Responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating master services agreements with clients, as well as joint business relationship collaboration and license agreements and master subcontractor agreements.

Head of supplier contracting for private investment bank.* Lead team of attorneys and professionals responsible for all aspects of supplier contracts, with a volume in excess of 1,000 contract documents executed annually.* Advise clients on complex procurement, drafting and dispute matters.* Present escalation items for approval to Firm leadership, summarizing legal and business risks, and alternative approaches to unfavorable terms. * Implemented changes which resulted in a nearly 60% reduction in turnaround time in the review, negotiation and execution of contracts while maintaining quality and adherence to standards.

Providing legal advice, contract review and negotiation in the areas of Technology and Enterprise Services.• Implemented a system of contracts performance tracking to make oversight of legal services more fact-driven.• Worked as part of a team to increase contract output and turnaround time while maintaining quality of advice and adherence to standards.• Developed Guidance Notes to be shared with internal clients on problematic legal and process topics.• Provided training to internal clients.

Ensure that the Technology & Services Division functions as a cohesive and effective unit through efforts in communications, financial management, risk management, human resource management, legal and vendor management. • Led an enterprise-wide effort to identify and execute significant, sustainable reductions in corporate administrative expenses. Met target of $35M (17%) reduction to base budget.• Improved divisional financial management, including budgeting and forecasting processes.• Initiated and implemented new operational performance reporting, including use of more sophisticated tracking tools.• Negotiated reductions of 15% of spend with key outsourcing vendor.• Improved divisional scores on cultural measures including ethics, engagement, and collaboration.

Provided overall leadership for IS Operations, IT Strategy and Planning, IT Vendor Relations and Governance Administration, Enterprise Architecture. • Completed deal restructuring covering legal and business issues with major outsourced service vendor resulting in $50M in savings.• Served in lead role in charge of governance of outsourced arrangement.• Implemented steering committee tasked with improving overall direction, performance and behaviors with service vendor. • Led planning effort for IT Operations division and initiated quarterly innovation and automation forums.

Managed the staff and service delivered by the Legal Department. Specialized in complex contract negotiating and drafting.• Served as lead negotiator in legacy software replacement system deal involving multiple vendors and a total dollar value in the tens of millions.• Established and managed the Governance Administration function, serving as the contract compliance area that enforced and administered major outsourced services and software development and implementation contract.• Served as main negotiator through a significant term sheet and amendment process to software development, implementation and license agreement.• Continue to provide legal advice to multiple areas of the company on a variety of corporate, insurance and healthcare topics. • Established the IT Vendor Contract management function to standardize processes for technology procurement.

Provided legal advice to client on a variety of issues.• Supported negotiation of outsourcing services and software development contract worth more than $500M. Managed the legal aspects of the relationship including adding and removing services.• Acquired responsibility for contracts and regulatory affairs functions. Managed small staff of senior analysts responsible for drafting of all standard forms of subscriber agreements and group contracts, filing and interactions with State Regulators, and compliance assistance throughout the company.• Provided legal advice to ensure that new and innovative products were launched in compliance with applicable law and regulations.• Assisted on audits and complaints of various State and Federal Regulators.• Responded to broker, employer, and reinsurer requests for information to ensure compliance with State and Federal confidentiality statutes.

Served as in-house counsel to client. Primary areas of responsibility included marketing, underwriting, membership, claims, product development, and compliance.• Provided legal advice to corporation on a broad range of topics including general business issues, insurance in all market segments, benefits, ERISA, government programs and healthcare. • Drafted and negotiated various contracts with customers and vendors.• Served as a participant on the member and provider appeals panel.