• Effectively engage with the Partner, Sales and Services organizations to accelerate all aspects of the revenue operations and building shareholder value by defining, implementing best practices in Accela's contracting processes.• Act as primary point of contact and domain expert for complex partner transaction, including resellers, services, ISV and other partners globally and work across business to reduce the friction in closing deals.• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial, IP, data privacy, security, and technology agreements and other related documents, such as software subscription agreements, consulting agreements, statement of work, and partner agreements for resellers, systems integrators, ISV, and cloud partners.• Coordinate with outside counsel and other members of the legal team to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.• Engage in company ad hoc projects, including Mergers and Acquisitions, compliance, corporate, human resources, and others.

• Handle ad-hoc projects with cross-functional leadership on various legal and military operational issues• Proactively advised commanding officers on procedural and legal issues associated with military operations, organizational and personnel, and government contracting and fiscal appropriations• Analyzed legal issues to provide effective advice to command leadership on regulatory and policy changes

• Supervise sixteen senior defense counsel within the Midwest region across nine states• Provide training and technical advice to trial defense counsel in military justice, trial tactics, and professional responsibility • Oversee defense counsels in courts-martial, litigation, Uniform Code of Military Justice issues, administrative boards, investigations, and in other judicial and administrative proceedings

• Drafted, reviewed, revised, and negotiated master service agreements, professional services agreements, software licensing, statement of work, request for proposals, order forms, non-disclosure agreements, and other commercial agreements• Resolved funding and contracting issues related to Mission Operations, Theater Sustainment, Construction, Foreign Government and Military Assistance, Humanitarian Aid, and Intra/Inter-agency Support within the US Central Command's Area of Responsibility• Experienced in ITAR, EAR, and FAR/DFARS matters

• Practiced law in the government contracts and fiscal law department focusing on terms and conditions, data rights, licensing, prime contract and subcontract issues, and contract financing• Proactively advised commanding officers on procedural and legal issues associated with military operations, organizational and personnel, and government contracting and fiscal appropriations• Developed and presented various legal training courses and materials for Soldiers and Commanders• Analyzed legal issues to provide effective advice to command leadership on regulatory and policy changes

• Practiced law in the government contracts and fiscal law department focusing on terms and conditions, data rights, licensing, prime contract and subcontract issues, and contract financing• Proactively advised commanding officers on procedural and legal issues associated with military operations, organizational and personnel, and government contracting and fiscal appropriations• Developed and presented various legal training courses and materials for Soldiers and Commanders• Analyzed legal issues to provide effective advice to command leadership on regulatory and policy changes

• Review, draft, and negotiate SaaS agreements, on-premise software agreements, and data processing agreements• Ensure that agreements align with public sector procurement rules, company policies, and applicable laws• Advise internal business partners on legal issues and risks, including contract interpretation and legal disputes• Perform risk assessment related to commercial terms, identifying and vetting high-risk matters• Work with cross-functional teams, such as privacy and security teams, on agreement review and negotiation• Handle ad-hoc projects across a spectrum of complex business, legal, and strategic issues

• Provides professional and timely advice and assistance to cross-functional business team members and management in connection with various government and commercial contracts• Draft and negotiate standard to complex contracts including software licensing, RFP responses, SOWs, purchasing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, terms and conditions and other legal documents as required• Assists team in maintaining compliance with applicable laws and regulations• Support the continuous development and enhancement of template agreements, terms and conditions, internal policies and procedures• Other responsibilities include: advise on FAR/DFARS matters, resolving prime contract and subcontract issues; training, planning and participating in negotiations; supporting business requirements with a variety of transactional documents

• Represented Firm in litigation, negotiations, and claims related issues• Executed changes to corporate policies and procedures to ensure compliance and mitigate business risks• Proactively advised management of new government regulations which might affect business operations• Areas of practice included broker-dealer regulation, investment products and services, retirement plans, risk management, fiduciary issues, privacy issues, and general contracts