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Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Seattle, Washington, United States

-Led day to day and strategic commercial activities including Convoy’s freight brokerage marketplace, customer and motor carrier relationships, and industry partnerships. -Regularly guided sales, product and engineering, marketing and other teams through risk and revenue tradeoffs associated with Convoy’s most strategic opportunities and risks.-Managed business teams responsible for managing claims, insurance, fraud, safety, and regulatory compliance.-Drove transformation of risk management and claims team’s insurance recovery processes resulting in material improvements in speed, cost, and outcomes. -Supervised day to day contracting and procurement functions. Streamlined contract lifecycle (Ironclad & Salesforce) to increase deal velocity and reduced procurement costs by more than $5M per year. -Implemented data-driven processes across sales, procurement, compliance, and claims to optimize revenue, recovery, and cost savings.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Support the AWS Quantum Computing and Networking teams who are chartered with building and launching AWS's first Quantum computer and Quantum networking technology. In this role I provide both counseling and transactional support to the team. These transactions include a variety of complex deal types, such as hardware and software development; technology licensing; procurement; manufacturing and fabrication agreements; SaaS and hosted services agreements; professional, operations and support services; consulting agreements; and sponsored research and lab-use agreements with universities. The business counseling in this role includes product, commercial, and operational counseling on issues including IP contamination, IP protection and licensing; procurement, supply chain, vendor and infrastructure security; product and trade compliance; regulatory issues and go-to-market strategies related to quantum technologies. In this role I also review, advise, develop and deliver standard operating procedures, policies, training and business resources to enable the Quantum teams to deliver on its mission.

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for leading the legal and compliance functions for Osborne Construction Company, a large commercial general contractor. As a member of the corporate executive committee, reported directly to the President and provided a legal and compliance perspective on matters impacting business strategy. Responsible for developing contract risk assessments for construction projects and negotiating contracts with owner/developers and subcontractors ranging up to $70MM as well as negotiating other third-party contracts including benefits agreements, equipment and maintenance leases, office space leases, and joint venture agreements. Developed and implemented new contracting policies and procedures and managed the Contract Administrator department to create efficiencies within the contract flow. Managed the human resources department personnel in employment law compliance. Advised business units, including Operations and Finance departments, on legal and regulatory issues affecting company policies and procedures. Monitored regulatory changes and developed and led the company’s compliance and reporting posture relating thereto. Responsible for hiring and managing outside counsel to address and resolve claims or legal action affecting the company. Performed audits of the company’s performance of regulatory requirements, e.g., OSHA 300, Certified Payrolls, IRS Form 5500, EEO-1, and VETS 100.

Greater Seattle Area

Provided senior management with effective advice on company strategies and their implementation, managed the legal function, and hired and oversaw the work of outside counsel. Reviewed, negotiated, and managed all forms of contracts, leases, and other third-party agreements with customers, vendors, partners and agencies. Advised senior management on legal issues relating to contracts. Reviewed employment related agreements to maintain compliance with state and federal employment laws and worked with outside counsel as necessary on employment and other litigation. Provided counseling and advice to Human Resources and other business and support units regarding legal issues and policies. Ensured cost-effective, timely, high-quality analysis and advice on legal and business issues to senior management.

Planned and directed all aspects of the company’s legal affairs and risk exposure and aversion and ensured maximum protection of its legal rights. Drafted employment contracts and provided assistance with day-to-day employment-related questions and issues. Drafted responses to government agency inquiries and charges and participate in hearings concerning employee matters. Coordinated with outside counsel in the defense of the company in lawsuits and the prosecution of lawsuits on behalf of the company against others. Drafted construction contracts for both public and private projects. Drafted construction documents including commercial terms and conditions, invitations to bid, and subcontractor agreements.

Tacoma, Washington

Coordinated all documents filed in one-half of cases assigned to the judge. Researched various motions in all stages of civil and criminal cases and compose tentative orders. Communicated with attorneys and answer questions regarding civil and criminal cases. Assisted at status conferences, pre-trial conferences, and trials.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Coordinated all documents filed in one-half of cases assigned to the judge. Researched various motions in all stages of civil and criminal cases and compose tentative orders. Communicated with attorneys and answer questions regarding civil and criminal cases. Assisted at status conferences, pre-trial conferences, and trials.

Juris Doctorate

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Advertising