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California, United States

San Diego, California, Us

Led Legal (including Government Affairs), Office of the Chief of Staff, and HR functions for a pre-IPO wealth tech SaaS company during a pivotal shift from a marketing-centric to a product-centric and AI-driven business model.• Strategic Legal Leadership: Advised C-suite and board on corporate strategy, strategic transactions, governance, and product differentiation and compliance, that supported rapid growth and IPO readiness.• HR Strategy: Directed HR operations, advancing talent acquisition, retention, and leadership development to align with the company’s evolving priorities.• Cross-Departmental Synergy: Realigned the Chief of Staff function to enhance operational efficiency and foster a more focused and centralized corporate strategy and cross-functional collaboration.

With a focus on strategic legal, business, and operational matters for companies ranging from founders, to early to late stage startups, to global public corporations, I help drive strategic deals / initiatives and develop a legal infrastructures that serves as a key business resource for the company. I advise boards and c-suites, work on strategic projects & transactions, and generally advise on a broad range of legal issues, ranging from equity & debt financing, pre-IPO readiness, corporate governance, product development, commercial transactions, marketing, partnerships, M&A, compliance, government affairs, to data governance, privacy, IP, and cybersecurity. I also provide executive coaching and team building to help companies develop high-performing teams that align with their strategic objectives. I have experience working with companies across all facets of its business and across a broad range of industries from semiconductors, consumer and enterprise hardware and software products to software as a service (B2C, B2B2C and B2B), data analytics, and artificial intelligence. Companies include ScaleWith (served as Chief Legal Officer, Chief Operating Officer & Senior Advisor), various startups including Sakuu (Chief Legal Officer) and fintech (General Counsel), med tech public company (advisor on strategic transactions worth $30M+), legal tech company (advisor on product development enhancements and market positioning).

San Francisco, Ca, Us

As second-in-command of the global legal department, built & led 30-person team that provided strategic counsel and leadership to support the full spectrum of needs for a high-growth $2+ billion global SaaS public company with 7,000+ employees. • Advised Board / C-suite on accelerating growth opportunities, strategic transactions, and enhancing company compliance, resulting in the strengthening of the company's public-facing trust brand, and increasing revenue by 125%. • Transformed transactional (commercial, supply & partnership) legal teams to tighten business alignment and legal skills, driving 30% faster deal closure & significantly higher impact on key deals, including strategic transactions & M&A.• Drove back-to-basics efforts to improve historical pre-IPO corporate governance & operations by aligning with industry leading public company operational models, resulting in 25% faster new product introduction & entry into global markets including introducing 3 new major products into over 35 countries that generated $100Ms in new revenue. • Built out new legal teams to support business & technical teams corporate-wide, thereby increasing by over 35% the legal team effectiveness including the overall quality of advice, data governance, IP protection, and time to address key matters.• Established government affairs & corporate-wide compliance program that drove strategic corporate priorities & improved public sector engagement at the local, state, federal & international level, thereby improving sales opportunities by over 15%, product differentiation, influence of governments & industry groups, and the company trust brand.• Developed global legal teams that earned global recognition for collaboration, performance, diversity & job satisfaction.

Headed global legal affairs for multinational, business-to-business, enterprise financial services data analytics SaaS company that supported $2.3 trillion of asset and debt transactions for global financial services companies (including many of the world’s largest banks), managed hundreds of millions of data records, quotes a price every 60 milliseconds, empowers 14,000+ bankers, and generated over $1 billion in cumulative profits for such companies.

Headed global legal function for workflow management and data analytics, business-to-business, enterprise SaaS company with a broad Fortune 500 customer base. Addressed all legal matters including corporate, compliance, transactional, privacy and data protection, employment, IP, and litigation. Legal lead for successful acquisition of company.

San Jose, California, Us

Led 7-person legal team for 10,000+ person, $4B+, Fortune 500 global enterprise data management company. Built and managed group that focused on strategic global engagements relating to product, joint development, partnerships (including with Amazon Web Services), tax, M&A, procurement, commercial, IP portfolio development & protection and other transactional deals. Engaged federal, state, and foreign governments in advocacy on a variety of legal and business issues. Built IP portfolio development strategy which received global recognition for product differentiation protection and a favorable 10+ year patent litigation defense track record (e.g., 100% win rate, not paying any compensation to settle; received $1.4M in sanction awards against plaintiff), resulting in no new assertions for over 1 year. Company named “Best Legal Department” by various publications and organizations.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Established, developed, and led first-ever corporate-wide innovation services legal department for $12B+, 12,000 employee global corporation (including CBS Interactive, CBS Sports, and Showtime) in online services, traditional, digital, and social media, targeted advertising, and mobile applications. Established as innovation leader in traditional & digital media for strategic global legal services, including strategic business transactions, IP portfolio development and product counseling.

Led 3-person legal team for $1.2B+, 1,000+ employee smartphone corporation, during height of the smartphone wars, in a complex and fluid competitive landscape. Team focused on strategic transactions relating to product, corporate development, international expansion, partnerships (including with Microsoft, Verizon and other major tech companies) IP portfolio development, licensing and litigation, manufacturing and supply chain, sales / marketing, and product development. Department received recognition for its performance by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, FORTUNE, and BusinessWeek. Core M&A deal team member for all acquisitions and company’s ultimate sale to HP for $1.2B.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Led global innovation strategy of a $3.6 billion telecommunication / data communication business unit through technical, legal and business engagements (including with ARM, Cisco, Microsoft, and other major tech companies) with global senior executive management in the development and implementation of an innovation strategy that supported the organization’s corporate business objectives.

Hanover, Maryland, Us

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Silicon Valley, Ca, Us

Washington Dc, District Of Columbia, Us

Jd With Honors, Law

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering