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Denver, Co, Us

Directed legal team for digital go-to-market, overseeing digital product work, the new Western Union Media Network, the launch of a digital wallet in 6 markets, a comprehensive global loyalty program, and marketing/advertising communications in more than 200 countries and territories. Coordinated with Marketing, Privacy, Product, and Operations teams to build new creative development process and methods of working to enable efficient production and drive innovation across the world. Served as lead attorney for global rebrand and led efforts to revamp global pricing governance.

Denver, Co, Us

Collaborated with CLO on Legal organization structure, budget, staffing decisions, and strategic initiatives.

Denver, Co, Us

Served as external in-house counsel for multiple organizations and entrepreneurial ventures. Counseled Fortune 500 and start-up company leaders and management teams on business, regulatory, privacy, and commercial matters, including e-commerce, product development, emerging technology, software development and deployment, marketing and advertising, real estate, and financial services. Maintained significant client IP portfolio, evaluating, drafting and managing all aspects of trademark and Internet legal matters, including prosecution, cancellations/oppositions, domains, and infringement matters.

Acquired and protected all intellectual property rights for organization, including trademark applications and enforcements, licenses, independent contractor agreements, and website related agreements. Selected and managed close relationships with more than 45 strategic partners, including development and maintenance protocols involving more than 100 commercial agreements per year. Established multiple joint ventures, including scope and content, pricing, revenue sharing, co-marketing, public relations, events, and exhibitions.

Led significant product development projects for industry partners, including legal and regulatory due diligence, financial analysis and modeling, and strategies for penetrating markets. Developed and negotiated strategic partnerships with the University of Denver, Lockheed Martin, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines, Cisco Systems, CIBER, CH2M Hill, NREL and other large research and innovation companies. Supervised all employees, interns and volunteer operators in the organization, including governance and management of the Board of Directors. Oversight for all company operations, including budgeting, organizational structure, business strategy, and legal affairs.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Managed international IP portfolio and created analytic processes for assessing licensing potential, leading to an increase in portfolio size of more than 500%. Developed commercial contract management process, including negotiation, drafting, and execution of 200+ purchase, merger, service, confidentiality, web-hosting, advertising, and sponsorship agreements a year. Supervised outside counsel on intellectual property and corporate related matters, creating benchmarks for in-house and outside counsel performance. Partnered with University administration, Board of Trustees, faculty, students and greater Denver community.

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Master Of Science In Management - Msm

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

Program On Negotiation

Executive Leadership Program - U.S. Department Of Energy