Experience

Illuminos Academic Coaching & Tutoring

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President & Co-Founder

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  At Illuminos, we offer unique academic coaching, Executive Function & tutoring services to help good students achieve greatness. Our coaches work with students one-on-one and in-home, to personalize our proprietary curriculum for each child’s individual needs through integration of new routines into their everyday school work and busy lives.Our coaches teach students to be organized, manage their time, study using personalized learning strategies based on the student's learning style, and how to plan by maintaining daily, weekly, and monthly calendars. They learn to use tools that work best for them through the integration of new routines into current homework, school, activities, tests, projects, papers, sports, and everyday life.We take great care to pair the right coach with each student and family. Our goal is for your child’s coach to become a trusted confidant, advisor, and personal cheerleader. Each coach has been trained and certified to teach the Illuminos curriculum. Coaches are selected based on their own academic achievement, EF skills, experience with students and children, communication skills, and personality.We support and build upon the work of educators by providing students, including those managing learning differences, with in-home sessions based on our flagship Executive Function curriculum. By teaching students our proven, integrated self-management system that applies across all subjects, our unique curriculum provides students with the skills to Organize, Plan and Prioritize, Take Essential Notes, Study Effectively, Communicate Clearly, and Self-AdvocateOur program is designed to graduate students out of the program in 9 - 12 months of sessions - working with students at least 2 times per week. Sessions are typically an hour but may run longer, depending on the student’s needs. Show less

• President & Co-Founder

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  Co-founded and manage an Academic Coaching and Tutoring Company for students up through 12th Grade. Our mission is to help students one-on-one in their homes, including students with learning differences, to substantially improve their performance in academia and beyond through the mastery of life skills essential for success. Unlike traditional tutoring services, we guide and mentor students to develop robust executive functioning skills for use both in and outside the classroom. For context, I elected to undertake this project after suddenly losing my uncle without I was very close. I am assisting my cousin, his son, expand his Texas-based small business into a scalable, branded, higher margin company in the Washington D.C. metro area where it is now rapidly growing. Show less



EmersonGray LLC

• Legal Consultant

  • Jun 2018 - Present



Intersections Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• SVP Operations & General Counsel

  • Dec 2012 - Dec 2015

  As General Counsel: provide legal advice on a broad range of domestic and international topics including corporate governance, privacy, product clearance, intellectual property, advertising and marketing, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and employment matters. As SVP Operations: oversaw and managed product management and operations, customer service, marketing strategy and execution, human resources, customer service, and sales operations.

• Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2015

  Providing general counseling and business operations advice and support to multiple wholly owned subsidiaries of Intersections.

• Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

  • Jul 2011 - Dec 2015

  • Advise on advertising and marketing law and compliance including legislative and regulatory developments, draft, review and oversee all advertising and marketing, counsel regarding social media marketing, online and offline (including direct mail, telemarketing and in-store) marketing campaigns• Provide subject matter expertise on consumer direct marketing relationships and initiatives• Manage commercial agreement review and drafting including strategic and tactical vendor agreements and partner and client agreements• Manage Intellectual property portfolio • Manage and oversee insurance and membership product offers and compliance• Manage and oversee product clearance including identity theft protection services, insurance offerings, consumer products, and membership products and services• Manage real property matters including review and negotiation of property leases • Provide guidance on corporate governance including corporate compliance policies such as whistle blower policy, record retention policy, and insider trading policy (SOX compliance)• Assistance with public reporting, including proxy statements, 10-Ks, 10-Qs, and 8-Ks, preparation of Board of Director meeting materials and meeting minutes • Assistance with Corporate Strategy Development • Manage outside counsel re advertising and marketing, intellectual property, regulatory, litigation, employment matters, • Advise Human Resources regarding employment matters, employee grievances and disputes; manage and oversee executive and non-executive reductions in force, promotions and terminations• Chair company’s charitable committee and fundraising efforts for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Children’s National Medical Center of Washington DC• M&A – due diligence, buying/selling, agreements related thereto • Assist with customer service, retention and complaints, • Oversee and manage AG actions Show less

