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Leading a team of contracting subject matter experts accountable for optimizing LegalSifter's products and services to cure our clients' contract pain. Key responsibilities of the team include:• Providing advanced pre-sales support.• Owning the Design and Test stages of the new client onboarding process.• Governing LegalSifter's standard playbook guidance and data field extraction instructions.• Establishing priorities for LegalSifter's product development roadmap.

• Led the "after you sign" services side of LegalSifter’s business, which combines the power of artificial intelligence, software, and human expertise to extract data from client contracts, upload that data to the client’s contract lifecycle management tool (CLM), and then manage the client’s contract data in their CLM. • Developed and optimized project execution processes and tools.• Managed employees and subcontractors working remotely across the US and India.• Provided strategic input to product development and marketing plans.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Led a project to right-size bp's software license spend.• Provided strategic commercial and contractual input to renegotiate bp's software license agreements.

Houston, Texas Area

• Led a project to optimize the way BP’s Upstream PSCM organization manages the legal, commercial, and regulatory risks associated with the international movement of materials.• Established critical processes to mitigate, manage and monitor export compliance.• Built and led the Export Compliance Team.

Houston, Texas Area

• Championed a vision to bring a more systematic approach to contracting in BP's Upstream PSCM organization.• Established foundational contracting processes including:- Central governance and maintenance of standard contract templates- A contracting workflow with robust governance of contract deviations and awards- Improved integrity of the executed contract repository• Transformed the standard contract templates into a modular structure, reducing ~69 global and regional templates down to 4 base templates plus 11 regional templates. The new templates are:- Easier to maintain, assemble, read, negotiate and manage- More fit for purpose, including only clauses relevant for the applicable scope of work- Better-aligned to procurement via electronic purchase orders- Well-positioned for the future implementation of a contract drafting tool• Built a contracting center of excellence comprised of 10 subject matter experts who provide day-to-day support and coaching to procurement professionals as they develop and negotiate contracts.• Supported the development of training and other learning resources to improve the contracting competency in BP.• Member of a multi-discipline leadership team that manages the development, improvement and deployment of all procurement processes, systems, and standards, including: category management, purchase-to-pay, materials management, counterparty due diligence, and contractor management.• Collaborated with Legal to improve procurement's compliance with applicable laws and risk management policies, such as anti-bribery and corruption, human rights, ethics, and digital security.

Houston, Texas Area

• Conducted an assessment of all existing contracts across BP’s Global Operations Organization to determine their level of compliance with established contracting requirements; worked with contract owners to develop gap closure plans.• Provided input to contracting and negotiation strategies for global agreements with suppliers.

Houston, Texas Area

• Implemented contracting best practices through coaching, training, and helpdesk support.• Supported the development of global processes, systems, tools, and templates designed to improve, simplify, and standardize the way that BP’s Upstream business procures third-party materials and services.

Houston, Texas

• Built and led a commercial management team accountable for developing, negotiating and managing the performance of contracts with strategic customers.• Served as the liaison between the projects group and the legal department on all contractual issues.• Negotiated global agreements with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Tullow Oil plc.

Houston, Texas

• Led the drafting and negotiation of a global agreement with Shell; coached and trained commercial managers in all regions to ensure compliance with the master agreement, consistent pricing, and a common commercial approach in all contracts with Shell.• Supported the pricing, negotiation and award of the following subsea projects with Shell: a $275 million project in Brazil, a $200 million project in Nigeria, a $320 million project in Australia, and over $200 million of projects located in the Gulf of Mexico.

Houston, Texas Area

• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated engineering agreements, EPC agreements, technology license agreements, and consulting agreements.• Revised the company's standard terms and conditions.

• Actively involved in all aspects of new home construction, including: lot acquisitions, developer negotiations, home design, plan review, permits, estimating, construction contracts, insurance and risk management, day-to-day construction management, customer management, and punch lists.• Revised the company’s standard terms and conditions.

• Represented Chevron Phillips Chemical Company in the review, negotiation and drafting of day-to-day commercial contracts for chemical sales, plant maintenance services, construction services, engineering services, toll processing, distribution, railcar storage, and underground well storage.• Represented The Woodlands Land Development Company in $15 million of land and mineral acquisitions, negotiating both the legal and commercial aspects of the deals.

• Assisted general corporate clients with: merger and acquisition transactions; formation of corporations, non-profit organizations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies; shareholder agreements; corporate resolutions; promissory notes, term loans and guarantees; and confidentiality agreements.

• Provided commercial and legal input to shape the strategies of an Internet-based business-to-business marketplace from the start-up phase through ongoing operations.• Drafted the company’s standard terms and conditions.

• Negotiated wholesale power trading agreements and structured power marketing transactions, including tolling agreements, call options, and full requirement contracts.• Participated on Edison Electric Institute’s drafting committee to develop an industry standard energy trading contract.

• Negotiated oil & gas leases with values up to $200,000 and land areas up to 1,000 acres.

Jd, Law

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Ba, English & Philosophy