Led development of Zoom’s global privacy program in response to exponential growth and Zoom’s expansion into new geographies, verticals, and product offerings for consumer, enterprise, and government customers.Expanded and led a global privacy and data governance team from 4 to 17 professionals, establishing a diverse and effective network across four continents to enhance worldwide compliance and governance.Directed the compliance of new product features with international data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA/HITECH, etc.), ensuring seamless integration and adherence to global standards across all operational levels.Collaborated with IP legal and cybersecurity teams to pioneer the development and protection of cutting-edge privacy and security technologies, enhancing product integrity and customer trust. Led the creation of comprehensive data governance frameworks and artificial intelligence compliance programs, authored foundational Responsible AI Use and Development Principles to guide ethical technology deployment.Developed internal policies and procedures to support product development and commercial transactions while meeting the compliance requirements of highly regulated enterprise and government customers.Designed and implemented an enterprise-wide privacy compliance framework, facilitating Zoom's successful penetration into new markets and the app marketplace through tailored control measures.

Directly advised senior executives on strategic matters related to new market entry and product development for artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, mobile and IoT technologies.Advisied business unit leadership, product managers, sales/marketing and engineering teams on legal issues arising out of transition of products from on-premise software to a SAAS based platform.Oversaw development of BlackBerry artificial intelligence and cybersecurity patent portfolio.Managed data protection and compliance practices in a post-acquisition corporate environment including the integration of Cylance and BlackBerry privacy teams. Collaborating with BlackBerry CIO, CISO and HR teams on customer and employee data migration efforts and developing new policies, procedures and guidelines to reflect changes resulting from the merger.Senior legal advisor to a global open source software management team.

Cylance was the first cybersecurity company to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to predict and prevent cyber attacks. BlackBerry acquired Cylance in February 2019.Managed development of Cylance intellectual property portfolio, including the protection of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and privacy-enhancing technologies.Advised senior executives on legal and business aspects of the development, launch and support of Cylance’s first consumer product (SmartAV). Worked with engineering, commercial contracting, compliance, sales/marketing and finance teams to develop appropriate policies, procedures and documentation to support consumer sales. Advised on functionality to support legal compliance.Cylance’s first Chief Privacy Officer. Hired and internally recruited members of Cylance’s Privacy teamProvided strategic guidance and privacy thought leadership to CEO and Executive Leadership Team.Led Cylance’s global privacy program and GDPR compliance efforts including management of internal cross-functional teams, consultants and outside counsel to conduct data mapping, gap analysis of internal controls and implementation of new controls and processes to support compliance.Instituted development of privacy by design principles and their integration into the product development life cycle. Worked with engineering leadership to develop and implement granular privacy controls in support of customer privacy compliance objectives.Drove creation of privacy-specific sales messaging including collateral materials, internal support documentation. A frequent presenter at Cylance and partner marketing events.Developed and presented role-based training (IP and data protection) for marketing and events teams, sales engineers, customer support, data scientists, software developers and lawyers.

Founding partner for Cybersecurity Privacy & Data Protection practice group at Jones Day. Built a team of action-oriented business-minded lawyers to provide common-sense business advice to technology companies.Analyzed new products and services to identify and protect intellectual property, develop solutions to satisfy privacy and information security obligations, and mitigate risks associated with third party intellectual property. Coordinated product review by specialist counsel to address federal, state and international regulatory and compliance obligations, including FAA, FCC, FDA, export control and supply chain transparency.Counseled clients on intellectual property, privacy and information security matters, including evaluating and managing risks associated with privacy and information security practices, compliance with relevant international, federal and state laws and regulations, government and industry standards.Led intellectual property and data protection teams as part of global M&A, joint development, licensing and other technology transactions.Supervised the drafting of user agreements, terms of service and privacy statements for software, websites, mobile applications and connected devices; advertising, marketing and social media policies; proprietary information management programs; and user generated content licenses.Advised technology startups on the implementation of policies and procedures related to privacy and information security practices, including international data transfer, use of location data, behavioral advertising, open source software, data localization, mobile/social advertising and marketing, software and hardware development. Managed data breach and security incident response, including coordination of internal and external teams, responding to law enforcement and disclosure/notification obligations.

Established and supervised patent prosecution group including the development of internal procedures, docketing system, and training program for patent attorneys and agents.Represented private and public companies in the sale and acquisition of technology assets and operations, joint development programs, software development and licensing and other technology transactions.Advised financial services, healthcare and technology companies on intellectual property and data protection issues in highly regulated environments.Represented clients in responding to government inquiries related to privacy and information security practices as well as governmental requests for user information.Advised financial services companies, hardware manufacturers and software developers on the use of open source software, choice of open source licenses and open source governance (including the development of policies and procedures and auditing for policy compliance).

- Technology Development and Licensing Agreements- M&A, Technology Transaction and IP Due Diligence- Patent Prosecution- Outsourcing

- Patent and Trademark Prosecution- Copyright Registrations- Intellectual Property Litigation- General Intellectual Property Counselling

- Patent Prosecution- Technology Transfer Agreements- Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements