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Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

New York, New York, Us

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New Braunfels, Texas, Us

Pioneered and scaled a new line of business in risk and compliance products and services, achieving over $85 million in ARR and employing over 6,500 full-time specialists globally within two years, making it the company's fastest-growing business segment.Demonstrated exceptional leadership by driving revenue growth of over 200% from Q4 2021 to Q1 2023 through strategic marketing, key tech provider partnerships, and cross-sales initiatives with existing clients, earning recognition as "Major Contender" in the industry by Everest in the first year.Developed and executed a comprehensive go-to-market strategy for identity verification, compliance, and anti-fraud products and services catering to clients in fintech, ecommerce, health care, gaming, and social media, resulting in major deals with industry-leading companies.Established a dispute and chargeback services group targeting emerging financial services firms, growing it into the fourth largest worldwide by Q1 2023.Leveraged strategic partnerships to launch innovative offerings such as case management, fraud analytics and detection, bad actor watchlists, and AI-assisted identity verification services.Cultivated a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement to achieve business objectives and surpass client expectations.Demonstrated expertise in financial management, budgeting, and resource allocation, ensuring the efficient and effective deployment of resources to maximize profitability and growth.

New Braunfels, Texas, Us

Steered the company's legal and corporate strategy, successfully leading TaskUs through a $349 million IPO, a $799 million secondary offering, and multiple public-company governance transformation projects.Demonstrated strong business acumen by mitigating deal review risks during a rapid growth phase (65% year-over-year revenue growth), negotiating multi-year service agreements with the world's largest tech companies.Served as corporate secretary and chief legal advisor to the Board of Directors, overseeing new director selection and orientation, board and committee meetings, and ensuring compliance with SEC and Nasdaq regulations, working closely with controlling shareholder (Blackstone).Built, led, and managed a global legal department comprising over 30 attorneys and legal professionals across four countries, with end-to-end responsibility for company legal matters, including corporate governance, litigation, transactions, privacy, and data security.Orchestrated the company's international expansion into multiple countries, overseeing corporate formation and maintenance activities, subsidiary management, and leading the company's global compliance program.Acted as a crisis leader during the COVID-19 pandemic, implementing rapid-response plans to address government shutdowns in seven countries, combating cyber threats from a 32,000+ work-from-home employee population, and renegotiating major client, vendor, and lease agreements to protect the company's interests in a challenging environment.

New Braunfels, Texas, Us

Spearheaded global employment law and litigation strategies for the company, skillfully addressing startup activities in foreign markets, international workforce issues, worldwide discrimination and harassment oversight, data privacy, global mobility, tax, and immigration concerns.Led all company litigation and disputes worldwide, demonstrating strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills while achieving successful outcomes in key employment law, labor, commercial, real estate, and administrative matters.Oversaw internal investigations, company policy formation, and negotiations with government entities, showcasing strong leadership and the ability to navigate complex regulatory environments.Collaborated with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment on global legal matters, cultivating a culture of communication, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Lead attorney on all labor, employment, and compliance matters for global third-party logistics company (formerly Caterpillar Logistics) with a workforce of over 8,000 employees in more than 100 facilities operating in over 20 countries. Counsel executive leadership team daily on a variety of international workforce issues, including discrimination and harassment, data privacy, global mobility, tax and immigration concerns, workplace ethics, compensation and bonuses, employee leave and accommodations, staffing agencies and contingent workers, and the difficulties associated with conflicting jurisdictional obligations.Direct litigation worldwide, including all labor, employment, and other claims filed against the company, with responsibility for selecting and managing outside counsel, litigation strategy, settlement negotiation, and litigation budget.Establish and manage company-wide anonymous employee complaint hotline and manage intake, investigations, and reporting to executive team, Board of Directors, and Audit Committee. Create and implement Global Code of Conduct along with anti-bribery, anti-corruption, and other policies governing international business ethics. Prepare and conduct training for all levels of company employees, including executives, on labor relations, employment laws, and global anti-bribery and anti-corruption regulations.

San Francisco, California, Us

Advocate for employers in employment matters, trade-secret litigation, and in lawsuits to enforce restrictive covenants. Advise on global labor and employment issues. Write and implement global codes of conduct, international employment agreements, secondment agreements, and similar documents. Draft and enforce non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements, and counsel employers on other types of restrictive agreements. Manage large-scale electronic discovery procedures involving confidentiality and trade secret protections. Develop and implement predictive-coding and algorithmic data review systems.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Represent employers in discrimination, harassment, and retaliation lawsuits brought under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and other state and federal laws; represent employers in wage-and-hour disputes and in Department of Labor investigations; represent businesses in trade-secret, tortious-interference, and other business-tort matters; represent businesses in creating and enforcing restrictive covenants, including noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and confidentiality agreements.

Represent employers in employment discrimination disputes under Title VII, ADA, ADEA, PDA, FMLA, and state law claims; represent employee welfare benefit plans in employee benefit disputes and ERISA matters; business and commercial disputes.

Complex litigation practice group, represent class of third-party payors in commercial class action suits, represent plaintiff shareholders in derivative lawsuits and class action securities suits, manage large scale document review projects.

State tax assessment disputes, state and local tax and accounting issues in all 50 states, state business tax incentives, headquarters relocation, pollution control tax credits, legislative update publications, publications on major issues in state tax law, comprehensive tax and accounting training.

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B.A., Political Science