Corporate board member. Cybersecurity expert and legal advisor counseling public and privately held companies, senior executives, boards, and individuals on cybersecurity, privacy, complex white-collar criminal and regulatory-compliance matters; trials and negotiations. Entrepreneur, founder & lead counsel of law firm, GermanoLawLLC, since 2013. Professor, NYU Masters in Cybersecurity Risk & Strategy Program; Adjunct Professor of Law and Distinguished Fellow, NYU School of Law; Adjunct Professor, NYU Stern School of Business. Author. Frequent keynote speaker presenting on cybersecurity, privacy, fraud, corruption (including FCPA), ethics, national security and women in leadership. Former Federal Prosecutor; as Chief of Economic Crimes at the U.S. Attorney's Office (NJ), successfully handled investigations, prosecutions, trials of national and international impact in cybercrime, securities and other financial fraud, corruption and national security matters. Previously worked at a major, multinational law firm based in Manhattan, and clerked for federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and the U.S. District Court, Connecticut. Before law school, worked at an international public relations firm handling corporate-media relations issues in the technology and telecommunications sectors. Successfully completed 5 iron-distance (140.6 mile) triathlons (top 10 age group finisher, IronMan Lake Placid 2019; IronMan All World Athlete 2020).
