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Austin, Tx, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Helping with data privacy, information security, artificial Intelligence ethics / responsible AI, contracts, grants, and export control.

Austin, Tx, Us

I teach Legal Environment of Business to MBA students, and Law, Ethics, and A.I. to undergraduates.

San Diego , Ca, Us

We're making autonomous trucks. At TuSimple, everything we do is focused on making long haul freight transportation safer, more efficient, and less expensive. A system that sees more, processes more, reacts faster, and never gets tired.I'm the Security Officer, a member of the Board's Government Security Committee, and the primary contact on the Legal team for our product and technical teams. I also work on contract review and negotiations, data governance, export control, privacy, information security (cybersecurity), procurement, marketing, compliance, and whatever else the company needs.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

As a member of the 75th Innovation Command, I helped find interesting, cutting-edge tech to enhance the readiness of the U.S. military. Areas of interest included applications for Artificial Intelligence, autonomy, medical science, cyber, synthetic biology, space, big data, robotics, VR/gaming, and energy. https://aal.army/focusareas/

Folsom, Ca, Us

PowerSchool is the #1 provider of K-12 education technology software; reaching 75% of students in North America. That includes over 13,000 school and district organizations, 8 of the 10 top charter management organizations, over 45 million students, and 88 of the 100 biggest school districts. As a member of the legal team, I worked on licensing contracts (redlining and negotiations), requests for proposals, amendments, and building out the PowerSchool legal department's operational infrastructure. I was also on three product councils, the compliance team, and I worked on product accessibility.

New York, Us

InSITE: https://www.insitefellows.org/ Fall 2018: Helping a company working on providing second opinions for cancer patients.Spring 2018: I helped GiveCampus (a fundraising platform for universities and K-12) determine which other companies might form the best partnerships with them. Fall 2017: I helped Bizy, a platform that leverages behavioral economics to drive better decision-making, explore ways to limit groupthink and guide users to avoid relying on biases rather than merits. The InSITE Fellowship is a highly competitive leadership development program comprised only of graduate students at top universities, including Georgetown, Columbia, NYU, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, and several medical research institutions. Only about 20% of applicants are selected. InSITE Fellows and alumni make up a network of entrepreneurs and leaders in technology and venture capital. Fellows meet with founders and company leaders, identify key challenges and opportunities, set deliverables, and complete semester-long strategy consulting projects for venture-backed startups that contribute to real growth.

Washington, Dc, Us

Illustrated Law is an education company with a mission to make legal knowledge accessible to everyone. Right now, our focus is on helping law students learn law efficiently. www.IllustratedLaw.com My current role is Director of Education. My former role as CEO meant I focused on business strategy, coordinating across our different teams (illustration, content, software development, graphic design, marketing), refining current content and messaging, and so on. I also thought about how to build partnerships and create something with exceptional product-market fit.

San Francisco, California, Us

Cloudflare is building a better internet--faster, more secure, and more reliable. It's like the backend of the internet.As an in-house legal intern, I've touched on various fields of law: Data, privacy, system security, employment, compliance, real estate, etc.:-sent DMCA replies to Russia-worked on trademark guidance for Cloudflare-researched employment laws in various countries and states-researched GDPR terms and applications-reviewed compliance training materials-constructed an internal NIS playbook-reviewed a settlement agreement -reviewed lease documents in London, and much more.Fun facts about the company: - With over 35% market share, Cloudflare runs the largest, fastest, and most reliable managed DNS service in the world. - Cloudflare serves more web traffic than Twitter, Amazon, Apple, Instagram, Bing, & Wikipedia combined. - Anytime they push code, it immediately affects over 200 million web surfers. - Every day, more than 10,000 new customers sign-up for Cloudflare service. - Every week, the average Internet user touches them more than 500 times. - They serve data from over 150 data centers around the world.

I assist a State Board of Education committeewoman with research, memos, and basically anything she wants help with so we can act as an effective voice in the D.C. education system for the parents, students, teachers, and public at large.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Conducted research on pressing topics, formatted outlines for proposed statutes, and wrote memos concerning various briefings.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

One of only two legal interns. I assisted LinkedIn's lawyers and public policy leaders in helping LinkedIn create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Examples of projects I've worked on:- Reviewing litigation briefs- Constructing employment law training for project managers- Assisting with apprenticeship initiatives- Reviewing business development contracts- Reviewing non-disclosure agreements- Review websites for infringement- Work on registering the LinkedIn trademark in India- Tracking organizations suspected of scraping data- Compiled compliance recommendations based on the Wells Fargo report- Prepared summary of trademark dispute resolution process for internal wiki- Researched trade dress and copyright of Lynda design- Researched consent/re-consent requirements due to GDPR- Reviewed machine learning patent proposal- Reviewed education certificates/FERPA- Participated in a Bay Area Hackathon hosted by LinkedIn. Created an 18-page business plan for my team of engineers.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

I gained extensive leadership experience as the commander for the 51st Medical Logistics Company detachment-- the only medical logistics company on the army's most populous base. I was responsible for the morale and welfare of 30-50+ Soldiers, and the accountability and maintenance of over $7 million worth of equipment. Every day required critical thinking, strategizing, resiliency, and the ability to quickly adapt to rapidly changing situations.Directed sole medical logistics company on Fort Bragg in providing medical supplies for a brigade of 37 companies as well as medical equipment servicing for the 18th Airborne Corps (consisting of over 15,000 personnel). Guided over 50 subordinates through personal, professional, legal, and financial hardships. Implemented matrices to measure training and administrative tasks, increasing efficiency and allowing the unit to accomplish 100% of missions with less than 50% of authorized personnel.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Executive Officer of an Airborne Brigade Support Medical Company in the 82nd Airborne Division (paratroopers). I was responsible for the planning, coordinating, and resourcing of all unit movements, as well as the combat readiness and contingency deployment of the company's Soldiers and equipment. I was also primarily responsible for the maintenance of all company vehicles, weapons, communications equipment, night vision devices, and Chemical Biological Radiation and Nuclear defense equipment. I managed company property, valued in excess of $7 million, coordinated and resourced individual and collective training for the company, created a cohesive group of Paratroopers ready to deploy anywhere in the world within 18 hours of notification to support, fight, and win; and was directly responsible for the health, welfare, morale, safety, and training of 11 Soldiers.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

I was the platoon leader for over 30 soldiers in the 1BCT, 82nd Airborne Division. We deployed to Afghanistan (Ghazni Province) during this time.

Juris Doctor, Law

Master’S Degree, Education Policy And Management

Master’S Degree, Adult And Continuing Education

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Kinesiology And Exercise Science