Provide legal and business advice to Not-for-Profit organization for its development and management.

Represent clients in complex transactions from cradle-to-grave, including outsourcing, technology transactions, and international transactions. Close contentious negotiations by developing win-win outcomes for vexing issues. Highly experienced in domestic and international commercial contracts.

• Emerged as the public legal face and primary negotiator of TCS to one of the five largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers in a multi-million dollar deal involving new wireless telephone network installations worldwide.• Negotiated the sale of TCS products and services to a leading U.S. systems integrator for multiple global deployments, each valued at several million dollars.• Represented TCS in the licensing of third-party software operated by TCS for U.S. government locations. Researched and vetted all strategic considerations to satisfy contract requirements. • Identified the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in corporate software development, provided legal guidance contributing to in the establishment of a corporate FOSS policy and practices.• Thrived as the primary in-house attorney responsible for developing, negotiating and drafting major international contracts• Initiated, reviewed, and finalized all procurement contracts (hardware purchases, software licenses, development agreements, and manpower) for the corporate Information Systems Department (e.g., replacement of corporate legacy telephone systems with new corporate telecommunication system interconnecting five US locations, enterprise software licenses, hardware for hosted E-911 service contracts).[Note: May 2009-October 2009, full-time Contractor at TCS; became permanent employee.]

• Established and built a successful private practice that focused on legal and business consulting for emerging and established enterprises in addition to individual clients. • Notably retained by a U.S. patent search company to facilitate the international expansion and marketing of its services to foreign-based intellectual property owners.• Strategically re-engineered the corporate and not-for-profit contracts departments to standardize processes and procedures to increase productivity and realize significant savings and efficiencies for multiple clients. • Providd legal advice and planning services for corporate clients re-locating from US east to west coast.• Authored the second “International Negotiations” chapter of legal textbook International Commercial Transactions (MICPEL, Baltimore MD, in 2005). Faculty member for MICPEL’s International Commercial Transactions Seminars. • Created corporations and LLC’s; acted as General Counsel for clients during the establishment of business operations.

• Handled a broad range of case assignments valued from $35M to $500M involving IT outsourcing, hardware purchases, and software licensing & development agreements. • Negotiated a $350 million sale of a subsidiary company for a global financial services firm that sold its IT outsourcing subsidiary in Australia. Negotiated the outsourcing of the client’s remaining IT requirements in Asia and Australia to a new vendor, facilitating the deal and identifying all risks.• Negotiated and drafted a $500 million corporate headquarters’ campus worldwide information technology full-scope IT outsourcing transaction for a global "household name" apparel and sporting goods manufacturer.• Authored and negotiated a $275 multi-currency outsourced account processing contract with a U.S. vendor for an international bank based in the United Kingdom that performed millions of transactions with global financial entities on six continents.• Finalized a $150 million hardware, software, application support, and helpdesk, IT outsourcing contract for a multi-national chemical manufacturer. • Negotiated and drafted a $45 million IT outsourcing contract for a multi-national retailer in the purchase of a mega-terabyte data warehouse to support expanding technology needs tied to support the client’s retail operations. Transaction additionally updated and expanded vendor’s maintenance commitments to the client without increasing annual maintenance charges capabilities.

• Founded and managed Contracts Department, despite frequently being overseas 3 out of every 4 weeks. Department always came in under budget and above forecast (orders entered/invoices/collections). Staff started as 1 (me), and went as high as 11 (including some contractors). • Department responsible for entering contracts/orders, initiating orders, invoicing and collections, preparing shipping and export documentation (if necessary).• Represented HNS in sales of wireless telecommunications networks. Negotiated contracts on every continent but Australia and Antarctica, including some of the era’s largest cellular network contracts. • Contract values’ ranged from $1.5 million to over $500 Million. Contracts included hardware, provision of services, software and other IP licensing. Negotiated and draft additional contracts for the provision of maintenance services and operation of the contracted networks. • Drafted all • processes and procedures. Developed and revised standard form contracts. ISO 9000 compliant. Worldwide legal responsibility (export compliance, FCPA compliance, contract negotiations, establishment of international branch and representative offices, negotiate sales rep agreements, etc.) for 3 wireless communication technology product lines. • Established foreign branch and representative offices. Settled international disputes with customers. Managed domestic and international outside counsel.Corporate Award: Best International Contract Win of the year for each of 1994, 1995, and 1996.

• Represented corporation in negotiation of US gov't contracts, domestic and international commercial contracts, for space-related goods and services (e.g., payload processing, satellite uplink services, satellite sensors). • Provided legal management for US gov't contract programs. Participated in multiple productivity improvement and performance enhancement teams. • Represented Westinghouse in US Government Contracts for communications systems, satellite sensor systems, and related services. Contract values from $25 million to $450 million. • Represented Westinghouse subsidiary in commercial and US Government contracts for Space Shuttle payload processing services and other space hardware sales and services. Contract values from $5 million to $50 million.• Represented Westinghouse in due diligence for proposed acquisition of aerospace corporation that owned IP for launch vehicles with hybrid fuel system. Acquisition price $40 million. Recommended acquisition not be made; recommendation followed.• Edited monthly corporate Contracts newsletter.

Participated in work measurement for all phases of Solid Rocket Booster assembly, test, disassembly, and refurbishment.Ran corporate productivity improvement programs, and developed educational material and taught/facilitated at Kennedy Space Center-wide programs (e.g., Kennedy Space Center Productivity Improvement and Quality Enhancement Seminars). Founded corporate suggestion system program which in its first year resulted in $1.5 million in reduced cost of operations. Earned professional certification: C.A.S.S. – Certified Administrator of Suggestion Systems from National Association of Suggestion Systems.Identified need for, drafted charted, and established corporate management association. Identified need for, established, managed and edited corporate monthly productivity newsletter.Recipient: NASA Team Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Nation's Aerospace Program (1984).Recipient: United Technologies' Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Corporation (1986).