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California, United States

• Established the Legal function and oversee all Legal and compliance related matters for cryptocurrency development company and offshore foundation including commercial, regulatory, product counsel and corporate.
• Develop legal strategy and issue guidance to mitigate legal and regulatory risks in a manner the enabled the company to launch a layer 1 blockchain and execute business objectives in a challenging regulatory and.
• Established offshore entity structure to facilitate token chain launch for company’s core project, Archway Network.
• Facilitate the implementation of token delegation, airdrops, testnet, grant distributions and hackathons and other token distribution programs in compliance with international regulations and U.S. securities laws.
• Provide risk assessment and analysis on company’s core product for compliance with United States securities regulations, KYC/AML requirements and OFAC sanctions.
• Advise on establishing governance structures, the project'sDecentralized Autonomous Organization (“DAO”) and sub-DAO’s.

• Established the Legal function and oversaw all Legal and compliance related matters for 150 employee crypto development company as member of the C-suite for a core contributor in the Cosmos ecosystem.
• Established offshore entity structure to facilitate token chain launch for company’s core project, Ignite CLI.
• Served as a subject matter expert for the legal and regulatory aspects of blockchain and cryptocurrency as applied to the company’s project and business model.
• Provide risk assessment and analysis on company’s project for compliance with international regulations and United States securities regulations, KYC/AML requirements and OFAC sanctions.
• Manage and administer all corporate governance. including but not limited to advising the company’s board of directors and executives, foreign and domestic corporate filings.
• Advised company’s incubated projects on legal compliance and risk resulting in successful launch of Layer 1 token chains.

Sunnyvale, California, US

• Review, draft and negotiate KYC/AML service agreements, terms of service revisions, SaaS agreements, content rights acquisitions, marketing agreements, financial services agreement, API agreements, and other commercial.
• Established a compliance program to ensure company's compliance with applicable regulations and develop regulatory compliance position statements for KYC, AML, and Privacy laws applicable to the company’s customers.
• Launched and supervise company-wide Patent Program to increase number of patents in company’s patent portfolio and manage company's global intellectual property portfolio consisting of 19 patents and numerous trademarks.
• Establish best practices for internal contract administration,

Remote First, US

• Supported venture financings and assisted with drafting terms sheets, private placements, and led due diligence efforts
• Established and oversaw various legal functions including product counsel, and intellectual property and played significant role in scaling the legal team from three to eighteen attorneys by advising General Counsel on.
• Counseled the consumer product team during a period of ten times (10x) revenue growth on all significant product initiatives including pricing disclosures, new fiat payment rails, increased trading limits and bundling.
• Managed team of 4 Product/Commercial attorneys responsible for all product initiatives and commercial agreements, business development agreements, terms of service revisions, the procurement of goods and services and.
• Cultivated strong cross-functional relationships with key stakeholders and provide strategic advice on the Company’s GTM strategy for various products launched.
• Oversaw legal efforts in global expansion, particularly in obtaining an E-money License in the United Kingdom and the application for Virtual Currency Exchange license in Japan.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Reviewed, drafted and negotiated payment services and merchant agreements, Terms of Service, SaaS agreements, content rights acquisitions, marketing agreements, financial services agreement, API agreements, and other.
• Identified and advised Payments, Marketing and Risk product teams on issues of compliance related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), CAN-SPAM Act, NACHA Operating Rules, and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
• Interpreted and advised product teams on data security issues and privacy law in relation to new product initiatives.
• Developed and implemented internal contracts negotiation processes and playbooks for negotiation fallback provisions.

• Provided legal counsel consistent with traditional role of general counsel to senior management of technology and entertainment start-ups.
• Reviewed, drafted and negotiated a wide variety of commercial and technology agreements, including, SaaS agreements, business process outsourcing agreements, development agreements, software licensing agreements, real.
• Advised senior management on compliance with securities laws, corporate governance, and privacy and data protection laws.
• Representative clients include: MobileIron, CodeMetro, MyCityWay, Nadanu Technologies, Decision Patterns, Knowledge Adventure, PacketDigital, Zonic Ordering, Zonic Design and BlastMusic.

US

• Counseled company's multi-national business units on diverse range of legal matters related to business process outsourcing, SaaS offering, software licensing, software development, IT consulting and implementation.
• Managed day-to-day function of a five person legal department (including paralegal, administrative assistant and contracts manager) in support of all national and international business units, reporting to General.
• Reviewed, drafted and negotiated all material commercial and technology agreements in support of 5 separate business divisions, including Saas agreements, information technology outsourcing agreements with healthcare.
• Developed and implemented company’s signature authorization policy and document retention policy.
• Advised product team during development of Saas product offering and drafted company’s boilerplate Saas agreement.
• Developed and implemented internal policies and procedures for including contract negotiation, signature authorization and document retention.

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• Established the legal function and managed all internal legal matters for the telecommunications division, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer.
• Reviewed, drafted and negotiated telecommunication agreements with major telecommunication providers, private sector companies and government agencies.
• Enforced contractual terms with major telecommunications carriers and negotiated favorable settlement of contractual disputes.
• Developed and implemented policies and procedures of compliance and internal controls including corporate records management, retention and management of outside counsel, contract negotiation, signature authorization.

• Established the legal function and managed all internal legal matters for a private software developer and SaaS provider, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer.
• Reviewed, drafted and negotiated outsourcing agreements, software license agreements, software development agreements, Internet hosting agreements, website terms of use and privacy agreements.
• Advised and trained on principles of intellectual property law and managed company’s portfolio of intellectual property assets, including patent applications and foreign and domestic trademarks.
• Developed and implemented internal policies and procedures for regulatory compliance, privacy (COPPA), stock plan administration, contract negotiation and document retention.

US

• Managed Legal Department’s commercial team including attorney, paralegal and contracts administrator, reporting to the General Counsel.
• Reviewed, drafted and negotiated purchasing and sales contracts related to various models of technology product distribution including distributor agreements, licensing agreements, logistics outsourcing agreements.
• Developed and implemented contract negotiation process for company’s Canadian subsidiary.
• Negotiated settlements for multi-million dollar customer and vendor disputes through formal mediation or informal dispute resolution.
• Legal Department liaison to inter-departmental tasks forces charged with implementing company-wide initiatives (e.g.,, OEM or white box distribution model, and strategy for retail channel).
• Advised on Uniform Commercial Code and antitrust law issues.

San Mateo, California, US

• Developed and implemented company wide policies and procedures for compliance with insurance codes, regulations and case law of 16 states.

• Analyzed, researched, and drafted pre-trial orders addressing issues presented in federal prisoners’ civil rights complaints and habeas corpus petitions.

Mba, Business

Ll.M. (Taxation), Masters Degree In Tax Law

Jd, Law

Ba, History

H.S. Diploma