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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Reviewed Contracts and entered relevant information into Salesforce database.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Collaborated with contracting principals, internal departments, and external parties to ensure compliance with contract specifications and resolution of issues.Performed intake functions for new legal matters, entering matter into company databases, coordinating with department attorneys and internal business clients, tracking matter through resolution, filing of completed documents. Legal review of SOWs and Order Forms and other projects that are submitted to Ascension for approval while ensuring the timely preparation, negotiation and execution of contracts and the completeness and accuracy of contractual documents.Represented Company during contract negotiations with vendors and outside counsel.Maintained contract management database.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Laison between legal counsel and various product divisions to ensure all business requirements are met within contract documentation. Represented Company during contract negotiations from a business compliance perspective. Collaborated with sales, legal, marketing and operations to ensure compliance with customer, government and business requirements. Managed customer documentation inquiries and contract compliance policies. Supported the maintenance and administration of contract management database. Assisted Sales team with assembly of all necessary documentation to be requirements of specialized services.

South Bend, Indiana Area

Introduced accelerated Paralegal Program resulting in 44% enrollment increase. Developed a capstone paralegal seminar class covering six new areas of law. This class will be mandatory beginning with the 2012 -2013 academic year. Interviewed/hired Paralegal faculty. Managed day to day student inquiry of paralegal program..

Contract Administrator of approximately $50 million in Purchase Orders per year, working with 5 Project Managers, and Sales and Application Engineering within the manufacturing industry Negotiated prices, terms and conditions and other contract related subjects for compliance of policies, procedures and guidelines. Reviewed and prepared comments for draft and red-lined contracts Coordinated with freight forwarders for international shipments Prepared detailed abstracts for accounting and operations departments. Liaison between operations and finance to verify proper milestone invoicing, providing final authorization for such invoicing. Worked with international customer base to enforce required contractual payments within company guidelines. Established and maintained data base for all Contracts, Warranty Information, Letters of Credit and Confidentiality Agreements. Prepared detailed abstracts for accounting and operations departments

Bachelor Of Science - Bs

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Paralegal Studies