Christopher Usrey Email & Phone Number

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Manage the legal department and provide legal and strategic advice to senior executives, Board of Directors, investors and legal department colleagues, and all other departments in order to support ZeOmega’s business objectives for the delivery of healthcare SaaS and on-prem software to support payors and providers. Review, draft and negotiate complex software, hardware, services, OEM, manufacturing, supply, and strategic partnership agreements. Planned, designed and implemented the Procurement program, Export and Import compliance program, Open Source Software Compliance Program and Distribution Program to enable Channel Sales. Develop and implement comprehensive processes and procedures, templates and risk mitigation strategies to run the legal department and provide full service legal advice for ZeOmega on Intellectual Property Law, Technology Transactions, Procurement, Corporate Formation, Transactions and Governance (including Series A and B funding and redemption), Marketing Law, Export Compliance, Privacy related to PII, PHI, GDRP, HIPAA and GLB, Executive Compensation and Benefits, Employment Law, Healthcare Law, Banking Law, Real Estate and Litigation Management, including successful HR arbitration and defense of a patent suit resulting in a beneficial license. Use automation technology, web services and leading edge legal services to reduce need for additional headcount.

Dallas, Texas

vCounsel provides Outsourced General Counsel Services, On Demand Overflow assistance, Document Management Consulting and Technology Solutions. Currently, vCounsel offers comprehensive legal advice on Consumer and Enterprise Technology Transactions, Intellectual Property Law, Healthcare law, Marketing Law, E-Commerce, Export Compliance, Privacy, ERISA, Executive Compensation and Benefits, Employment Law, Corporate Formation, Transactions and Governance, Banking Law, Real Estate and Litigation Management. vCounsel provides a level of execution that contractors cannot provide at a price that law firms cannot match.In addition to Legal Services, vCounsel provides efficiency consulting services for Document Management, E-Sign and Business Workflow.

Provide legal and strategic advice to senior executives, general counsel and legal department colleagues, business development, manufacturing, product development and finance in order to support VCE's business objectives for the delivery of converged data center appliances and cloud computing. Maintain legal responsibility for Import, Export, Channel Sales, Strategic Partners, and Product Compliance. Review, draft and negotiate complex service, hardware, software, OEM, manufacturing, supply, and strategic partnership agreements. Planned, designed and implemented an Export and Import compliance program, Two-Tier Distribution Program to enable channel sales, and Procurement program. Developed and implemented comprehensive templates for (i) the global sale of VCE products and services via direct, channel and partner models, and (ii) purchasing and licensing of goods and services to support VCE's business goals. Served as counsel for European and Asian activities in addition to domestic obligations. Use automation technology, web services and bleeding edge legal services to reduce need for additional headcount and eventually allow for reductions in force and optimization of business.

Provided legal advice to senior executives, sales, research and development, technical sales/marketing, procurement and human resources in a multicultural business environment serving the telecommunications equipment and software market. Assist sales and product management with sales negotiation and complex technology transaction activities with various partners including: Telecommunication Carriers, Systems Integrators, and OEMs (Fiber Optic and Wireless Network Equipment, Mobile, and Network Appliances). Legal lead for equipment loan and sales finance transactions for North America. Worked with CLEC's, ILEC's, Terra Sat providers by reviewing their business cases, filings and applications to discover potential issues in order to determine viability of multi-million and multi-billion dollar equipment loans.Mitigated risk by working with stakeholders to create and implement legal policies and technology, prevent and manage litigation, employment, export and governmental matters in a manner that minimized costly litigation and helped to save the company $10 Million in claims, litigation costs and potential fines. Legal lead for corporate acquisitions, integration and company-wide lead for spinoff of three entities from existing entity and subsequent reorganization of the business lines. Legal lead for the development and implementation of the security, export and channel programs.

Provided legal & strategic advice to senior executives, GC & legal department colleagues, business development, web services, marketing, product development & treasury in support of McAfee business objectives. Maintained global legal responsibility for Consumer, Mobile, Treasury, Web Search, Marketing, Small Business, & Strategic Service/Software licensing. Assisted sales, marketing & product management with direct consumer ecommerce activities & development of relationships with various ecommerce partners including: Internet Service Providers, Search Providers & Aggregators, Shopping Portals, Trustmark Licensees & Resellers, Telecommunication Operators & Carriers, Managed Service Providers, Systems Integrators, & OEMs (Software, PCs, Hardware, Mobile, & Network Appliances). Reviewed, drafted & negotiated complex service, software & IP licensing agreements, strategic partnership agreements, patent licenses & banking agreements. Planned, designed & implemented a digital contract database providing 24/7 access to employees. Reviewed, developed and approved marketing collateral/policies, including copyright and trademark guidelines and usage. Participated in corporate acquisitions as department lead for integration of five acquisitions. Managed litigation including consumer class action lawsuits as well as federal/state agency investigations and audits.Recognized nine times for performance on a company wide basis, including two *Friend of Sales*, the highest award for non-sales employees at McAfee, three-time member of teams of the quarter and awarded four VP awards by EVP of Consumer for excellent performance. Conducted transactions totaling in excess of four billion dollars. Served as lead counsel for Asia Pacific Region for 12 months. Supervised and mentored four international attorneys responsible for Consumer division, a trademark paralegal and five domestic contract negotiators, who were responsible for Consumer, Enterprise and Channel sales.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Additional In-House and Law Firm Experience in Banking, Financial and Real Estate Law from 2001-2004 Provided on Request.

Ll.M, Banking And Financial Law; Financial Institution Regulatory Law And Lending

Juris Doctor, Financial And Corporate Law

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Banking & Finance