- Currently lead support attorney for the supply chain procurement team and systems and supply chain group within the Technology & Manufacturing Group (TMG), in charge of negotiating purchase and development agreements, cloud service agreements, as well as supporting the facilities group as needed. - Worked with team members around the globe to negotiate and draft purchase, development and collaboration agreements with various suppliers and ODMs/OEMs, as well as other agreements as necessary. - Worked on performing due diligence on corporate matters in connection with Merger and Acquisition activities. - Drafted and negotiated cloud services agreements and related US and European privacy and data security issues (including GDPR and CCPA). - Coordinated group’s contract specialists, including assigning new contract assignments when received, and training team members within SSC about available legal resources, including using the Vested relational contract process. - Reviewed and updated legal forms on a regular basis, and coordinated with contract management systems (iCertis, Ariba). - Taught legal classes regarding various topics, including intellectual property management, contracts, and drafting purchase agreements.- Counseled team members on a wide variety of legal issues on a regular basis. - Synced matters with other business and legal departments as necessary, including litigation, quality control, patent prosecution and capital investment groups. - General work regarding corporate governance and securities matters domestically and internationally.

• Provide strategic general counsel for executive management, board of directors and outside advisers on corporate governance, including securities and merger & acquisition matters.• Oversight of patent prosecution and licensing programs, including, review and submission patent applications in various jurisdictions. • During tenure, company's patent portfolio was recognized in 2010 as one of the 20 strongest worldwide among Semiconductor Manufacturers by IEEE, and in 2015, company was recognized as a Top Bay Area Innovator by Thomson Reuters in the area of LED Lighting Technologies.• Supervised and managed company SEC filings, annual reports and proxy materials, including Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934 Acts, NASDAQ requirements and communication with investment bankers.• Negotiate, organize and develop contract agreements for Asian, North American and European offices, including sales and development agreements, intellectual property licenses and semiconductor manufacturing agreements. • Review and analyze global patent regulations, actively working with government officials to successfully revise local patent laws.• Supervised outside counsel in litigation matters, successfully managing associated expenses.• Counseled company in legal matters surrounding corporate, securities and intellectual property law in the US, Cayman Islands, the Untied Kingdom, Germany, the EU, Japan and more.

• Provided legal counsel and advice to various U.S. and European start-up/pre-IPO companies on a wide variety of legal matters, including partnering with a European law firm.• Drafted and implemented policies, software and patent licenses for a wide range of companies, including online auction service, software developers, Internet banking and payment providers, semiconductor foundries, entertainment companies and online advertising agencies. • Managed counsel and team leadership for in-house counsel and sales/marketing departments in Asia and Europe regarding domestic litigation issues and global transactional matters.• Represented individual clients in labor, intellectual property, licensing, real estate, bankruptcy, estate planning, contracts and real estate law. • Worked with biotech and life science companies, and handled related corporate and privacy issues, including HIPPA requirements, and FDA Clinical Trials.

• Provided legal counsel and representation, including agreements with various online advertising agencies and some of the world’s largest Internet portal and search engine companies.• Negotiated and developed complex licensing, sales agreements and software licenses.• Reviewed and updated privacy policies and other matters pertaining to online security. • Managed all areas of trademark and patent portfolio, including restarting patent committee, assisting inventors in drafting patent applications and coordinated patent strategy with outside counsel. • Oversight of internal legal matters and communication with outside counsel, investment bankers and underwriters in drafting and filing company’s S-1 with the Securities Exchange Commission.

• Negotiated, reviewed and drafted various corporate contracts, including intellectual property licensing agreements, securities memos, real estate leases, medical device approvals and foundry agreements.• Managed outside counsel in litigation, securities and corporate governance matters, including litigation matters pertaining to DRAM patent issues. • Supervised federal antitrust investigations, including those before the U.S. International Trade Commission, Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. • Developed updated corporate policies and procedures in coordination with finance and human resources departments.

Directed legal affairs, contracts, litigation, securities and compliance matters for this fabless designer of semiconductor devices.Supervised legal issues and coordinated with outside advisors regarding the company’s successful Initial Public Offering in May 2000.Negotiated, reviewed, and drafted a wide variety of agreements and company contracts. Worked on due diligence and legal opinions pertaining to several potential mergers and acquisitions. Established company’s trademark and patent programs.

* Worked on corporate matters and counseled various high technology companies regarding intellectual property matters.* Helped guide start up companies and perform corporate due diligence.* Worked on various litigation matters and coordinating discovery and prosecution functions.