Lead the US product and services business with a team of over 100 professionals, $25M in annual revenues and full P&L accountability. Developed and executed on strategic growth and operating plans that profitably grew the business, expanded our customer base and increased our market share.Built, developed, motivated and lead the team to exceed our performance targets.Managed all business functions related to account management, sales, operations, marketing, legal, and product management.

Served as general counsel for the global products and services division (including all online subscription services, databases, mobile/web applications and e-commerce) and advised on all legal, data protection, privacy, compliance, intellectual property, litigation and commercial contracting matters.Lead all legal support for global information privacy and security in commercial transactions, including technology procurement, alliances, joint product development and acquisitions.Developed global privacy and information security infrastructure, processes and policies by leading a global cross-functional team of business leaders and external privacy counsel and data security experts.Provided counseling and advice to our business units globally on their daily legal operations, including commercial contracting, employment matters, litigation and use of outside counsel. Provided training for supervisors and managers concerning legal, compliance, security and privacy matters.

Deliver strategic, innovative and practical legal and business advice on technology law, software licensing, data rights, management consulting, privacy, security, commercial contracting, intellectual property, compliance, strategic investments and corporate development matters.

Manage all legal, privacy, security, commercial contracting, intellectual property, privacy, compliance, strategic investments and corporate development matters. Deliver strategic, innovative and practical legal and business advice to advance the use of our information and technology assets while ensuring company’s compliance with applicable laws.Create opportunities for growth by identifying, evaluating and engaging potential strategic partners.

Served as general counsel for US, Canada, and Latin America and directed department with more than 30 professionals on all legal, privacy, commercial contracting, intellectual property, compliance, litigation, employment, antitrust, government and alliance development matters.Conducted a privacy risk assessment of the US business with a cross-functional team and implemented a new privacy program, including policies, processes and company training.Reported to regional president and advised on all strategic business initiatives. Served as key member of senior leadership team responsible for increasing business unit’s revenue by $300M Built an alliance program with hundreds of service providers and strategic partners to develop and deliver new value-added information solutions to stakeholders. Third party providers increased by 45% over the past three years. Led legal negotiators responsible for renegotiating more than 40 supplier agreements in past two years, resulting in substantial annual savings.Executed and integrated acquisition of SDI Health, a $100M+ provider of patient-centric healthcare analytics and services. Functional leader on the cross-functional team that successfully obtained FTC approved after year long HSR review process.Served as member of cross-functional team responsible for favorable Supreme Court decision in the case of Sorrell v. IMS. Court held that a Vermont statute violated the First Amendment by banning others from using information about physician’s prescribing practices.Assisted in closing company’s successful $5B+ go-private transaction in 2009.Lead compliance initiatives to ensure business practices comply with applicable laws and regulations, including competition, privacy, data protection and government contracting laws.Resolved several multimillion dollar litigation matters and led various federal regulatory examinations.

Provided legal advice and support in connection with day to day business operations of US business constituting more than $800M in annual revenues. Built and directed activities of contracts administration department (6 analysts) and legal team (10 attorneys), and prepared $2M – $3M legal budgets.Advised senior management and corporate development group on acquisitions and strategic alliances. Handled related legal due diligence, documentation and negotiation, and evaluated more than 200 transactions. Closed more than 50 partnerships and successfully executed more than 20 acquisitions valued in excess of $500M. Redesigned entire vendor and client contracting process which resulted in substantial improvements in internal and external client satisfaction rates, turnaround times and commercial terms.

Negotiated and drafted co-marketing, co-development, outsourcing, supplier, non-disclosure, non competition, confidentiality, employment, consulting and subcontractor agreements, software licenses, acquisitions, strategic alliances, online terms of use, privacy policies and real estate leases.Renegotiated more than 20 data supplier contracts (providing data from 9,000 pharmacies) in connection with settlement of two class action lawsuits to secure data supply for five years, obtain longitudinal prescription data, and install proprietary encryption technology at supplier sites.Implemented all HIPAA compliance initiatives, including drafting and negotiating business associate agreements and communications with hundreds of data suppliers.

Served as general counsel for online industry marketplaces division, and supported all commercial contracting, employment, intellectual property, privacy, litigation, marketing, sales compensation and partnership matters. Reported to the division’s president and served as key member of management team responsible for redesigning entire business model and achieving EBIT profitability for first time in its six year history.Spearheaded cost containment initiatives, resulting in 40% reduction in monthly operating costs by outsourcing all non-core services and renegotiating all major vendor agreements.Managed alliance team, identified strategic sales, marketing and technology partners, collaborated with internal departments and external partners to develop new business initiatives and increased partner program’s contribution from 5% to more than 20% of division’s monthly gross revenues.

Formed and managed team of attorneys responsible for supporting sales, customer service and product management departments in US and international Joint Ventures in Japan, Europe and Africa.Directed legal integration for more than eight separate internet companies acquired by VerticalNet within two year period, and counseled cross-functional team charged with implementation of all aspects of a $200M partnership contract with Microsoft Corporation.Negotiated and drafted acquisition, partnership, reseller, co-branding, co-marketing, consulting, web development, ecommerce, advertising, employment, distributor, sales referral, and reverse auction agreements, enterprise software licenses with maintenance and support agreements, website terms of use and data collection policies.

Counseled clients on intellectual property and general corporate matters. Developed practice focused on emerging technology law issues for municipal and corporate clients, including internet jurisdiction matters, domain name registration, Year 2000 plans, computer consultant agreements, computer usage policies and email policies

Researched and drafted memoranda, reviewed and analyzed pleadings, and attended pretrial conferences and hearings in the case of the Estate of John E. du Pont.

Drafted legal briefs and memoranda in the areas of employment, business and zoning law. Prepared witness and testimony outlines and assisted at settlement conferences and depositions.