Jude Donkor Email & Phone Number

Manhattan, New York, United States

Westminster, Colorado, United States

• Led the onboarding and implementation of the company’s pilot contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform as its first contracts administrator, increasing operational efficiency by creating a central repository for all agreements and related documents.• Maintained accurate, up-to-date records of all agreements, with access provided to all stakeholders, allowing for milestone/deadline tracking and the ability to track performance against contract terms.• Provided support to contracts attorney in all stages of the contract lifecycle: negotiation, drafting, review, execution, and termination, helping facilitate B2B relations.• Monitored the CMS for deadlines, pending renewals, amendments, expirations, terminations to ensure compliance with company policies and legal requirements in support of operational efficiency.• Acted as a liaison between internal and external contract stakeholders, helping align expectations with contractual obligations through unambiguous language, thereby mitigating the potential for contract disputes.• Collaborated with various internal teams to ensure proper contract execution, ongoing compliance, and resolved issues related to noncompliance or contract deviations.• Conduct periodic audits to assess contract compliance and identify areas for improvement, ensuring that inefficiencies and risk factors do not remain unaddressed. • Stayed updated on contracts law/regulations to better position myself to identify risks, propose solutions, and provide guidance on all things contract related for employees, helping raise the corporate IQ and ultimately reducing mistakes.

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Prepared documents to support business litigation team, including transcribing from dictation, drafts, handwritten notes or oral instruction, redlining and proofreading end products, upholding the firm’s rigorous standards on high-quality work-products.• Created, organized, and updated files within the company’s information governance systems, providing accessibility and easy retrieval to attorneys and paralegals.• Prepared and submitted expense reports, check requests, travel reimbursements, health club reimbursement in accordance with company guidelines, contributing to the firm’s excellent accounting records and audit history.• Coordinated all travel arrangements for both individual attorneys and groups, adhering to the firm’s travel policy, and maintaining availability to address potential travel issues.• Oversaw calendar for litigation team, including scheduling and coordinating meetings, ensuring calendar conflicts were resolved, helping attorneys maximize working hours.• Maintained good client relationships for all attorneys by demonstrating professionalism and tact when interacting with clients, helping drive business development efforts.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Trained 20-person team on data analysis project whose results were crucial to trial success in seminal arbitration case, ensuring the accuracy of results entered as evidence. • Served as technical liaison between trial experts and temp staff hired for special projects, helping distill complex directives into simpler language, ultimately bringing clarity to project requirements and objectives.• Served as the primary point of contact for the legal team, supporting multidirectional communications and increasing the effectiveness of collaboration efforts.

Palmdale, Ca

• Assigned as P.E. Coach for two elementary institutions comprising 1,600 students, many of them with persistent dysfunctional behavior.• Led a team of 3 direct reports and coordinated with school administration to develop effective programs and curriculum to promote student physical well-being and address persistent behavioral problems.• Created and implemented P.E. curriculum to ensure that students met all fitness markers, resulting in a 100% pass rate.

Lancaster, Ca

• Coached students on of the expectations of college writing courses, helped them identify and revise improper grammar, follow correct formatting rules, strengthening overall coherence of papers.• Worked with diverse staff and clientele; tutored an average of 12 students/day and helped improve client performance by at least a letter grade.