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River Forest, Il

Customer Contracting Analyst (contract position through US Technologies)• Responsible for executions of all aspects of Contract Lifecycle in accordance with defined processes, guidelines and strategies.• Short term contract which required review of 3000 contracts as ICU had acquired a series of vascular therapy, oncology, and critical care applications from both Pfizer and Molina, with particular focus on business and legal issues. Reviewed appropriate contracts from all 3 companies.• Communicated discrepancies/conflicts in commitments to Manager.

Downers Grove, Il

Contracts Manager (contract position through Robert Half)• Drafted/reviewed, redlined, negotiated, and closed contracts with vendors in areas of IT and Telecommunications, including hardware, software, maintenance and consulting. This was in a particularly high-paced environment as Adtalem was selling DeVry and Keller Graduate School of Management. Adtalem owns 9 additional colleges and certification programs.• Performed lead role in negotiations of assigned contracts. Worked constructively, cordially, and flexibly with all levels of Management, Legal, and internal/external partners.

Elk Grove Village, Il

Contracts Specialist (contract position through American Partners)• Drafted/reviewed, redlined, and negotiated contracts in areas of Medical Services and IT including Hardware, Maintenance, Consulting, Third Party, Training, and complex Project Agreements. • Often performed lead role in such negotiations while working closely with The Resource Group, Executive Management, Corporate Legal and various levels of infrastructure and discipline management. • Processed Blanket Purchase Orders and engaged in the Contracts Life Cycle through the entry and tracking of contracts through the MediTract system.• Worked closely and flexibly with all levels of Management, Legal and internal partners (e.g., The Resource Group, IT, HR, hospital personnel).

Contracts Manager and Procurement Specialist (Company Layoffs due to merger) After an initial contract position, was recruited for and offered a permanent Procurement position reporting to the Director – Corporate Information Technologies. • Drafted/reviewed, redlined, and negotiated complex contracts in areas of IT and Telecom Hardware, Software Licensing, Support/Maintenance, Consulting, training, and complex Project Agreements, including RFPs. • Met all aggressive targets in a high pressure environment while maintaining strong professional relationships with vendors and internal customers by demonstrating a strong commitment to the fulfillment of deadlines, integrity and flexibility. • Lead and determined the needs and priorities, and immediately engage in numerous, concurrent contract negotiations and closures. The resultant contracts not only fulfilled all legal and business requirements, but set a framework (including Contract Administration database) for the smooth operation of day to day business.

Contracts Administrator. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, drafted and reviewed complex agreements from both a vendor and procurement side, negotiated complex agreements in the areas of Medical Services, IT hardware and software, HR, Consulting and Operations. These contracts varied from standard deliverables to complex projects. • Actively engaged in the negotiation of business (SOWs, delivery, pricing, SLAs) and legal issues (LoLs, Intellectual Property Rights, Indemnifications, assignments). Assumed lead role in negotiations in conjunction with executive, legal and functional management. • Assisted in the assimilation of the 4 acquired companies into the corporate environment, including defining their offerings so that they could be marketed in combination with existing corporate deliverables. Assimilated and/or restructured their contracts to be in line with corporate business and legal policies. • Successfully negotiated and closed over 400 contracts leading to business growth, while protecting the organization from undue legal risk. Responsible for the administration of all contracts.

Downers Grove, Il

Contract position reporting to the Director – Corporate Information Technologies. Drafted/reviewed, red-lined, and negotiated complex contracts in areas of IT and Telecom Hardware, Software Licensing, Support/Maintenance, Consulting, training, and complex Project Agreements.• As FTD was in a process of “spinning off” from its parent, United Online, had few agreements of its own, and only 4 months until the separation, negotiated numerous, complex new agreements (many with Fortune 100 companies) which included business (e.g., pricing, delivery, SOWs, SLAs), legal (e.g., Intellectual Property Rights, LoLs, Indemnifications, Assignments and NDAs), and data protection requirements with vendor management, legal and technical functions. Performed lead role in such negotiations while working closely with Executive Management, Corporate Legal and various levels of infrastructure management. • Met all aggressive targets in a high pressure environment while maintaining strong professional relationships with vendors and internal customers by demonstrating a strong commitment to the fulfillment of deadlines, integrity and flexibility.• As time was of the essence before the company was to become independent, was able to step in, determine needs and priorities, and immediately engage in numerous, concurrent contract negotiations and closures. The resultant contracts not only fulfilled all legal and business requirements, but set a framework (including Contract Administration database) for the smooth operation of day to day business.

