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Germantown, Md, Us

Germantown, Md, Us

Chantilly, Virginia, Us

Supporting public company related matters such as various SEC filings, the annual proxy statement and annual shareholder meeting and Board and Committee meetings.Managing the paralegal team supporting corporate governance and compliance matters for domestic and international entities.

Englewood, Co, Us

Lead corporate paralegal providing support with: public company related matters such as various SEC filings, the annual proxy statement and annual shareholder meeting; Board and Committee meetings; corporate governance and compliance matters for domestic and international entities; corporate transactions such as M&A, financings and other transactions, and various other corporate and securities matters.

Englewood, Co, Us

My role consists of providing support with public company related matters. I assist with annual proxy statements and annual shareholder meetings. I also draft corporate documents, prepare and electronically distribute materials for all Board and Committee meetings as well as support the onboarding and departure of directors and officers. I manage governance and compliance requirements for domestic and international entities and investments and respond to various queries from internal functions. My role also encompasses providing support on corporate transactions such as M&A, financings and other transactions. I maintain, organize and manage physical and electronic files and records.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

My primary duties consisted of corporate legal matters comprising formations, maintenance, dissolution and acquisition of corporate entities. I also led the paralegal team in coordinating global director/officer changes, corporate filings, and ensuring compliance for 50+ entities domestically and internationally. I assisted with drafting documentation required in connection with board and shareholder meetings and corporate restructurings and I maintained the corporate secretariat database in conjunction with entity minute books. My role also involved supporting insurance management and renewals. I supported various functions within the finance department including tax and financial reporting by assisting with statutory filings and compliance matters. I also provided corporate information to the contracts and RFP teams to complete various forms, questionnaires and registrations while also providing timely responses to KYC/UBO requests from various internal functions for multiple jurisdictions domestically and internationally. I also assisted cross-functional teams with risk management in support of various business initiatives.Blackboard is an educational technology company headquartered in Washington, DC. With over 100 million learners and educators in 90 countries, Blackboard is a global leader in education software.

London, England, Gb

My responsibilities included corporate secretariat items comprising coordinating global director/officer changes, corporate restructurings and related compliance matters for 40+ entities, third party/intermediary due diligence, and intellectual property portfolio record maintenance. My role also encompassed general corporate matters including insurance, centralized material contract record keeping, drafting of departmental policies, standard operating procedures, and process specific forms and templates, editing high level Board papers and reports, conducting compliance with policy audits and tracking legal budget and legal spend.Smiths Interconnect, a division of Smiths Group plc, is a leader in technically differentiated electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defense, space, data centers, medical, rail, test and industrial markets.

London, England, Gb

At Smiths Detection, while my duties included at various times, corporate secretariat compliance and major projects such as transitioning intellectual property invoicing from a team collaboration software system to an ebilling system, my focus was primarily on Intellectual Property where my responsibilities consisted of maintaining patent and trademark portfolio records, designing, creating and producing query specific patent and trademark reports, docketing patent prosecution deadlines, coordinating signatures for formal documents necessary in the course of patent and trademark prosecution, administering annuities, managing patent and trademark invoicing through our ebilling system, implementing IP department initiatives such as an innovation reward system and producing quantitative, trend analysis and benchmarking reports on patent and trademark activity within the business.Smiths Detection, a division of Smiths Group plc, is a global leader in threat detection and screening technologies for military, transportation, homeland security and resilience applications.

Gb

My role at Smiths Group included intellectual property portfolio record maintenance, administering annuities, and assisting with US specific corporate secretariat issues while also providing executive level support as required including complex domestic and international travel reservations, submitting expense reports, arranging meetings and coordinating events and assisting with projects such as the development of a litigation tracker and a policies toolbox.Smiths Group plc is a global technology company that employs over 23,000 people in more than 50 countries throughout its five divisions - John Crane, Smiths Medical, Smiths Detection, Smiths Interconnect and Flex-Tech.

Taught Language Arts to grades 6-8, was Co-Coordinator of the Junior High Unit in which role I developed and managed implementation of Junior High processes and procedures. As Coordinator of the English Department, I developed, reviewed and oversaw curriculum implementation. After class, offered voluntary French Language Program and extra classes for students with special needs. I arranged entry in statewide essay and poetry competitions in which my students took first place in both categories two years running. I also researched and redrafted the school handbook, and mentored and supervised student teachers.

Taught English and French language and literature at both pass and honors level for both Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate students, and was Co-Coordinator of the French Department and Staff Representative at Parents' Council and professional conferences. I organized school trips to France and a student exchange program with a French School and arranged entry to the Nationwide Alliance Française Essay Competition where two of my students were awarded first and fourth prizes.

Dublin, Leinster, Ie

Within the Sales Department at Dublin Bus, my tasks included manning the information desk, logging calls in the Complaints Department and following complaints through to resolution. I managed the transition of foreign student ticket sales from the Tourist Office to Dublin Bus Head Office. I promoted and sold school tours and mentored trainee clerks.Dublin Bus, a wholly owned subsidiary of the state-owned Córas Iompar Eireann Group, operates the Public Service Obligation network in the Dublin Area. It has a fleet of 900 buses and carries over 118 million customers a year on Cross City, Radial, Orbital, DART Feeder, Airlink, express limited stop commuter services, Nitelink, and Sightseeing tours.

Paralegal Certificate

Higher Diploma In Education

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English And French