Highly engaged, solution-oriented executive with a unique career of senior roles in legal, risk, and corporate operations. Experience includes acute knowledge and management of operational risks balanced against agility and growth, keen intuition of complex negotiations and deal-making, and proven ability to use broad competencies to predict, strengthen, and safeguard business objectives. Deep cross-sector experience in business, geospatial, architectural/engineering design, commercial and federal verticals, construction-related micro-verticals, and insurance program management.SKILLS• Enterprise Strategist• High EQ • Agile communicator and storyteller• Omnichannel organization • Bottom-line to top-line savvy• Thrives in chaos • Performance-based management• We over Me, but willing to take last shot KEY METRICS: Cost Avoidance Mitigate/eliminate historical spend on “legal” and/or “risk-based consulting.” Elevate opportunity costs by allowing key roles to perform highest/best use. Create a culture of ‘trusted risk’ for faster, bigger decision-making. Cost Recovery Lead strategic pursuit of open/at-risk AR. Leverage negotiations, settlements, and actions to claw back at-risk exposures/reserves. Margin Generation Actively partner with markets, disciplines, and support teams to improve YoY performance and profitability. Partner with Accounting and IT to implement better/smarter DSO controls to improve forecasted cash position. Partner with HR to mitigate/manage cost-based outcomes (e.g., severance agreements, unemployment claims, separations, releases, etc.) Create management controls to identify and increase value propositions in proposals, agreements, and budgets.Revenue Generation Pursues external opportunities and relationships to create content/value to grow Top Line (consultants, third-party business partners, clients). When applicable/prudent, introduce planned hours for project exposure/benefit. Supports internal teams and markets with strategic pursuits, projects, and initiatives to grow Top Line (e.g., help teams “Get to Yes”). Facilitates acquisitive growth strategy through front-end engagement and back-end integration to strengthen and expedite deal markers.
Listed skills include Litigation, Legal Writing, Management, Legal Research, and 16 others.
