Jonathon B. Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Drafted, reviewed, negotiated, and signed wide variety of contracts and grants with parties funding research or professional services conducted by University faculty members and their centers• Negotiated terms in order to protect University rights, minimize risk, and advance the University's mission to promote independent research and knowledge dissemination • Provided advice and comprehensive guidance to faculty and department administrators regarding applicable laws, policies, rules and regulations; assist faculty and staff in proper stewardship of University's sponsored projects• Summarized and advised departments and leadership within JHU on decisions related to accepting business risks inherent in certain contract terms with different sponsor types• Experienced with FAR, DFARS, and other federal government contract terms and provisions• Negotiated, triaged, and signed high volume of between 300 and 400 contracts per year with all sponsor types, including federal, state, and local government entities, commercial sponsors, nonprofit organizations, and foreign and international entities• Knowledgeable on pre and post award full contract lifecycle; including reviewing RFPs and submitting proposals and exception letters, contract negotiation and execution, internal compliance checks, workflow, reporting requirements, subcontract flowdowns, and closeouts• Experienced working with various centers within JHU, with differing specializations and business concerns, housed in School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Nursing, and School of Arts and Sciences.

Knoxville, Tn

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

▪ Negotiate and/or draft agreements, including: DUAs, CDAs, CTAs, MTAs, ISRA, amendments and other documents in collaboration with faculty, departmental staff, UTRF, legal advisors, and other administrators, as necessary, on behalf of UTHSC. Identifies and resolves risks in contractual terms and conditions not conforming to UTHSC policy or governing regulations. Ensures that all aspects of the agreement, including budgets (where applicable), have been properly reviewed. ▪ Maintains negotiation status updates related to contract documents and clinicaltrials.gov registrations. Ensures that any compliance matters related to an agreement are properly documented/negotiated/handled. ▪ Maintains on-going relationships with faculty, departmental staff, industry sponsors,academic institutions, vendors, and other entities involved in agreements under review. Reviews processes and implements corrective action in administrative management of the negotiation process, when necessary, in order to represent UT and UTHSC effectively. Works on group and office projects, contributes to process improvements and procedural changes

Memphis, Tn

* Designed and implemented the risk assessment for UTHSC. Developed risk mitigation plans to mitigate risks. Currently in the process of conducting the second campus-wide risk assessment.* Coordinated self-assessment of controls for UTHSC campus that analyzes processes/procedures on campus and provides corrective actions to fix any found deficiencies. This is performed on a yearly basis and each year deals with a different subject area (HR, IT, payroll, procurement, etc).* Drafted, edited, and updated UTHSC finance policies and procedures. Helped manage the UTHSC policy software.* Assisted on HIPAA and other various types of compliance investigations (interviews, fact gathering, etc).* Ran the UTHSC Institutional Compliance Committee meetings (comprised of upper management).* Provided HIPAA training to staff/students/faculty. Worked with IT department to implement a training learning management system and provided training to 8,000+ students/faculty/staff on campus and around the state.* Conducted research on complex federal and state laws/regulations and interpreted how they apply to university. Constantly monitored regulatory landscape for any pending legislation/regulations that may affect UTHSC.* Reviewed and negotiated various departmental contracts and agreements for compliance with University and State policies/laws.* Assisted with records management duties for 6,000+ boxes of physical files. This included assisting with an RFP for record management software, implementing record management software, and physical moving/maintaining boxes of records whenever needed.* Researched conflicts of interest in several different contexts (research and CMS third party payments primarily). Helped maintain UTHSC's conflict of interest files/records.

Knoxville

Reconciling the university system's database of regulations (used in risk assessment) with various other higher education databases. Various research projects and analysis related to the applicability of state and federal laws to the university system.

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Worked as student attorney in Business and Trademark Clinic. Was registered with USPTO as part of practice. Handled business formation/taxation/etc issues for non-profits. Advised UT staff/employees on commercialization of products. Handled correspondence and filings with USPTO and other entities on behalf of Trademark clinic clients.

Columbia, Tennessee

Camden, Tennessee

Social Security disability, Torts - personal injury/auto accidents, various matters related to LLCs

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Business Concentration

B.S., Political Science - American Studies

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma AlphaCum Laude