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Experienced and pragmatic attorney, legal team leader and business partner with two decades of in-house counsel experience; patent attorney and former aerospace engineer with experience in military and commercial aerospace industries. Skilled at operating with a "big picture" mindset, while also paying attention to the details.In my current role at Texas Instruments, I lead the legal team supporting our worldwide manufacturing and procurement organizations, providing guidance for issues ranging from construction contracts, to professional services, IT and IP procurement engagements, to support for TI's foundry services business.In prior roles at TI, I lead legal support for various strategic business units, and most recently led a team of U.S. and EMEA-based attorneys and contracts management professionals advising TI business leaders at all levels on legal matters and strategy related to our worldwide operations in the automotive, aerospace & defense, and education technology markets.Throughout my tenure as an attorney at Texas Instruments I have held individual contributor and leadership roles of increasing breadth and responsibility, and have been a key member of senior executive leadership teams across several TI business inits. I am also a subject matter expert on U.S. Government contracting matters, having significant experience working with U.S. Government procurement regulations (in particular FAR Part 12) and playing a key role in TI's effort to secure funding under the U.S. CHIPS Act.Broad experience providing legal support and counseling in the areas of complex technology transactions and intellectual property licenses, legal compliance matters, corporate SEC filings (including 10-Ks, 10-Qs and 8-Ks), governance support for the Board of Directors, government contracts, marketing and advertising, consumer product safety, product sale/distribution and anti-counterfeiting.

Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Licensing, Litigation, Patents, and 3 others.