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Engaged by early and growth-stage tech companies to establish and scale the legal and compliance function, negotiate significant transactions, and advise senior executives/board on company creation/scaling.• Advised HealthTech company on legal and regulatory requirements of starting new AI SaaS business, guided company through development and negotiated key partner agreements resulting in a successful launch and immediate revenues. • Resolved problematic co-founder equity issues prior to capital raise ultimately eliminating co-founder with limited personal financial outlay and greatly reducing complexity of capital transaction.• In-sourced majority of legal support, including contracting and HR support, reducing outside counsel costs by over 50%.• Created legal document portfolio, playbook and highly efficient contracting processes requiring limited legal review giving the business autonomy and speed while minimizing risk..

Frisco, Texas, Us

Promoted to the Senior Leadership Team and General Counsel of multiple subsidiaries to manage legal support for nearly all functions of the business including COO, CFO, CTO and CHRO verticals and major projects to accelerate company growth and meet new shareholder targets.• Co-created and scaled multiple new business ventures, and named General Counsel for all SaaS businesses, adding >$1B to company value. • Served as General Counsel to integrate and grow a newly acquired Telecom business resulting in full integration within six months and revenue growth of >20% over 18 months.• Established the company’s first data privacy program, policies, and processes bringing the company into compliance with new data privacy regulations.• Developed legal operations strategy, document portfolio, and processes for COO function resulting in standardized construction and vendor management processes and reducing vendor disputes by 90% saving the company ~$8M/yr.• Designed and implemented highly complex corporate structure to eliminate regulatory and existing debt covenant issues and negotiated $250M debt financing transaction enabling the company to sign its largest customer agreement.• Orchestrated turn-around of IaaS business by setting strategy and negotiating settlements/restructuring with delinquent customers cutting anticipated losses by >40% and ensuring the business’ longevity..

Frisco, Texas, Us

Brought on as company’s second legal hire to own the legal support for sales, regulatory and compliance, operations and delivery, government relations/permitting and real estate.• Scaled, professionalized and managed regulatory compliance program for the company (a regulated telecom provider), from one entity in eight jurisdictions to 40+ entities across 48 jurisdictions eliminating barriers to new business and increasing speed to market.• Re-negotiated multiple Framework Agreements worth >$300M with Fortune 30 customers to more closely align with industry changes and company’s changing business practices significantly mitigating capital risk without sacrificing key favorable terms.• Developed and executed strategy to obtain municipal construction permits on an expedited basis by disrupting traditional industry approach thereby reducing the longest and most unpredictable aspect of the delivery process from 130+ days to +/-75 days..

Buford, Ga, Us

X-ray sterilization company. • Installed to set strategy for MedTech company’s future and guided successful exit with 25x ROI..

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Promoted to be general legal counsel for company’s two largest carrier customer account teams ($8B AR) and global iDEN business (25 countries, $1B AR) as well as provided legal support to the Product Safety team and managed product safety litigation.• Negotiated new Framework Agreement with Sprint creating opportunities for more than $1.5B in additional sales and reducing warranty expenses by more than $100M. • Successfully resolved recurrent charger fire matter by developing hazard mitigation strategy sufficient to satisfy the Consumer Product Safety Commission without formal CPSC intervention avoiding tens of millions in costs..

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Hired to be the legal counsel on the senior management team for three global outsourcing relationships ($3B annual spend) and to negotiate software and technology licensing and software development agreements. • Negotiated extrication of global business from company’s global IT outsourcing relationship and negotiated new $700M global IT Infrastructure agreement allowing the company to divest business.

J.D. With Highest Honors, Certificate In Intellectual Property Law

Bs, Environmental Sciences, Minor In Biology