- Develop and lead AWS product compliance program covering data center equipment, customer-oriented hardware programs (SnowX, Frontier), and commercial devices. Subject matter spans electrical and mechanical product safety, electromagnetic compatibility, radio frequency, energy efficiency, hazardous substances, and extended producer responsibility.- Monitor emerging regulatory requirements and drive policy engagement with regulators.- Direct the development of scalable compliance processes and tools.

• Lead product compliance practice for AWS.• Advise business on managing compliance for data center equipment across various regulatory regimes (e.g., electrical/mechanical safety, wireless/EMC, hazardous materials (RoHS/REACH/Prop 65), e-waste, transboundary movement of used equipment, cryptography, and supply chain regulations).• Help to build a compliance program to support AWS's entry into the consumer device space (including compliance with consumer protection regulations and regulations on medical devices).• Conduct due diligence in new markets to support global expansion.• Engage with regulators to address compliance matters and drive policy.

Provide legal guidance on international product compliance.

• Managed HTC’s e-waste compliance for the Americas across dozens of state and provincial regulatory schemes. Provided guidance and assisted with compliance for all other environmental issues for the Americas, including state and federal chemicals, packaging, and energy efficiency regulations. • Provided guidance and developed procedures and strategies related to conflict minerals and other corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues, helped to negotiate language relating to CSR for vendor and customer contracts.• Provided legal guidance for product development relating to FDA laser and medical device regulations, EMC, equipment authorization, and chemicals regulations.• Developed accessibility compliance guides and training materials and monitored compliance with accessibility laws and regulations.• Provided legal guidance and work with industry associations to promote HTC’s interests on a variety of other legal and regulatory issues, including RF exposure, product safety, wireless spectrum, anti-theft systems, and E911.• Provided occasional support on international regulatory issues, including product certifications, CE marking, RoHS, and WEEE.

• Advised clients on a variety of regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters involving the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and state regulatory commission.• Subject matters included universal service and intercarrier compensation reform, intercarrier compensation disputes, federal broadband policy, the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), experimental licensing and device authorization, and consumer privacy issues.

• Work focused on the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), a $4.7 billion grant program created by the 2009 Recovery Act.• Made significant contributions to the first round BTOP Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA), Grant Guidance, Reviewer Guidance, and second round BTOP NOFA. Was the lead on the second round BTOP application, Grant Guidance, and Reviewer Guidance.• Led team of federal contractors in screening, validating, and analyzing application information and data, producing reports, maps, and analysis to assist in the evaluation of BTOP applications.• Served as the federal program officer for approximately $350 million in federal awards. In this capacity, led teams of contractors to review applications in due diligence. This required evaluating technical, financial, and programmatic aspects of each application, interacting with applicants, and developing recommendations for program management.

• Practice focused in the areas of Communications Law and Technology Transactions.• Worked with communications clients including a major cable provider, mobile phone carriers, paging providers, satellite operators, a regional ILEC, and a backbone Internet provider. The scope of work included regulatory advice and analysis for clients, participation in FCC rulemakings, defending FCC enforcement actions, regulatory diligence for M&A transactions, filing applications and reports with the FCC and state regulators, and an appeal of an FCC order in the D.C. Circuit.• Technology transaction work included negotiation and drafting of software development and business process outsourcing agreements and intellectual property diligence for M&A transactions.

• Worked in the office of Commissioner Copps. Performed research and helped to draft statements and policy on topics including Hurricane Katrina and disaster preparedness in communications, media ownership, and broadband policy.

• Designed and wrote software for UMTS 3G cellular phone systems.• Provided technical support for customer deployments. • Performed testing and provided support for EDGE/GPRS features.