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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Silver Spring, MD

• Part of Rights Management group providing rights and clearance guidance on promotion for domestic networks, programming rights for global agreements, and rights waivers for producers and internal parties.
• Manage company-wide rights waiver process and communicate policies and procedures to external producers to ensure compliance with clearance obligations in programming agreements.
• Assist domestic networks effectively promote upcoming programs, talent, and specials by using document and deliverable review to clear all promotional requests concerning company-owned content on domestic networks.
• Provide on-demand clearance request support for domestic networks. Utilize effective communication and problem solving to efficiently complete requests while limiting risk to the company.
• Research, review and interpret key provisions in programming agreements to accurately report and represent company-wide rights to various acquired, co-produced, and commissioned content using rights management.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Served as the legal resource for the international team of the Tax and Accounting – Government division. Provided contract administration and support for USAID, MCC, and World Bank funded contracts.
• Facilitated quick contract turnaround times by creating and updating templates and drafting agreements including but not limited to independent contractor agreements, non-disclosure agreements, services agreements.
• Enabled compliance with regulations, policies and procedures for projects involving U.S. Government and other donor agencies by identifying and understanding applicable provisions and applying them to each specific.
• Made contracting process more efficient by communicating directly with client counterparts to negotiate contract terms and provisions.

Bethesda, MD

• Acted as Contracts Manager for entire company while reporting to General Counsel. Provided contract administration for all departments as well as being primary legal resource for all internal and external contract.
• Administered and maintained physical and virtual databases of all company contracts that aggregated information and afforded a greater understanding of contract terms for internal stakeholders.
• Increased speed-to-contract during sales process by maintaining templates for, and creating initial drafts of, all necessary and requested contracts.
• Provided onsite legal support to remote sales team, enabling increased communication and clarity throughout sales process.

Rockville, MD

• On contract at SAICReceived and verified application packages sent by prospective National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program candidates. Responsible for maintaining confidentiality of applicants’ personal.
• Ensured application packages were compliant with National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program rules and regulations by using thorough attention to detail during reviews.
• Produced completed application packages in a timely manner by effectively communicating with applicants, National Health Service Corps and Health Resources and Services Administration officials.

Silver Spring, MD

• On contract at TekSystemsManaged on boarding process for new consultant hires with Fannie Mae by processing internal paperwork for new contractors including completed background investigations.
• Created accurate weekly hour and wage reports by communicating directly with Fannie Mae consultants and auditing against records in PeopleSoft.
• Provided direct contact support for consultants working at Fannie Mae by dealing with all issues ranging from payroll and wages to employee benefits and vacation.

London, United Kingdom

• Functioned as human resources contact for variable staff of a catering company, providing support for both event and non-event days. Responded to payroll queries, general queries, and maintained accurate personnel.
• Effectively scheduled staff and managed costs for match day and event vendors by generating weekly cost / payroll forecasts and assigning appropriate staff numbers.
• Ensured effective match day support for variable staff by managing staffing team members to proactively identify possible areas of concerns and to learn from past match day experiences.

College Park, MD

• Accurately captured assigned information on microfilm by being attentive and having a comprehensive understanding of filming equipment.
• Ensured continued safety of sensitive and fragile original historical documents by adhering to stringent handling procedures.

Masters Of Arts, International Business

M.A. International Business – Passed with Merit Postgraduate courses: Cross-cultural Management Economic and Political Environments in.

Graduate Certificate In Business, International Business

Graduate Certificate in Business Postgraduate courses: Comparative Employee Relations Issues in International Business Research and Study.

Ba, History