Leslie Wagner Email & Phone Number

Escondido, Ca, Us

Escondido, Ca, Us

United States

Supply Management - San Diego Gas and ElectricAuthorized Agent for SoCalGas and Sempra Energy

Independent third-party business advisor, consulting entrepreneurs and start-up companies in strategic business planning, contract negotiations, intellectual property protection and portfolio management.Conduct contract strategy meetings to identify client requirements, product roadmaps, project/program goals and risk acceptance criteria.Act as an advisor to establish the contractual requirements, guidelines, and procedures for the licensing of client intellectual property portfolios.Partner with outside counsel on intellectual property protection services for patents, trademarks, copyrights, and domains.Assist in cradle-to-grave product development activities.

San Diego, California

Working with minimally invasive surgical technologies to improve the lives of patients suffering from back and neck injuries.Draft, review, redline, and negotiate legal documents relating to the sale of capital medical equipment and products in the spinal and orthopedic categories to health systems and hospital customers. Work with Deal Desk to facilitate timely responses to customer RFQs (Request for Quotation) and RFPs (Request for Proposal).Work with finance, accounting, logistics, technical support and clinical support teams to support successful and timely product delivery.Review current systems and SoPs to identify areas of contract improvement, including reduction of manual steps and implementation of contract management system. Improve reporting capabilities to identify opportunities to decrease risk and potentially increase revenue opportunities, resulting in review of $1.7M in discovered revenue.Provide strategic and contractual assistance to support new product introductions.Support compliance requirements for privacy (HIPAA, PHI, PII), risk management, QA, safe harbor, and revenue recognition.

Greater San Diego Area

Managed the enterprise-wide contracting, licensing and compliance procedures.Drafted, negotiated, executed, reviewed and administered RFQs/RFIs/RFPs; software license agreements; SaaS; PaaS; cloud; consulting agreements; master sales/procurement agreements; equipment sales/leases; service contracts/SOWs; trademark licensing, advertising, promotion and sponsorship agreements; finance agreements; confidentiality agreements; amendments, change orders and releases. Designed and deployed contract lifecycle management systems, polices, and procedures to facilitate the request, approval, workflow, execution and administration of contracts to drive operational efficiency across the organization. Created an internal online self-help site of pre-approved standard contract templates, resulting in shorter time-to-contract and contract process improvements.Conducted internal training presentations to review general contract language provisions, legal and regulatory requirements. Worked with marketing team to establish the contractual requirements, guidelines, and procedures for the licensing and use of trademarks in accordance with company’s brand protection standards. Oversaw contract compliance for 1100+ vendors – including deliverables, service level (SLA) commitments, renewals and extensions.Successfully led and negotiated a 4-year/$7M hardware lease project to 100+ franchisees/2,200 restaurants.Captured $21.1M+ in cost-saving rebates, discounts, credits through compliance audits and contract re-negotiations.Collaborated with finance and accounting departments to ensure contracts adhere to broader finance and revenue policies such as: revenue recognition, pricing and discounting policies, extension of credit lines, cash collection/payment procedures, lender/banking requirements and gift card escheatment programs.Coordinated with inside/outside counsel on PCI-DSS, PII, infringement, litigation, corporate governance, due diligence and M&A matters.

San Diego, Ca

Managed complex multi-million-dollar commercial contracts, third-party relationship management, and product launch activities.Drafted, negotiated and managed software licenses, OEM agreements, patent licenses, trademark licenses, RFQs/RFPs and confidentiality agreements. Implemented contract management, approval work-flow, document repository and change management procedures. Acted as interim Manager and ongoing team lead to manage workload, establish contract process KPIs, and manage support to sales organization.Managed corporate intellectual property portfolio by instituting contractual requirements, guidelines and procedures for the licensing of patents and trademarks for use by third-parties, resulting in licensing deals with 125 companies to develop their own products.Provided contract consultation, training and support to business and account teams.Conducted regular strategy meetings with management teams to review compliance with contract requirements. Worked with business teams to establish Business Qualification and Vendor Qualification processes.Involved in product launch and product management activities for more than 100 products/services.Served as a critical project team member working alongside various business functions such as: Finance, Sales, Product Managers, Supply Chain, and Engineering; providing analytical and procedural support to define project/program goals and risk acceptance criteria.

San Diego, Ca

Managed complex multi-million-dollar commercial contracts, third-party relationship management, and product launch activities.Drafted, negotiated and managed software licenses, OEM agreements, patent licenses, trademark licenses, RFQs/RFPs and confidentiality agreements. Implemented contract management, approval work-flow, document repository and change management procedures. Acted as interim Manager and ongoing team lead to manage workload, establish contract process KPIs, and manage support to sales organization.Managed corporate intellectual property portfolio by instituting contractual requirements, guidelines and procedures for the licensing of patents and trademarks for use by third-parties, resulting in licensing deals with 125 companies to develop their own products.Provided contract consultation, training and support to business and account teams.Conducted regular strategy meetings with management teams to review compliance with contract requirements. Worked with business teams to establish Business Qualification and Vendor Qualification processes.Involved in product launch and product management activities for more than 100 products/services.Served as a critical project team member working alongside various business functions such as: Finance, Sales, Product Managers, Supply Chain, and Engineering; providing analytical and procedural support to define project/program goals and risk acceptance criteria.

Education record

Certificate, Intellectual Property Law

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services