25 year Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel (including 16 year public companies) and trusted advisor to the C-Suite and Board, who strategically partners with the business while focusing on SaaS, generative AI and other product and technology transformations at fast-growing technology companies like Trajector, DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) and CMP Media (Nasdaq: CMPX). 25 year CLO/GC experience at public and private companies has been earned while serving with 7 different CEOs and a host of changing senior leaders and board members, resulting in seemingly ever-changing company priorities, all while helping lead ongoing diversity driven board refreshment initiatives involving 35+ directors over time. I have led technology companies through significant corporate life-cycle events, including founder-led, family ownership transitions, private equity investments, hedge fund ownership, activist investor challenges, transformative acquisitions, strategic transformations, reorganizations, two IPOs and over 16 years of public company life for DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) and CMP Media (Nasdaq: CMPX). As such, I pride myself on navigating through choppy waters and serving as a steady hand on the wheel while focusing on leading the company forward. As a recognized leader of the inhouse counsel community, I serve as a Board member of the Global Board of Directors of the Association of Corporate Counsel and Chair of the Board’s Technology Committee, and am also a Charter Member of TechGC / The L Suite, where I co-chair the Public Company group. My success in the C-Suite and Boardroom is attributable to three core competencies: (i) my ability to build relationships with executives and directors through meaningful interactions; (ii) my ability to synthesize and distill complex legal issues and convey them in plain-English; and (iii) my expertise in building consensus on key issues from a strategic legal and business perspective.My Board describes me as a consummate professional with a high EQ, unflappable under pressure, easy to work with, a straight shooter, and solution oriented. Senior leadership sees me as a trusted advisor, strategic partner, direct communicator, and a partner with a strong work ethic and high business acumen. Rather than being the “department of no” or “place where deals go to die” (as legal departments are often described), I focus our team on operating as “department of yes" or "yes, but" driving creative solutions, with an explanation as to how we achieve good outcomes legally and ethically (rather than simply saying we cannot do it).