• VP, Deputy General Counsel

  • Jan 2009 - Jul 2011

• Vice President, Associate General Counsel

  • Dec 2007 - Jan 2009

• Sr. Director, Corporate Counsel

  • Jun 2005 - Dec 2007



Village of Waxpool

• Board Member

  • 2008 - 2009



CenturyLink Business for Enterprise

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

• Corporate Counsel

  • Mar 2004 - Jun 2004

  • Led negotiations with customers and sales team on contracts and non-disclosure agreements. • Strategized with Senior Management and developed solutions to sales process hurdles, including developing new sales processes during integration with Cable & Wireless. • Led Government Assessment and Compliance project; liaising with various business unit executives, including Human Recourses, Finance, Sales, Operations, Product Management, Risk Management, and Marketing. • Led negotiations with customers and sales team on contracts and non-disclosure agreements. • Strategized with Senior Management and developed solutions to sales process hurdles, including developing new sales processes during integration with Cable & Wireless. • Led Government Assessment and Compliance project; liaising with various business unit executives, including Human Recourses, Finance, Sales, Operations, Product Management, Risk Management, and Marketing.



Cable & Wireless Communications

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Business Development Sales & Legal Strategy

  • Jun 2002 - Mar 2004

  • Led commercial negotiations with customers and sales team on deals, non-disclosure agreements, hardware leasing arrangements and other similar types of agreements. • Negotiated complex contracts with customers from a variety of industries. • Supported $1.5 billion in annualized new sales revenue for 2003 and $21 million in new non-recurring revenue. • Liaise with in house counsel to facilitate efficient and effective solution oriented negotiations and closure of deals. • Coordinate with various internal groups regarding Sales requirements related to contract negotiations, including internal negotiations to establish solutions for customized contract requirements. • Strategize with Senior Management and develop solutions to sales process hurdles, including developing revisions to current customer contracts and establishing processes for use of “term fallbacks.” • Managed customer impacting legal issues during the separation of the CWA customer base from parent. • Managed Sales team and customer issues regulated to C&W USA’s bankruptcy, including preparation of internal and customer facing documentation related to the bankruptcy process and the impact on employees, customers and service. Show less



Savvis Communications

• Director

  • 2003 - 2004



McDermott Will & Emery

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Law Clerk and Associate

  • 1997 - 2002

  • Drafted & negotiated software and development licenses, hosting agreements, MSAs, content licenses and click-wrap agreements. • Counseled emerging and established companies in developing and strengthening intellectual property portfolios. • Conducted due diligence for: DOJ 2nd Requests, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property audits. • Counseled clients regarding trademark rights including, proper usage, branding, use of marks and rights online. • Worked with marketing department members to prepare marketing materials to leverage intellectual property • Counseled clients regarding selection, adoption, use and registrability of marks • Managed arbitrations instituted under the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy. • Conducted trademark clearance work • Policed marks, including developing and conducting client customized online web audits, preparing cease and desist correspondence and complaints regarding trademark infringement, drafted correspondence analyzed potential trademark and dilution infringement claims, negotiating settlements, and prepared settlement agreements. • Conducted website audits that include reviewing and drafting terms and conditions of use, privacy policies for intra and extranet uses, and online sweepstakes and gaming rules. • Advised clients regarding copyright protection of websites, products, databases, publications, software and other media. • Worked with recording industry clients and other music and video multi-media providers on drafting and analyzing legislation as well as working under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. • Counseling re contest, sweepstakes and gaming rules and procedures; drafted Ts and C's for both online and non-electronic sweepstakes and gaming rules. • Participated in and managed large scale, complex document reviews for IP and antitrust litigation. Show less



Pillsbury Madison & Sutro

• Washington, DC

• Associate

  • 2000 - 2000

  • Reviewed comprehensive trademark search reports, conducted investigations, prepared corresponding memoranda and opinions regarding availability for adoption, use and registration. • Conferred regularly with clients regarding selection, adoption, use and registrability of marks. • Prepared cease and desist correspondence, complaints regarding trademark infringement, correspondence analyzing potential trademark and dilution infringement claims, Notice of Opposition, discovery requests, discovery responses, correspondence concerning domestic and international domain name disputes, disclaimer language for Internet usage, and domestic trademark applications. Show less



Banner Witcoff

• United States
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Paralegal

  • 1995 - 1997

  • Conducted legal research both online and through textual sources. • Provided support to attorneys on patent and copyright litigation, including management of document productions, review of documents, deposition preparation, legal research memorandum, and pre-trial preparation through trial. • Maintained pleadings and correspondence files. • Prepared reports and correspondence for clients. • Assisted attorneys with preparing presentations for clients and general organizational matters including, filing and maintaining trial notebooks. Prepared patent prosecution file histories. • Conducted trademark investigations. Show less