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I have had the good fortune through my legal career to build and lead high performing legal and compliance teams that are valued by our business and viewed as facilitators and trusted partners throughout the company. I have done this by partnering closely with the business, anticipating the next big thing that will require support from my team and helping to ensure that the team has the skills and tools to get the job done. At a Glance:• Seasoned legal executive with broad experience across legal disciplines impacting global businesses, including M&A, commercial, supply chain, IP, litigation, compliance, corporate and Board of Directors• Extensive knowledge and hands on experience with products and technology, including intellectual property capture and protection, product life cycle management, go-to-market channels and models, and supply chain• Expertise leading global commercial legal transactions, including building the organizational and operational support, tools and automation to scale with the business• Hands on experience addressing current legal risk areas including cyber-security preparedness and data privacy compliance• Passionate about people, building teams, and cross-functional leadership• Impeccable judgment• Organizational experience translates to both start-up companies and large corporationsHighlight Achievements:• Successfully led Avaya’s legal organization (120+ members) through Avaya’s completion of a corporate restructuring and emergence from chapter 11 reorganization as a public company, including securities registration process and Board of Directors transition• Key leader on M&A transactions and integrations, including Avaya’s $100M sale of its Networking business to Extreme Networks and $900M acquisition of Nortel Networks Enterprise Business, and numerous smaller strategic transactions• Oversaw global strategy and management of significant intellectual property portfolio, including over 4500 U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications and 1500 trademark registrations globally• Led Avaya’s negotiations of critical multi-million-dollar outsourcing agreement with Hewlett Packard (now DXC) to outsource Avaya’s Private Cloud Services business• Supported record number of new solution offerings, including Software-as-a-Service and other recurring revenue offerings, through negotiation of third party contracts, template development, regulatory compliance• 2018 Circle of Excellence recognition from CEO

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