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Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source enterprise IT software solutions and services. Selected Accomplishments:* Key contributor in sale of company to IBM (largest software M&A transaction by value in history): corporate governance processes, synergy planning, operating covenant compliance, regulatory and integration matters, transition and post-closing strategies.* Led global commercial legal function: provided business advice; developed training, efficiency and knowledge management initiatives; developed legal and compliance presentations for global sales kick-off conferences in Europe, Asia and Americas.* Consolidated and enhanced scope of global legal compliance function; prepared / presented annual compliance report to Board; led enterprise risk management refresh.* Led public company reporting, governance and compliance function; successfully defended against stockholder proposal.* Guided launch of corporate social responsibility program, including company's first program report.* Developed / refined intellectual property defense strategies.* Performed organizational assessments; drove worldwide departmental hiring.

Led worldwide legal function for global technology company focusing on data storage, mobile and wireless communications and enterprise networking hardware and software products, with annual revenue of more than $3 billion. * Successfully streamlined legal department to hold headcount flat while meeting the evolving needs of a growing company with increasingly complex international operations* Organized and participated in all Board of Directors and committee meetings and managed corporate governance and SEC activities, including engagement with activist shareholders * Managed M&A transactions and investments, including stock and asset acquisitions, business and asset divestitures, and venture-style financings* Conceived and drove creation of enhanced compliance program for commercial transactions and inbound licenses; enhanced open source software processes and managed legal aspects of company's first open source release of a software platform* Oversaw all litigation and regulatory actions, including patent disputes, derivative and securities class actions, and human resource proceedings; successfully reduced adverse judgement by more than $1 billion* Managed intellectual property portfolio development and strategy, inbound technology licensing and outbound sales contracting and other commercial arrangements worldwide; drove creation of annual “IP awareness” program, focusing on the protection of proprietary information and promoting employee inventions* Led government affairs function, including public policy and interactions with government regulators* Managed trade compliance function; provided leadership for ethics and compliance, enterprise risk management, internal control and information governance functions* Managed legal aspects of stock administration, equity incentive programs, executive compensation and HR matters globally* Established corporate social responsibility program and related global supply chain compliance initiatives

Advised and assisted public and private companies regarding a wide breadth of compliance and transactional matters. * Public Company Compliance: Advised on and prepared documentation for SEC reporting, corporate governance and compliance, internal investigations and internal controls * M&A and Financing Transactions: Advised on all aspects of a wide variety of transactions, including equity and debt offerings, acquisitions, divestitures, investments and joint ventures * General Corporate Matters: Advised on consulting, employment and severance agreements; stock administration, equity plans and agreements, option exchange programs and securities transfers; and corporate formations and dissolutions * International Matters: Advised and assisted companies with international operations, particularly in China, regarding financings, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions; developed international corporate structures; and advised such companies regarding legal compliance, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Chinese regulations * Technology and Commercial Transactions: Advised on licensing, IP procurement, development, supply, strategic alliance, non-disclosure and other technology and commercial agreements

Head of global legal function.

Counsel in Capital Markets group - extensive work with US public companies and high tech startups with multinational corporate structures (member of corporate practice group that transferred to Shearman & Sterling from WSGR in 2003 and subsequently returned as a practice group to WSGR in 2005).

Extensive work with US public companies and high tech startups with multinational corporate structures.

Associate in corporate tax group.

English language teacher in two public schools in Japan.