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Miami Beach

Collaborating closely with the EVP and SVP of Business and Legal Affairs, to provide comprehensive legal and operational support for Universal Music Latino’s publishing, marketing, A&R, merchandising, and entertainment divisions.Drafting first versions of contracts and agreements, including creating templates for boilerplate agreements like; guest.

Greater Orlando, Florida, United States

As Co-Founder of Women Who VYBE, I actively steer our organization's strategy, brand, and financial health to champion women's empowerment. My responsibilities are multifaceted, focusing on strategic planning, brand coherence, funding acquisition, and content direction, all aimed at amplifying our mission and expanding our impact.Responsibilities:- Execute.

Miami, FL

A boutique entertainment company involved in various aspects of the business, from artist development and management, music production to contract management and negotiations. Our approach combines hands-on leadership with a keen understanding of both the artistic and business sides of the industry. We are committed to creating a platform where talent can.

Miami, Florida, United States

🌐 Role Overview:As Chief Legal Affairs Officer at Inyani Corporation, I drive pivotal legal counsel and innovative solutions, aligning legal, creative, and business strategies for value creation. Reporting to the CEO and collaborating with the General Counsel, I navigate legal landscapes, contribute to risk mitigation, and safeguard the company's brand.

• Served as the expert advisor for Deloitte Consulting LLP on all facets of contract activities and handled complex/strategic high value federal contractual matters that have direct impact on firm revenue generation and.
• Collaborated and built working relationships with Account Leadership and other enabling areas to address procedural and complex contracts administration and proposal challenges.
• Operated with an adept understanding of the organization and how to navigate it to achieve decisions, outcomes, or solutions and drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a broad range of contracts and agreements, including.
• Expert knowledge related to GSA schedules, BPAs, Task Orders of all contract types.
• Completed a comprehensive review of client contracts and terms and conditions to identify, mitigate and eliminate unusual risks, liabilities, and remedies in accordance with corporate policies and sound business.
• Managed, maintained, tracked, and communicated the key issues and status of contracts portfolio relative to contract requirements and reviewed and interpreted RFP/RFQ documentation; provided guidance to the business on.

• Reviewed, managed, and processed for full execution legally binding documents and agreements for Tennessee State University’s General Counsel to include high value contracts, to ensure adherence to University’s.
• Exhibited knowledge and ensured compliance with State and FAR laws governing contracts, grants and other SLHE documents.
• Assisted General Counsel and/or Associate General Counseling in developing and updating standard contracts, contract templates, addendums, and other forms for use by the campus community.
• Monitored and calendared specified contracts for compliance and renewal.
• Collected, analyzed, and compiled statistical data; prepared/presented reports for submission to the General Counsel, legislature and other state authorities.
• In consultation with the General Counsel and/or Associate General Counsel, developed, revised, and updated contracting procedures to conform to new legal requirements.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Managed corporate contracts and managed contract tool (Jaggaer).
• Reviewed, drafted, and negotiated corporate services-related sourcing agreements, talent/HR agreements, corporate travel and meeting management, lease equipment and IT/SaaS related agreements and Confidentiality.
• Worked closely with attorneys, category managers, stakeholders, risk management, information security team, executive management as well as other business units as key liaison to procuring corporate related services as.
• Assisted with creating policies that both protect and strengthen corporate services' infrastructure.
• Delivered top-quality, cost-conscious legal solutions to business issues to increase efficiency in processes.
• Collaborated cross functionality with team members and stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce global risks, while facilitating the growth of global business while hosting training sessions to assist.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Under the supervision of the VP of General Counsel and VP of Operations for Jacobs Engineering:
• Successfully managed and oversaw the administration of complex commercial agreements for the entire Southeast region of the U.S. with a special concentration on the state of Georgia and GDOT related projects.
• Drafted, amended, reviewed, and approved for full execution, Confidentiality Agreements, NDA's, Novation, Assignment and Assumption Agreements, Commercial Construction Agreements, SOW’s, and other legal, procurement.
• Right arm support for sales and operations team in managing all procurement processes associated with SOQ's, RFQ's, RFP's, pre/post proposal meetings, addenda, and contract awards to include change order management.
• Served as POC for Franchisees, their attorneys, Business Analysts, and other Stakeholders on all matters in relation to contracts and the review process.
• Responsible for ensuring timely review and approvals.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

• Successfully supported Sales Team and Stakeholders with the onboarding of supplier and vendor services, overseeing the contract life cycle from cradle to grave.
• Drafted, negotiated, and managed IBM & Lenovo/Motorola supplier and vendor agreements, including SaaS Agreements, SOWs, Professional Service and B2B Agreements.
• Facilitated training on the onboarding process, overseeing initiation, drafting and distributing welcome packages, and ensuring completion of OFAC & Tax Forms.
• Conducted corporation and taxable entity searches for confirmation of status, reviewed Certificates of Insurance for validity, and acted as a liaison to enhance customer/client relations through verbal and written.
• Proposed contractual language revisions that clearly defined terms related to client's contractual obligations, conducted risk assessments, conflict evaluations, and escalated issues for resolution by corporate counsel.
• Recorded SLAs and documented onboarding procedures.

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

• Under the supervision of the Associate General Counsel of Office Depot; performed initial contract review and provided legal mark- ups of commercial contracts as a direct procurement function.
• Negotiated Trade Vendor Agreements, SOW's, SaaS Agreements and other procurement contract documents for various products and services.
• Assisted Vendor Relations team by serving as Point-of-Contact (POC) for mitigating issues flagged by stakeholders during review and provided resolution.
• Tracked status of contracts in review via SharePoint and Apttus from procurement initiation phase through execution.
• Responsible for ensuring accuracy, consistency and compliance of terms and conditions and assisted with risk mitigation.
• Coordinated with Supply Chain, Sales/Merchants and Stakeholders on deliverables and deadlines.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

• Reviewed SaaS, GELA, ELA, Master Agreements, NDA's and legacy agreements for migration and reclassification for Citrix Systems, Inc.
• Performed mass data review and updates in CMT.
• Responsible updating training materials and support documents as required.
• Analyzed system data reports as needed.
• Support CMT users in various groups and locations with uploading contracts into system and any other training and assistance required.
• Participated in systems enhancements and testing.

Doral, Florida, United States

• Successfully negotiated, drafted, revised, reviewed, analyzed, evaluated, and executed Franchise Agreements, Purchasing Agreements and Licensing Agreements for Burger King Corporation.
• Successfully served as POC for contract life-cycle process and carried out general contract housekeeping such as created, updated, and maintained client files, research contractual terms, verified Certificate of.
• Managed the execution of contracts through CMT, captured contract clauses, updated, and managed playbook to promote consistency in contractual language in direct alignment with company's terms and conditions.
• Coordinated with internal customers to mitigate risks and suggested actions to take and presented suggestions to VP of General Counsel and VP of Operations.

Rock Starr Entertainment, LLC (RSE) is an entertainment company established for artists who are extremely talented with veracity and character. Our artist development program caters to those who are willing to be be educated on the business of music entertainment first and honing their craft as it relates to their position as an actual business themselves..

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration, Management And Operations, 3.8

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