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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

An experienced business lawyer with broad expertise in managing legal risks around intellectual property, cybersecurity, and data in a highly regulated environment.

➢ Head of Technology and Intellectual Practice Group, with direct and supervisory responsibility for legal aspects of intellectual property, technology, cybersecurity, and third party relationships. Served as de facto General Counsel to the Technology organization for two decades. ➢ Attended all meetings of the Technology Subcommittee of the Board of Directors. Legal representative to management committees overseeing technology risk, operational risk, strategic technology, technology standards, enterprise information, and business continuity. Participated in regular meetings with federal regulatory examiners. ➢ Lead lawyer directly supporting the Business Continuity and Crisis Management areas, co-authored the Enterprise Crisis Response Plan and led the Legal Department's crisis response. ➢ Actively participated in numerous industry groups including the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC), Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), Bank Policy Institute, The Clearing House, the Askeladden Patent Quality Initiative, American Bankers Association, and the Cloud Security Alliance. ➢ Recipient of Chairman’s Circle Award of Excellence.

➢ Established a third-party agreements legal practice, including issuing first contract policies and procedures, creating and updating first third-party agreement forms in conformance with regulatory guidance, and designing and launching the first enterprise contracts repository. Senior and supervising lawyer on a team responsible for negotiating a wide variety of third-party agreements, a work set of several thousand agreements annually.

➢ Implemented first intellectual property program, including all intellectual property policies and procedures, an invention disclosure program, marketing material review and trademark clearance processes, installing an intellectual property docketing system, and hiring and training the company’s intellectual property paralegals. Oversaw the development of a portfolio of intellectual property assets as sole intellectual property attorney.

Juris Doctor, Law

Bachelor Of Science, Engineering

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