Greater Chicago Area

Contract position reporting up through a Sr. Vice President of Corporate Strategic Procurement. Drafted and negotiated highly complex contracts in the areas of IT and Telecom Hardware/Maintenance procurement, Software Licensing, Project Management, Outsourcing, Consulting, Contingent Labor, Training and Infrastructure Services.• Negotiated business (e.g., pricing, delivery, SLAs, SOWs), legal issues (e.g., Intellectual Property Rights, LoLs and Indemnifications), and regulatory/audit requirements with vendor attorneys, sales/support management and vendor executive management. Worked closely with all levels in Global Procurement, Corporate Legal, and internal partners.• Responsible for the development and implementation of multinational contract templates which consisted of global Master Terms and Conditions (with the flexibility to be customized to meet local requirements), and inter-changeable Modules which contained the specific business terms related to standard and custom Hardware/Maintenance, Software License/Support terms, complex and simple Consulting engagements, and infrastructure requirements such as Contingent Labor and Bank Operations (e.g., ATM operations, staff relocations, credit analysis).• As Northern had acquired 2 other companies, assisted with the infrastructure assimilation by working with internal partners to define Software/Support requirements and assign or re-negotiate Software Agreements with vendors

Naperville, Il

Contract position reporting up through Global Contract Management assigned to a special project requiring the interpretation, analysis, and legal/business risk assessment of all North American, European/Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific Contracts. The end product is a centralized tool which, not only assists in the management of the contract life cycle from draft/negotiation through implementation to termination, but is utilized by Directors, sales/manufacturing/functional management, and Legal departments for the analysis and re-definition of allocation and structural initiatives throughout the world. This position required in-depth knowledge and analysis of broad spectrum of custom, complex contracts including Product Sales and Services Agreements, Project Agreements (including backhaul projects), Hardware/Software Support Agreements, Sublicense Agreements and various types of Third Party Agreements. Assumed lead role in meeting performance milestones, and assisted in the drafting of reports submitted to corporate Directors, sales, and discipline management.

Oak Brook, Il

This was a PT inside sales position which allowed me the flexibility to perform the role of caretaker to an immediate family member with an extreme, long term, and eventually terminal illness. Please review the experience and ability delineated below for a more accurate representation of what I can bring to a position.

Downers Grove, Il

Drafted, redlined, negotiated, and administered innovative custom acquisition agreements with HP customers in areas of IT hardware sales, software licensing, consulting, software development, custom product development and hardware/software support.• Achieved unbroken track record of negotiating and finalizing every viable deal ever initiated by proactively engaging with appropriate internal and external management to initiate, structure, present, refine, and finally, define each deal prior to implementation. Negotiated business and legal issues (including Software Licenses, Intellectual Property Rights, Remedies, and Indemnifications) extensively with customer attorneys, purchasing departments and executive management.• Provided on-going strategic counsel to multiple levels of sales and manufacturing management in the development and presentation of flexible and competitive long term deals which would position the company to achieve a position of “strategic supplier” with both new and existent accounts.• Structured, drafted, and negotiated complex project agreement integrating substantial third party hardware, software, consulting, software development and staging integration to provide a “single vendor solution”. Created and negotiated subcontract agreements with third party business partners as part of this process.• Conceived and developed several new programs with top-tier certified hardware/software resellers which leveraged direct sales of consulting integration, project management, and maintenance products to end-user customers.• Responsible for the analysis and assignment of incoming RFPs (Requests for Proposals), including final review prior to submission. Some experience with federal and municipal RFPs.• Oversaw the contract life cycle for large agreements, including negotiation and processing of contract amendments, letters of order, and custom acceptance criteria.• Supervised both local and remote support, and administrative personnel.

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