Melodi (Mel) Gates is a Senior Legal Editor, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity | Embracing elderhood! at Thomson Reuters Practical Law. She possess expertise in privacy law, security, information security, data privacy, information technology and 23 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "I have had the pleasure of working with dozens of CISOs around the globe. Mel is in a category of her own. She is curious to understand the business issues at hand and patiently gets to the essence of the opportunity before sharing a highly effective solution. At the same time, her ability to inspire all types of personalities and to organize them around a common mission is simply amazing.", "As a part of Qwest’s enterprise risk management program, Mrs. Gates led many mission critical initiatives at Qwest. Mrs. Gates saw all projects through to completion with complete Focus and excitement. Mrs. Gate understood the power of motivation, and surrounded herself with expert and excellent talent. Mrs. Gates Is a great asset to the Qwest enterprise, and a great leader if you want to get the Job done right the first time. Initiatives Mrs. Gates Lead: Information security policymaking; Certification and accreditations; compliance assurance and technical risk assessment; Identity management; Computer forensics and e-Discovery; Cyber incident and vulnerability management; Security controls operations; for all Qwest business channels.", and "Melodi is a delightful professional with an eye for detail. When producing several video shoots and assisting on several television appearances with her as a spokesperson, she was a total pro and very good at thinking on her feet. Most importantly, Melodi is adventurous in trying something new and always finds the perfect way to translate her skill set to whatever she's focused on at the moment. It was an extreme pleasure and privilege to work with her on identity theft prevention campaigns for Qwest."