As General Counsel & Secretary I am responsible for all legal matters for Teaching Strategies. Prior to this I was Head of Legal for Mirantis, and Regional Counsel (Public Sector) and Global Services Counsel for Red Hat accelerating its tremendous growth. Legal executive with a broad background and record of enabling mission oriented technology companies like Teaching Strategies, Mirantis, and Red Hat to excel. Built two legal teams that directly contributed to each organization growing to $100MM.STRENGTHS • Leadership: Legal and business leadership in the roughest of seas • Simplify: Distill complex legal issues into consumable actions for non-lawyers • Build Fantastic Teams: Successfully build and lead legal and multi-disciplinary teams (3 to 20+) • Corporate Compliance: I create and run strong compliance programsHIGHLIGHTS • Supported Mirantis growth from <$50MM to $100MM over ~2 years • Led Mirantis legal for two strategic acquisitions (Docker Enterprise Platform and Lens software) • Earned ≥ 95% of Mirantis variable bonus • Granted Mirantis equity award for performance (2x) • As Red Hat Regional Counsel supported growth from <$10M to $100MM over 5 years • Managed over $100MM of various U.S. Government prime and subcontracts at Northrop Grumman • Led the largest division (20+ personnel) through a successful US Navy UNITAS 36-95 deploymentEDUCATION B.S., Political Science, United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, 1994 J.D., CUA Columbus School of Law in Washington, DC, 2003MORE ABOUT ME • Ran a race from Asia to Europe across the Bosphorus in 2023 • Transited the Panama Canal three times • Swam in the Beagle Channel • My vacations are to watch athletic championships (2022 NCAA D1 wrestling in Detroit, 2023 UWW World Cup wrestling in Coralville, 2023 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championship in Ft. Worth, 2024 NCAA D1 Women's Basketball March Madness in Portland, and 2024 Olympic Wrestling in Paris)
Listed skills include Contract Negotiation, Licensing, Government, Program Management, and 20 others.
