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Berkeley, US

New York, New York, US

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Gaming platform with free, competitive games, funded by a professional sports economy

Emeryville, California, US

• Responsible for all legal and business affairs matters for MobiTV Connect streaming TV service.
• Negotiating strategic deals with mobile carriers, including TVision by T-Mobile, and broadband and cable providers.
• Delivering support for over 125 customers and 8% monthly subscriber growth.
• Negotiating content and transport licenses with all major US TV networks, including, Turner, Viacom, HBO, Disney.
• Providing strategic IP guidance and management of a portfolio of 50+ patents.
• Advising Board and management in connection with financings, corporate governance and IP strategy.

Advising on product development, co-development partnerships, licensing opportunities and potential investors for data delivery and bandwidth management technology startup.

San Francisco, CA, US

• LINDEN LAB, Content Licensing & Product. Second Life online community and Sansar VR.
• ZYNGA, Content Licensing & Bus. Dev. Star Wars, Game of Thrones, FarmVille.
• MOBITV, Principal Attorney. Streaming TV content and platform SaaS licensing.
• NIANTIC, Content Licensing. Pokemon GO, Catan, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Structure, negotiate and manage complex creative, co-marketing, IP development and partnership efforts for the Brand Studio, Google’s internal brand marketing agency.
• Strategic partnerships, including Carmen Sandiego for Google Earth and the Snap #MyFutureMe contest.
• Major licensing successes include 44th Anniversary of Hip Hop Doodle, Selena Doodle and Help! brand campaign.
• Provide strategic, tactical and creative guidance for marketers working with production and marketing agencies, across countless major campaigns, including Year in Search, Search On and Google Science Fair.

Austin, Texas, US

• Led development and execution of go-to-market and game development strategies for the Goji Play fitness platform, a first-of-its-kind product combining video games and exercise.
• Led creative direction and game development strategy with $4 million development budget.
• Successfully developed portfolio of 30+ original games and 10+ ports customized for Goji Play hardware.
• Led the creative design of all games to create interactive experiences to inspire longer, more frequent exercise sessions and ensure application of all features available via the SDK.
• Led all external development, including cross-functional coordination of internal teams and creation of developer playbook, to ensure successful delivery of games on time and on budget.

Dhaka, BD

Provided strategic guidance to mobile game publisher and developer, leading to acquisition by iEntertainment Network.

San Francisco, CA, US

• As number two Business Affairs executive at Lucasfilm and General Counsel for games division, responsible for all business affairs and legal activities for games and online.
• Managed a team of 15 licensing professionals responsible for all day-to-day transactions across Lucasfilm companies, including production, development, licensing and clearance.
• Successfully negotiated global distribution agreement with Activision, generating over $20 million annually.
• Negotiated landmark Lucasfilm deal with Rovio for Angry Birds Star Wars, downloaded 100+ million times. Won 2013 Webby Awards – Judges and People’s Choice Best Game.
• Negotiated and launched with Microsoft the first-ever, customized Xbox hardware console with R2-D2 branding.
• Created fast-prototyping development process for quick and cost-effective assessment of creative viability.

Santa Monica, California, US

• Global licensed property business unit General Counsel led worldwide licensing and partnership efforts.
• Excelled as a leader in the aggregation of licensed product to create business unit responsible for of 80% of SKUs.
• Negotiated licenses and developed strategic partnerships for major franchises, including James Bond, Transformers, Family Guy, Wipeout, Spider-Man, Bakugan and Cabela’s.

Santa Monica, California, US

• International General Counsel led business affairs, legal, business development and facilities functions in EMEA & APAC.
• As a leader on the European management team, instrumental in turning around and growing Activision’s international business from US$342 million of net revenue in 2005 to US$1,291 million in 2010.
• Built and led a global team of 10 attorneys, licensing professionals and staff with $5+ million annual budget.
• Successfully launched Guitar Hero franchise in Europe, the fastest game franchise to hit $1 billion in revenue. Led music licensing, sponsorship and co-marketing deals across Europe and APAC.
• Led multiple cross-functional acquisition integration project teams, including merger with Vivendi Games global operations across dozens of countries. 12-month project completed on time, under budget of $3.5 million.
• Advised on dozens of games for ratings, data protection and privacy, and product and marketing content issues.

Santa Monica, California, US

Major licenses with DreamWorks, Viacom, Disney and Marvel; multiple studio acquisitions, including Beenox and Vicarious Visions; product counsel for multiple game franchises, including Star Trek, Fantastic 4, Shark Tale.

Redwood City, CA, US

J.D.

B.A., Political Science And History