With a long history without an internal legal function, conducted diagnostics on staffing and goals that resulted in hiring and training the legal department. Reduced legal costs by 52%. • Established foreign subsidiaries managing legal/compliance operations across the globe, including UK, India, Australia, and Canada to reduce regulatory and tax risks and facilitating revenue growth. • Introduced efficient and transparent processes by installing Carta equity management for two complex Stock Option Plans• Redesigned the deal process that accelerated the commercial deal cycle by 53% with one business day average turnaround and significantly reducing risk from unfavorable terms.• Developed the product compliance program that included privacy, ADA, open-source licensing, data security, and all applicable regulatory requirements from inception to launch.• Launched Planful Innovation Program yielding six strategic patent filings and dozens of invention disclosures.• Mitigated millions in litigation damages in employment and commercial disputes; reached settlements in commercial accounts. • Managed risk for the People Team on compliance with employment regulations in the United States, Canada, India, and the UK; conducted investigations, performed risk assessments, and mitigated potential damages arising from employment relations matters.• Led the M&A and corporate development initiatives, including the acquisition of Plannuh Inc. from sourcing to diligence & integration. • Implemented and managed the global privacy program in line with GDPR, Cookie Directive, PIPEDA, Privacy Shield, CCPA, and HIPAA.

At SnapLogic Inc, I provided expertise to the executive team on risk management, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, employment, intellectual property strategy, M&A strategy, and litigation matters.A small section of my key achievements include:• Expedited deal velocity by 50% through introduction of commercial deal review system.• Established foreign subsidiary in the UAE along with maintaining operations globe-wide, including UK, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, and Thailand.

At Druva Inc, I implemented IPO-ready controls for compliance, corporate governance, intellectual property, privacy, and commercial transactions. I was entrusted with establishing/leading a lean legal department comprising four members, as well as outside IP counsel, and a third-party law firm managing securities.Following are some of my key accomplishments:• Built and executed Druva's global legal and compliance strategy across the European Union, UK, Japan, Germany, Singapore, and China.• Reduce annual internal and external legal spend by 30% through well-directed planning.• Negotiated commercial agreements valued over $100M+ for global SAAS cloud data management platform, including Fortune 10 customers, such as Master Services, Business Associate, Data Processing, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Reseller and Managed Service Provider, Distribution, Technology Alliance, and Professional Services Agreements.• Successfully closed technology agreements worth $200M+ in aggregate.• Increased patent filing by 300% through robust patent strategy and global patent program roll-out.• Obtained Privacy Shield Certification in succession to developing and instituting global privacy program, including GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA compliance.• Enhanced awareness towards internal security and improved previously lacking security protocols by devising and implementing a company security advisory group in conjunction with CISO.• Planned corporate development M&A strategy and led acquisition/integration of CloudRanger (Silverworks Cloud Consulting Pte. Ltd.) and CloudLanes Inc.• Built out legal operations function that increased deal velocity by 30% by implementing Ironclad contract management and analytics platform and KPI's for the legal department.• Awarded with multiple promotions throughout the tenure for consistently delivering out-of-the-box results.