- Privacy leader and attorney with two decades of experience in strategic and operational roles in global technology companies, successfully and collaboratively meeting customer, compliance and regulatory needs, including 7+ years of managing teams and consultants. - Expert in driving scalable results through complex, highly matrixed businesses, leading technical and non-technical stakeholders, and globally directing cross-functional initiatives. - Fluent in global legislative and regulatory developments as well as industry standards concerning data protection and privacy, security and compliance, artificial intelligence (AI), and online safety. Career highlights include: As legal and regulatory advisor and policy owner for Microsoft’s Commercial Business, developed Microsoft’s positions on global regulations including EU AI Act, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, FinServ. As a customer advocate, worked to anticipate and meet customers’ privacy expectations and build trust in relationships.As former head of privacy for Microsoft’s Enterprise Services Business, designed and implemented its privacy compliance program as well as leadership reporting, policy ownership, risk assessments, management of internal and external audit, vendor management, responding to regulatory inquiries, incident response, and training. Specialties: Privacy & Data Protection, Global and U.S. Privacy Regulations, Transactional Law, Compliance, Risk Management, Information Governance, Policy Governance, Policy Implementation, Customer Relations, Contracts Management, Contract Negotiation, Procurement, Vendor Management, Partner Relations, Program Management.