Ranjit Narayanan Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, Us

Manage team of attorneys as lead counsel for company’s cloud-based/managed services cybersecurity business unit, providing guidance and direction in alignment with company’s goals and values. Responsibilities include the drafting, review, revision, and negotiation of various agreements covering customer relationships, vendor collaborations, channel relationships and other strategic commercial transactions. Serve as legal and strategic advisor to cross-functional teams, including Sales, Product, and Customer Success, to ensure that initiatives adhere to company’s corporate policies, operational processes, and risk tolerance thresholds. Actively manage commercial data privacy and security negotiations and collaborate with the Privacy & Data Enablement and Information Security Teams. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to maintain and update legal templates. Support product development team by integrating legal considerations into the product development process. Commercial legal liaison in support of M&A transactions and post-close integration planning and execution, including pre-deal due diligence, reviewing and revising of definitive agreement, and integrating license terms from acquired companies. Drive efficiency within company’s contracting processes by creating playbooks, FAQs, and other training collateral to empower teams with knowledge and tools to streamline legal processes and save time and resources.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Work on a variety of legal matters in support of company’s unified endpoint management business. Negotiate and draft various licensing and commercial agreements, including inbound/outbound SaaS and enterprise software license agreements, channel partner agreements, inbound/outbound professional services agreements, procurement contracts, and sponsorship agreements. Daily duties encompass the general problem-solving inherent in any software and SaaS company.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Silicon Valley, Ca, Us

Negotiate and draft various IP licensing and commercial agreements, including SaaS agreements, inbound/outbound software licensing agreements, inbound/outbound professional service agreements, manufacturing services and supply agreements, reseller and distributor agreements, OEM software license agreements, mobile app/website terms of use and privacy policies, and NDAs. Advise clients regarding the effects of and risks associated with specific provisions in such agreements, including license grant, indemnification, limitation of liability, warranty, and confidentiality provisions. Counsel clients on IP matters in connection with various corporate transactions (e.g. mergers, acquisitions) on both buy and sell side.

London, England, Gb

Represented technology and growth oriented companies in corporate matters including venture capital financings and intellectual property and technology-based transactions. Advised companies in intellectual property matters related to mergers and acquisitions. Negotiated and drafted commercial contracts, including international distribution agreements, software subscription and license agreements, sales representative agreements, OEM and reseller agreements, website privacy policies and terms of use, master services and supply agreements for pharmaceutical corporations, media rights agreements for ownership of copyrights in videos and photographs, and fiscal sponsorship agreements. Prepared nondisclosure and proprietary information agreements and assignments of intellectual property and contributor agreements. Assisted in negotiating and drafting purchase and operations and maintenance agreements in connection with client’s sale of novel proton therapy system for treatment of cancerous diseases.

London, England, Gb

Prosecuted biotech and medical device patents. Reviewed and drafted responses to Office Actions from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and European and Australian Patent Offices; researched and evaluated art (i.e. existing patents and applications) cited in Office Actions against client inventions; argued novelty/patentability of claims of clients’ inventions over cited art; and amended applications and claims to circumvent rejections in Office Actions and maximize client value and protection.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Project leader for and administrator of In Process Quality Control (IPQC) database, which stored information about Micro Array Fabrication (FAB) process. Responsible for software design, production release, hardware procurement, and support training associated with IPQC data logging applications. Provided technical support and upgrades for IPQC database and IPQC data logging applications; developed analysis software for new generation FAB tools; troubleshot and enhanced current FAB tool analysis software to improve quality control/increase product yield; and trained production operators and wrote “Standard Operating Procedures”.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Developed PERL scripts to automate laboratory tests.

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

Conducted research and experiments to elucidate role of specific proteins in inhibition of programmed cell death in human endothelial cells; experimented with antisense oligonucleotides designed to inhibit protein expression at mRNA level.

Juris Doctorate

B.S., Bioengineering

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