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New York City, US

Burbank, CA, US

• Manage operations for the global email marketing consent platform used by The Walt Disney Family of Companies. ○ Identify, analyze, and prioritize new platform features. ○ Advise teams on consent collection and how.
• Partner with legal and product teams to manage global privacy compliance for Disney’s account registration platform. ○ Act as a liaison and translate legal guidance into a format understandable by technical teams.
• Oversee data governance for a platform that aggregates US and Canadian consumer data collected by Disney subsidiaries. ○ Document what data is stored in the system, who has access to it, and how that data is used. ○.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for the processing of consumer data.
• Advise business units on compliance with privacy and marketing policies.
• Hire, train, and supervise data governance team.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Conducted Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) across the global organization as Yahoo! collected, used, and shared personal information. Conducted PIAs for applications, marketing programs, products, research projects.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams (e.g. product, engineering, security, legal) to identify and mitigate business risks related to user privacy.
• Wrote and maintained contextual just-in-time privacy notices and consumer privacy policies.
• Reviewed marketing copy and other documents making assertions related to data collection and consumer privacy. Reviewed policy-related PR statements, government affairs responses, and replies to regulatory agencies.
• Identified and tracked trends, emerging technologies, and proposed regulations affecting data collection. Assessed impact on business efforts, user privacy, and the consumer experience.
• Spearheaded the creation of a content management system used to publish the company's privacy and legal documents, and oversaw ongoing tool management. Worked with engineering, policy staff, and legal to ensure the.

• Conducted extensive research on substantive and procedural matters for cases.
• Drafted legal memoranda, court orders, and opinions.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Hired, trained, and managed a 24-member team that responded to complaints related to user-generated content (UGC) and terms of service violations. Complaints covered a broad range of topics including copyright, spam.
• Managed UGC policies and other user policies in partnership with product, engineering, and legal teams.

Bloomington, Indiana, US

• Established the company’s content guidelines and related policies, and oversaw their enforcement. Guidelines and policies encompassed a wide range of topics including copyright, spam email, and child pornography..
• Hired, trained, and managed a 6-member team dedicated to enforcing content and behavioral guidelines, copyright policy, and terms of service.
• Authored and implemented the original GeoCities privacy policy.
• Participated in FTC negotiations regarding the company's privacy practices and helped implement the subsequent GeoCities-FTC consent order.

Juris Doctor, Law

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology

Bachelor Of Science, Exercise Science