• Draft and negotiate multi-million-dollar multi-year enterprise supplier contracts, including master services agreements, leases, software, and hardware agreements as well as Cloud products and managed services. • Contribute to Supply Chain strategy using market research, collaboration with key business partners, and rationalization of the supplier base.• Create training programs and provide guidance to assist business groups with contracts, technology, and data privacy matters.• Responsible for developing ongoing strategies for the software category management team. • Manage key relationships involving ongoing management of supplier contracts, and conducting quarterly business reviews with strategic suppliers. • Responsible as subject matter expert for Supply Chain and Procurement Operations for key supplier agreements. • Identify savings and work to negotiate better terms and rates to contribute toward the value attainment goals of the company. • Streamline and improve reporting processes for key business groups. • Remain current with market trends through relationships with suppliers and market experts.• Identify and communicate new techniques and solutions to resolve issues for key stakeholders.• Maintain a working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. • Work effectively across different organizational levels, functions, businesses, and geographies to realize company goals and objectives.• Collaborate with outside counsel, manage their projects, and track the budget and expenses.

• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated various global commercial agreements including, SaaS, DRaaS, PaaS licensing and other technology/services agreements, Cloud contracts, manufacturing and distribution contracts, supplier agreements, leases, partner and reseller agreements, employment contracts, marketing agreements, NDAs, Trademark agreements, Master Services Agreements for Fortune 50 and 100 companies offering a wide variety of products and services in different industries.• Provided legal guidance and advice to different departments, such as the Sales Teams, Procurement Officers, or C-Suite Executives regarding contracts, risk management, case assessments/valuations, and development of efficient processes/integration systems.• Developed protocols and processes for different compliance programs (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).• Provided a variety of training programs to help improve efficiency and educate employees in a variety of areas in order to reduce a company’s risk.

• Provided legal guidance and developed programs and policies to handle world-wide data privacy and compliance matters.• Drafted, interpreted, reviewed and negotiated contracts including leases, technology/software licensing/service agreements, distribution contracts, reseller/partner contracts, SaaS/Cloud agreements, purchase asset agreements, SOWs, NDAs, OEM agreements, GSA/Schedules, vendor and procurement agreements, consulting and marketing contracts globally.• Provided legal advice to various departments, such as Engineering, Professional Services, Product Development, Marketing, Technical Support/Customer Care, Sales, Human Resources, and Executive Management.• Assisted C-Level Executives for Board Meetings and drafted memorandums analyzing legal options and business risks regarding current legal/policy matters.• Developed policies and processes that increased the legal Department efficiency by over 20%, as well as reduced outside counsel costs by over 10% within the first year and maintained the reduced costs in subsequent years.• Provided supervision, guidance, and training for different business groups on various projects.