Lead in-house counsel to specialty biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing innovative ophthalmic products in indications with high unmet medical need to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders.

Lead in-house counsel to leading global supplier of core technology solutions that give advanced industrial and healthcare OEMs a competitive advantage, focused on highly engineered photonics, vision and precision motion solutions to customers around the world.

Outside Counsel to medical technology and life sciences companies including Elixir Medical Corporation and several subsidiaries of FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation.

Lead in-house counsel to investors, senior management and over 5000 employees worldwide. Counseled and advised senior management in all departments, including Finance, Sales, HR, R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Marketing & Customer Service, regarding legal and general business strategy formulation and implementation. Facilitate internal and external communication, negotiations and transactions. Reported directly to the CEO and, as Company Secretary, to Chairman of the Board and private equity shareholders, KKR and Bain Capital.Maintained sole and direct P&L responsibility and accountability for multi-million dollar legal services budget, managed outside legal counsel, and maintained strict adherence to budgetary allowances for outside counsel usage. Reduced annual spend on outside legal counsel by 70% within two years of my arrival.Actively managed and supervised work performed and services provided by a seven-person Legal Department for all Company locations and personnel, worldwide. Emphasize a collaborative, facilitative approach to further business objectives rapidly and efficiently, while minimizing risk and minimizing outside counsel engagement.Draft and negotiate all aspects of multi-million dollar agreements with customers, vendors and contractors. Manage all aspects of the Company's lawsuits (including product liability and labor matters), oversee outside counsel regarding litigation strategies, coordinate and draft responses to discovery, and assist outside counsel with depositions.As Company Secretary, draft and maintain corporate records and official minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, draft Board and Shareholder resolutions, draft and administer the Company's stock option plan, and draft stock option and restricted stock agreements.