of privacy policies and information security policies. * Provide legal support and advice to multiple departments (including Engineering, Product, and GRC) in negotiating, drafting, and reviewing commercial agreements and provisions. * Lead counsel for advising and managing data security incidents and compromises, and for post-incident regulatory and litigation support. Show less

Assistant General Counsel

• Jan 2018 - Mar 2018

• Strategic legal advisor and business partner to internal business stakeholders. • Review, draft and negotiate a wide variety of IT outsourcing and related contracts including services agreements, statements of work, nondisclosure agreements, teaming agreements, product resale agreements, software license agreements, and cloud services agreements. • Operate as a trusted advisor to the business clients on a daily basis with respect to wide-ranging issues. • Strategic legal advisor and business partner to internal business stakeholders. • Review, draft and negotiate a wide variety of IT outsourcing and related contracts including services agreements, statements of work, nondisclosure agreements, teaming agreements, product resale agreements, software license agreements, and cloud services agreements. • Operate as a trusted advisor to the business clients on a daily basis with respect to wide-ranging issues.

Corporate Counsel

• Oct 2015 - Dec 2017

• Negotiate, draft, structure, and interpret various domestic and international commercial contracts, including terms of use agreements, service level agreements, software license agreements, end user license agreements, data center lease agreements, maintenance and support agreements, equipment lease agreements, employment agreements, acceptable use policies, privacy policies, and RFP responses and supporting documents for internal stakeholders in sales, security and network operations, product development, marketing, procurement, and human resources. • Independently lead negotiations with opposing counsel, closing (to date) over 250 commercial contracts that range in approximately $10k - $500k per contract in annual revenue, and allowing the company to conduct business in over 45 countries. • Lead review of all product development and enhancements to ensure legal requirements are met and that adequate data security and protections surrounding the processing and maintenance of user and customer data. • Draft and negotiate agreements for information privacy and data protection including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) business associate agreements and Payment Card Information (PCI) compliance agreements, to ensure compliance with complex healthcare regulations and other legal issues. • Closely work with and advise business clients, including senior executives, in various areas of the law including employment law, including immigration and sponsorships, data sovereignty laws, data protection and security laws, state data breach notification laws, and consumer protection laws, to influence strategy and improve business processes. • Review and comment on marketing and advertising materials and corporate communications. • Manage and oversee the company’s IP portfolio and strategy. • Manage outside counsel on a variety of matters including litigation, arbitration, and in preparing corporate reports and other legal filings. Show less

Legal Counsel to Chief of Staff/EVP, Operations

• Oct 2014 - Oct 2015

• Read and interpreted legal documents to identify operational requirements and other covenants entered between the Operations organization and both internal and external organizations. • Provided legal advice and support to the CEO and Executive Vice President of Operations. • Drafted, negotiated and reviewed vendor agreements and related documents (e.g. confidentiality agreements and non-disclosure agreements). • Interpreted laws, rules and regulations for the business to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and company policies, procedures, regulations, and standards. • Drafted policy for regulatory compliance, which included rules concerning the FDCPA, TILA, UDAAP, and US Patriot Act. • Built and maintained effective working relationships across the organization to accomplish business goals and objectives. Show less

Summer Associate

• Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

• Researched and drafted a variety of memoranda on the benefits available to persons affected by natural disasters under the Federal Emergency Management Agency. • Assisted the managing attorney at trial. Drafted memoranda on wage claim, social security, and consumer credit. • Researched and drafted a variety of memoranda on the benefits available to persons affected by natural disasters under the Federal Emergency Management Agency. • Assisted the managing attorney at trial. Drafted memoranda on wage claim, social security, and consumer credit.

Legal Intern

• Jan 2013 - May 2013

• Advised the Senator on a wide variety of intergovernmental relations and jurisprudence issues, with a particular focus on student truancy and the development of statewide electronic filing. • Developed and negotiated major policy provisions for the text of the Texas electronic filing bill which was later enacted into law. • Advised the Senator on a wide variety of intergovernmental relations and jurisprudence issues, with a particular focus on student truancy and the development of statewide electronic filing. • Developed and negotiated major policy provisions for the text of the Texas electronic filing bill which was later enacted into law.

Summer Associate

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

Conducted legal research and drafted memoranda of law and other court papers, focusing primarily on litigation of civil and commercial contract disputes. Conducted legal research and drafted memoranda of law and other court papers, focusing primarily on litigation of civil and commercial contract disputes.