Robert Schmid Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Currently serving as a General Counsel for a technology client

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Acting as a strategic legal partner and trusted advisor to management and business clients in an environmental monitoring services company, negotiating deals with vendors, partners and customers, such as environmental and energy verticals, and providing practical guidance and solutions. Responsibilities include partnership and channels development, intellectual property, inbound and outbound software and hardware development, acquisition, licensing and distribution, open source, SaaS, privacy, data analytics issues, human resources, consulting, strategic relationships, marketing, as well as general counseling.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Acted as a strategic legal partner and trusted advisor to management and business clients in a medical device company. Chief counsel to Technology & Innovation Office. Supported business clients directly to negotiate and close deals with vendors, partners and customers, as well as providing practical guidance and solutions. Negotiated with sophisticated counterparts, such as hospitals, teaching institutions and universities, as well as software and other technology services and products companies. Areas include intellectual property, inbound and outbound software development, acquisition, licensing and distribution, open source, SaaS, privacy, HIPAA, data protection, consulting, hardware development, acquisition and distribution, business development, strategic alliances, marketing and acquisition integration, services, standards body and settlement issues, as well as general counseling.

Responsibilities included counseling on corporate, IP, strategic, commercial and other issues and reviewing, negotiating and drafting documents and contracts on corporate, transactional, privacy and other issues. Experience with web-based software issues.

Axiom is a privately held alternative to law firms that provides legal solutions focused on aligning highly experienced attorneys with clients’ needs. Engaged in secondment arrangements directly between Axiom attorneys and Axiom clients. Areas include intellectual property, software acquisition, licensing, distribution and development, privacy, hardware development, acquisition and distribution, marketing and acquisition integration issues. Significant experience with software, semiconductor technology, networking, computers, distribution and marketing issues.

Provided counseling services, specializing in high-technology companies, including corporate, IP, employment, strategic, commercial and other issues.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

As the number 2 attorney in the Legal Department of a publicly traded company, managed several attorneys. Responsible for corporate matters, securities filings, reviewing, drafting and negotiating business transactions with a wide range of complexity, handling mergers and acquisitions, as well as handling intellectual property, employment, privacy and real estate matters. Served on cross-functional teams to develop strategies relating to IP and other business objectives. Also managed dispute resolution, including litigation and administrative actions. Accomplishments include handling from start to finish a $26M acquisition as well as the related post-acquisition integration activities, establishing a patent award program and creating and implementing an ERISA Severance Plan.

Provided General Counsel services to local companies, specializing in high technology companies. Services include dadvice on corporate, intellectual property, employment, strategic, commercial and other issues, as well as reviewing, drafting and negotiating documents and/or contracts with respect to various corporate activities, transactions and other internal or external issues.

Responsibilities included corporate issues, business transactions, employment matters, real estate, intellectual property and dispute management and resolution. Formed strategic joint venture with multiple partners; created innovative mechanism for doing multi-million dollar business with state government; restructured lease arrangement to achieve savings of $3 million annually; created IP commercialization award policy; negotiated critical software and infrastructure agreements; served as General Counsel to the organization’s subsidiaries; managed corporate secretarial/governance and other corporate issues for parent and subsidiaries; provided training to HR and other personnel; managed multiple company layoffs with minimal litigation; significantly reduced reliance on outside counsel for transactional matters and dispute resolution. Multiple recipient of the Company's highest award for for excellence.

Managed IP portfolio consisting of local area networking patents, proprietary technology, trademarks, etc. Reviewed, negotiated and drafted and advised senior management, subsidiaries, and field personnel regarding key domestic and foreign joint venture, technology license, development, distribution, and OEM and support agreements. Advised management on antitrust issues, press releases and employment law requirements. Counseled senior management on participation in strategic partner’s initial public offering. Assisted General Counsel in managing legal budget. Reviewed and negotiated real estate leases. Managed legal staff, including contracts personnel performing U.S., State, and local government contract activities.

Juris Doctor, Law

B.S., Business Administration, Busines, Management