Linda Johnson Email & Phone Number

Richardson, TX, US

Lewisville

• Contract intake management including: Entity and principal validation and status with Secretary of State, Employee Staff Check sanctions and Orthofix policies and distributor requirements.
• Due diligence audit of contract information and status.
• Assist with contract information migration to new SAP system.

Carrollton, Texas

• Legal Support Coordinator (2015 – 2018)
• Key player on the legal team supporting attorneys and paralegal with General Liability Litigation cases resulting in improved accuracy, faster third party filing and improved communication with outside counsel.
• Developed and maintained a data base of discovery information regarding company operations, policies and procedures.
• Conducted due diligence in responding to Requests for Production (RFP) and Interrogatories from opposing counsel resulting in fewer requests for delays.
• Key player coordinating small claims cases filed against the company. These cases were filed against company motels located in various states across the United States.
• Expedited the response to subpoenas and investigated customer hot line complains to reduce future litigation.

• Analyzed over 368 contracts for compliance with base line standards, including construction requirements, and financial performance.
• Audited SAP sourcing system to identify deficiencies and gaps resulting in new procedures to improve information retrieval, legal compliance, and financial tracking.
• Analyzed master/blanket agreements for confidentiality, disclosure agreements, compliance with Statement of Work (SOW) and Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) and insurance regulations.
• Conducted competitive analysis for vendor selection.
• Acted as liaison and collaborator with the legal department and other important stakeholders.

• Reorganized and maintained client document tracking system resulting in improved efficiency and faster document retrieval.
• Supported year-end client tax analysis, improving and streamlining reporting.
• Conduced tax exempted analysis for selected clients.

• Advised legal team on claim liability issues, assessed validity summarized claim issues and made recommendations for further action.
• Selected as part of six person team charged with closing government contracts in order to comply with Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) requirements. - Subcontract analysis and forensic review, including currency.

• Project development/management, 120K to 25M
• Discovery, analysis, design/documentation, implementation, test, evaluate.
• Detailed financial impact analysis: staffing, overhead and other resources
• Gather business requirements; conduct project meetings
• Research, configuration, and track change documentation
• Track, coordinate and monitor user acceptance

• Acted as utility rate spokesperson for over 25 rate increase filings with local municipalities, resulting in revenue generation of over $75 million - Utility rate analysis, summarization and presentation - Insured.
• Developed and managed target marketing plan for Economic Development initiative, resulting in increased company recognition and increased revenue. - Designed, developed and managed target marketing campaign.