-First to hold role and build contracts processes and procedures for established Silicon Valley Venture Building and Venture Investing company.-Duties include analysis of client exceptions to contract and assessment of liability and risk.-Draft SOWs to meet client expectations and control scope; coordinate necessary internal stakeholders. -Negotiation and creation of NDAs to protect clients and company.-Coordination outside counsel for regional support throughout globe.-Resolve contract issues related to pricing, quality, timing, and terms in partnership with appropriate stakeholders. -Communicate with client legal and procurement to resolve issues and ensure agreement to terms.-Update standard language and maintain templates for multiple legal entities.-Develop and oversee implementation of negotiation playbook terms, approvals, and paths of escalation.-Research regional law to ensure contracts are updated and in compliance with applicable laws and regional regulations.-Assessment of contract performance to identify the need for amendments of existing contracts.

-Sole contracts administrator for clinical-stage company and pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. -Work closely with Finance team and Legal to develop and implement CLM system, policies, and rules.-Responsible for building and maintaining contracts database and collaboration with intellectual property attorney and General Counsel as well as outside counsel.-Draft and redline SRAs, NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, consulting, quality, clinical trial, IT and commercial agreements.-Collaborated with IT on development of Data Sharing Addendum and creation of IT data security framework.-Delivered on time, company-wide SAP implementation resulting in cost reduction and efficiencies for company.

-Sole signature authority and procurement agent for Tacoma campus, including IT service agreements, software purchases, SOWs, and personal service agreements as well as Request For Proposal life cycle. -Performed risk analysis and negotiated risk transfer and other safeguards into university contracts.-Primary risk management for campus. Coordinated closely with Attorney General’s Office, and Seattle campus Risk Services. -Delivered training of university and regulatory contracting policies and state and federal regulations (including FAR) to campus constituents including faculty, staff and students.

-The University of Washington’s first dedicated privacy professional. Developed comprehensive Privacy program to assess and respond to data breaches, unauthorized use and other risks. -Provided risk mitigation strategies to campus constituents through incorporation of Privacy by Design principles, embedding privacy considerations into business operations, information systems and technologies.-Chaired diverse committee to draft university-wide Social Media Guidelines. Identified campus Subject Matter Experts to “own” and create uniform data management and incident response procedures.-Created multi-platform education campaign reinforcing the university’s Core Values and protection and identification of Personally Identifiable Information; authored Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA) training, served as member of Data Use councils and UW Medicine committees.-Convened semiannual meetings of campus leaders as well as prepared Board of Trustee reports addressing emerging trends in FERPA, HIPAA, COPPA, IT security and risk management.-Lead effort to acquire and manage third-party breach notification vendor and incident response program.

-Sole Senior Contracts Manager devoted to IT Procurement for the university. Managed and negotiated contracts valued at $12-15M annually. Achieved cost savings for enterprise-wide service contracts and IT infrastructure purchases. Position jointly funded by UW-IT and UW Procurement.-Utilized cost-effective risk transfer strategies for university data and personally identifiable information.-Identified and discussed risk mitigation with relevant stakeholders including UW Medicine; educated university IT decision makers about procurement regulations and directed contracting strategies.-Led and managed Requests for Proposal and leveraged cooperative purchasing agreements as appropriate, utilizing strategic sourcing principles. -Created cost-saving desktop equipment program with uniform software to aid IT staff in maintenance and detection of threats; reducing University vulnerability to threats.

-Advised departments on contractual risk mitigation strategies for personal, financial and medical data. -Managed Request for Proposal and other sourcing strategies to address hospital unit and staff needs.-Lead procurement agent for IT equipment and software.-Managed sourcing strategies and utilized cooperative purchasing agreements as appropriate. Created contracts for group purchasing utilized by higher education institutions and health care entities.-Received award for designing sourcing strategy for medical equipment with input from patients and staff.