• Both directly with the Client and internally, support the lifecycle of business contracts related to stock plan administration products, driving contracts to completion that meet the legal, compliance and risk requirements of the business, by reviewing, redlining, and negotiating a wide variety of US and Canadian commercial agreements, including customer agreements, NDAs, amendments, SOWs, and various privacy and data security schedules.• Provide support to management and advise the business on issues related to contract terms, interpretation, and negotiation.• Identify and work to minimize legal and compliance risks to Morgan Stanley.• Work with colleagues to continuously improve contract templates and processes, as well as implement best practices.• Lead project teams with stakeholders to support the firm's success in the above endeavors.

Supported the United States Information Solutions Sales division by providing expertise in negotiating and drafting a variety of business-to-business contracts as part of the Legal contract management team. Reviewed and negotiated non-standard contractual terms and conditions. Responsible for end-to-end contract negotiation for customer requested redlines, drafting custom contract terms to resolve negotiations, collaborating with cross functional stakeholders, and educating sales organization by providing risk analysis for contract terms and exceptions. Effectively used Legal engagement systems including Contract Management database on the GoogleDocs platform. Maintained ongoing records of contract assignments and participated in ongoing process improvement initiatives.

(10 Year tenure with Koch as I was internally promoted from position at Georgia-Pacific to join parent company's Koch Contracting Excellence team.) Independently negotiated complex procurement contracts directly with vendors and their counsel up to $500 million in value. As a Senior Contracts Manager, I was responsible for leading negotiations for global, strategically sourced, and procurement contracts for the Koch Enterprise, which includes: Koch Industries, Georgia-Pacific, Guardian Industries, Infor, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, INVISTA, and others. (See greater details below under Contract Manager for Georgia-Pacific.)

(See below description for more robust explanation of duties and accomplishments as a Contracts Manager.)• Responsible for strategically sourced agreements for purchases of industrial manufacturing equipment, mechanical and maintenance services, professional consulting and engineering, and non-disclosure agreements and IT/Service Procurement handling Software Licenses and Software as a Service agreements; in many cases for Koch Enterprise-wide level contracts.

• Negotiated and drafted 500+ contracts annually for 195 Building Products facilities to support facility operations in the procurement of equipment and services such as: boilers, user interface equipment and programming to run production lines, environmental consulting, mechanical services, engineering, and professional management consulting.• Created solutions on a wide variety of contract types, drafting agreement template updates, escalating concerns to appropriate decision makers, and documentation of activities.• Provided support and consultation with a focused and conscientious approach to internal key stakeholders (which include business development, legal, technology, and strategic sourcing senior managers) on significant contract updates by leading contractual execution teams to obtain a clear picture of the project, its risks, and goals and to communicate the implications of accepting edits to complex and highly strategic agreements.• Created employee training for both legal and procurement business units to teach complex legal concepts in a relatable and understandable way, which includes multiple webinars and live presentations.• Collaborated daily with colleagues at various levels in the company including project managers at the local facility, the facility manager, corporate strategic sourcing category managers, and division counsel to identify leverage points, explain the implications of the vendor’s requested edits and to suggest language alternatives to handle both commercial and legal terms to assist the division’s Senior Counsel and protect the organization as a whole while maintaining compliance with the company’s risk tolerance strategy.• Trained over 200 purchasing managers at annual procurement meeting on proper ways to engage legal, critically think through agreements, and provided a better understanding of key legal terms and how they affect purchases and the business' goals.

• Dramatically decreased contract processing time from six weeks to under a week by drafting and implementing a new organization-wide contract policy.• Increased understanding of procurement procedures by providing experienced consultations to each department through live training with Power Point decks for trainees’ reference.• Managed competitive contract process for entire national organization that included administration of 700+ contracts annually. Reviewed contractual language, bid analysis, and services descriptions and make recommendations for improvement. Troubleshot and created new solutions to various uncustomary needs as arose.• Achieved compliance in internal audit controls as a result of diligent contract administration and mentoring of accounts payable specialists. Worked with internal and external auditors to provide expert opinions and advise on interpreting the organization's policies and procedures to answer their questions.

With over 150 attorneys, HPTY has represented some of America's largest corporations and is nationally recognized as a leading asbestos defense firm.• Managed review and analysis of plaintiff's medical records from initial organization through all phases of discovery for asbestos defense team. • Compiled witness / expert notebooks for engineers and pathologists. • Attended trial with attorneys to assist with cross-examination questions and other needs. • With no prior medical or litigation experience, quickly learned to prepare medical summaries of asbestos plaintiffs to determine alternative causes for illness, additional materials needed, case strategy, and evaluated data to produce reports and summaries for attorneys and experts.