Eric Zander J.D. Email & Phone Number

United States

Goleta, Ca, Us

Primary negotiator for $20M Prime Next-Gen Warfighter and NGJ Mid-Band Jammer Pod. Drafting legal documents and ensuring compliance for Sub-Prime and Government Prime clients. Expertise in protecting Intellectual Property, securing Patents, and negotiating multimillion-dollar deals with international customers. Efficiently communicate with peers, suppliers, customers, and executivemanagement. Successfully mitigate risks in emerging UMV and UAV markets. Created compliance program for government regulations, including FAR/DFAR and export regulations - ITAR/EAR. Negotiate & manage contractual agreements including Grants, CPFF, CPIF, T&M, and FFP with NASA, Lockheed Martin, Collins, Triumph, Honda, Hyundai.

Ca, Us

I reduced cycle time for contracting by 50% average through lean process workflows of drafting, reviewing, negotiation and close of all internal and external contracts for MSAs, R&D programs, Materials, Leases, Genetics, Intellectual Property, transactional and other commercial agreements. Implemented multi-platform system to manage employee equity within CARTA. Liaison to County and State government regulatory agencies. Trademark and patent review, labor compliance HIPPA, and oversight of outside counsel. Direct in-house workers compensation and litigation process with outside counsel for clients.

Contracts- Development of clients Aerospace, Semiconductor, and Government contracts departments. Drive value and savings by identification of legal deficiencies and potential risks in contracts so redraft and negotiation of corrective actions for all aspects of Federal and Commercial Prime/Sub-prime agreements with FAR/DFAR, ACEA content. Lead team negotiations for reduction of risk,preservation of intellectual property, and favorable cost targets in contracts. Increase total EBIDA for PE corps seeking to reach into government programs with focus on aerospace and defense related prime/subprime contractors, second tier integrators, as well as raw material manufacturers. Brief senior executive and government staff members on program and contract protocols for increased marginsvia contracts and new markets.Compliance- SME for ITAR-USML-EAR-FAR. License and classification compliance review, registration, commodity jurisdiction filings, DSP-5 and 86 filings, determination of ECCN/USML for items of export using exemptions and exceptions. Empowered Official status with two companies brought direct experience working with broad spectrum of Federal departments, DOD, DTRA, DTSA, NRO, US Navy, US Air Force, DDTC/U.S. Department of State and BIS/U.S. Department of Commerce. Review legislation and brief C-suite on impacts to business and growth.

Goleta, California, Us

Directly responsible for strategic growth KPI initiatives all during final two year M&A plan to execute sale strategy completed January 01, 2020 to $5B Corp. Assisted increasing EBITDA from 17.5% up to 32.6% largely increasing margin through branding, contract negotiations, and opportunity identification. Implementation of LEAN strategy for departmental efficiencies within Contracts department. Spearhead all compliance for Federal, State, and commercial customers. Developed all aspects of compliance with Federal FAR/DFAR purchasing contracts and Export Compliance. Successfully negotiate with NASA, DoD, Boeing, Raytheon, SPACE-X.

Perform risk analysis and assessments, participate in bid/no bid decisions, guidance for proposal strategies, redline contracts. Manage cost proposals, maintain cost and pricing data records for TINA compliance, support fact-finding and DCAA audits, and lead negotiations. Proactively administer a variety of contracts (prime and subprime government/commercial, domestic/international) of all types (cost reimbursement, fixed price, incentive, award fee, IDIQ, T&M. Liaison with internal Product lines as Contract Manager for Government Customers such as NRO, DTRA, AFRL, and other DoD Agencies.

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Instructing Legal Contracts and Technology in Law Firms classes at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Personally responsible for the administration of complex contractual relationship with over 50 suppliers. Negotiated and managed over fifty multi-million dollar Aerospace Supplier contracts, at tier one and sub-tier levels. Negotiated $15M cost avoidance in first quarter hired. Responsible for tactical and strategic sourcing needs of multiple value streams. Successfully negotiated several half billion dollar contracts for complex raw material deals, both domestic and internationally. Responsible for contract negotiation, contract administration, assisting in bid/proposal preparation in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, applicable specifications, and customer needs. Conduct offsite training for Contract compliance in Toulouse France and Riverside facilities. Act as legal interface for corporate counsel. Trained expert for ITAR/EAR/FAR compliance to complete Empowered Official Status. Utilization of Lean Manufacturing and CI skills to support SCM goals and LCC initiatives.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Responsible for IT and Fleet/Facilities Portfolios contract conversion project and compliance regulations for corporate Sarbanes Oxley Audit. Analysis and review of existing supply and service contracts to convert for new contract management system. Requires precision and accuracy for SAP accounting verification of amounts to move forward to new contract. Demonstrated ability of successfully auditing contract file for completeness and independently tracking down missing components to minimize risk and potential liabilities.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Deltaview and redline contracts for International Publishing and promotional licensing attorneys. Assist in Team negotiations for licensing. Responsible for all aspects of calendar and scheduling for senior counsel. Draft memos for promotional licensing contracts and trademark licensing. Research contract and trademark issues for licensing agreements. Memorialize final supplier proposals for final signature authorities.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Developed HIPAA gap analysis with compliance team to survey all executive and management levels of SDHA responsible for cost centers. Conducted training for corporate level compliance education at Mary Birch Hospital. Researched Federal privacy and compliance issues for eight hospitals and Sharp Reese-Stealey medical groups. Assisted legal department in similar capacities. Participated in multiple medical/legal advisory groups.

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Appeared as counsel for the People as a certified law student. Researched and drafted memorandum for motions and questions of law regarding criminal prosecution. Negotiated use immunity with defense attorneys in multiple-defendant, multi-million dollar fraud and money laundering cases. Developed Internet asset search procedures for bureau, in seizure and recovery of proceeds from criminal activity. Lead intern in charge of volunteer program.

New York, Ny, Us

Legal clerk part time for WEMED boutique branch.

Jd, Law

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Ba, Political Science

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