Led and developed a global team of over 30 legal professionals responsible for providing legal counsel to all operation functions that support an $18B global business including all worldwide intellectual property matters. Global operation functions included marketing; innovation; supply chain; quality, regulatory and product safety; energy and environment; security; and aviation. - Enhanced brand equity by protecting breakthrough technologies and iconic trademarks, including Kleenex, Scott, and Huggies. Registered and defended marks in more than 120 countries and filed over 100 original patent applications annually.- Generated $20M in annual savings by transforming IP spend and global security delivery model.- Reduced overall IP spend 20% and maximized the value delivered by developing and implementing a Global IP Strategy.- Delivered over $400M in procurement cost savings annually by implementing a global sourcing strategy.

Interim concurrent roles:Vice President Ethics & Compliance 2016 - 2017Vice President and Deputy General Counsel - KC Professional 2015 - 2016Vice President and Deputy General Counsel - KC International 2011 - 2014Directed global teams of up to 80 legal professionals providing counsel as indispensable legal partners with all businesses. Member on each business Executive Leadership Team (3) tasked with engaging and inspiring 40K+ employees worldwide, resolving commercial and legal issues, and delivering results to exceed shareholder expectations. - Served as General Counsel’s go-to-leader tackling performance and consumer/B2B business issues in a wide variety of legal specialties including legal operations, compliance, IP, and marketing. - Resolved major joint venture issues in India, Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey while covering multi-year international assignment.- Delivered over $50M in annual savings by negotiating major IT outsourcing initiative.- Enforced IP, delivering over $10M in annual royalties.- Helped complete $14B merger by negotiating a $220M divestiture in view of DOJ antitrust concerns.- Implemented 2 global legal reorganizations, increasing business impact and improving service delivery.- Increased smart risk taking by leading cultural evolution and training over 5K global employees.- Defended numerous advertising challenges, enabling robust claims driving increased sales.