Tamika Galloway

**** *. **** ******, *********, CA 90305

310-***-**** acaeys@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE SUMMARY

• More than 15 years experience as a Corporate Paralegal and Contract Administrator.

• Well competent in the areas of corporate governance, corporate compliance and

shareholder relations.

• Proven proficiency in working independently, attention to detail, personnel supervision,

employee training and innovative ability in application, expansion, problem description

and solutions, and the capability to administer working teams.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Prodege, LLC, El Segundo, CA 6/2013 - 10/2013(Contract Position)

Contracts Manager

• Contracts (various: including formal, short form and annual contracts) – Drafting,

Evaluation, Negotiation and Execution. (Non-Disclosure Agreements, Sales / Purchasing

Agreements, Sub-Contracts, Consulting, Agreements, Licensing Agreements, Master

Agreements, review of customer proposed terns and conditions. Distribution

Agreements (resellers, agents, joint marketing etc.)

• Serve as the point of contact for customers and contractual matters. Act a contractual

middleman between company employees and customers, ensuring timely review and

approval/reconciliation of variations.

• On all standard and nonstandard contracts, provide redlined recommendations and

often negotiate directly with customer attorney’s or purchasing staff until consensus has

been reached.

• Maintain contractual records and documentation such as receipt and control of all

contract correspondence, customer contract information sheets, contractual changes,

status reports and other documents for all projects.

• As needed, provide guidance on contract matters to project managers or other

operational staff, including training to new project managers and other employees in

contracting practices and procedures.

• Develop and implement procedures for contract management and administration in

compliance with company policy. As appropriate, contribute to or influence company

policies.

• Monitor compliance by company employees with established procedures. Identify areas

of recurrent pressure.

• Ensure that signed contracts are communicated to all relevant parties to provide

contract visibility and awareness interpretation to support implementation.

• Handle on-going issue and change management

• Ensure contract close-out extension or renewal.

GameFly, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 8/2011 – 3/2013 (I was laid off)

Senior Contract Administrator – for GameFly, Inc. Reported to the VP, Controller and

provided assistance to the executive team with respect to contractual administration.

Contract Administration

• Negotiation and drafting of agreements, including content acquisition deals, intra-

company agreements, ancillary rights licensing, international license agreements,

publisher agreements, talent agreements and marketing agreements;

• Rights analysis and oversight of business/legal matters covering all activities;

• Supervision of legal approvals for licensing, marketing, rights/chain of title issues,

advertising, clearance, publicity, and review of sweepstakes and promotions;

• Analyze and evaluate rights issues in connection with content distribution,

copyrights, and piracy.

Corporate Compliance & Process Improvement - Implemented and drafted the

Contract Administration Policy; the Company was in the process of selecting a software.

• Lead project to standardize recurring policy forms and processes relating to

departmental work flow; and

• Aided in drafting and implementing document retention policies and procedures.

Shareholder Relations

Management and Maintenance of Stock Options and performance of Company Share

Repurchase.

DineEquity, Inc., Glendale, CA - 9/2010 – 1/2011 (Contract Position) Senior Corporate

Paralegal –

Reviewed, drafted and negotiated International Franchise Agreements; Transactional projects,

including due diligence on commercial properties; SEC ; UCC Financing Statements; Litigation

Management, including e-discovery, document production, research development; and

Trademark maintenance.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Seal Beach, CA - 8/2008 – 7/2010 (I was laid off) Senior

Corporate Paralegal

Transactional projects, including due diligence, drafting substantive agreements and

preparing closing materials;

SEC filings including, Section 16 Compliance, S-3’s, S-8’s, 8-k’s and the Proxy Statement;

Corporate Governance and Compliance - routine corporate governance, including board

resolutions and

Blue Sky filings and Compliance including SEC recommended meetings and testing;

Litigation Management, including e-discovery, document production and research

development; Trademark, Copyright and Patent Maintenance; and

Shareholder Services - maintaining the Company’s Employee Stock Options Plans and all

Shareholder communications, including Annual Meeting Preparation. During my tenure I

also implemented Equity Edge a new Stock Option Software.

Contract Administration Policy, including the drafting and implementation. During my

tenure I also developed a Contract Management Software and Record Management Policy

and Procedures and Manual. After reviewing and summarizing each contract on a excel

spreadsheet, we built a customized system on the already existing Great Plains software

utilized throughout the Company.

Contract Administration - Reviewed, drafted and negotiated Compressed/Liquid Natural

Gas Fueling Agreements, RFP’s, Subcontracts/Government Contracts (FAR/DFAR), Lease

Agreements and NDA’s.

Grant applications; ensuring compliance with grantor and government regulatory,

following agency guidelines, preparing and submitting financial reports, interpreting

guidelines for superiors; creating budgets to ensure funds were allocated appropriately;

assisted in activities related to establishing maintaining, updating, and closing out grant

accounts; and reconciling grant account balances and transactions to external reports and

AHF financial records.

Southwest Water Company, Los Angeles, CA - 9/2005 – 7/2008 - Senior Corporate

Paralegal

Transactional projects, including due diligence, drafting substantive agreements and

preparing closing materials;

SEC filings including, Section 16 Compliance, S-3’s, S-8’s, 8-k’s and the Proxy Statement;

Corporate Governance and Compliance - routine corporate governance, including board

resolutions and

Blue Sky filings and Compliance including SEC recommended meetings and testing;

Litigation Management, including e-discovery, document production and research

development; Trademark, Copyright and Patent Maintenance; and

Shareholder Services - maintaining the Company’s Employee Stock Options Plans and all

Shareholder communications, including Annual Meeting Preparation. During my tenure I

also implemented Equity Edge a new Stock Option Software.

Real Estate - including, property purchase and sale transactions, due diligence, escrow,

title review, document drafting and transaction administration, Lease documentation, title

and survey review and lien removal

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc., Los Angeles, CA - 4/2003 – 7/2005 - Senior

Corporate Paralegal

Contracts Administration - negotiation and drafting of Service Agreements, Publication

Agreements, Talent Agreements; Vendor Agreements, Contractor Agreements, Production

Agreements and Non-Disclosure Agreements; Corporate Governance including maintaining

Minute Books for numerous subsidiaries, Blue Sky filings as necessary; SEC Filings with respect

to Section 16 Officers; Reconciled and Maintained proprietary computer network for on-line

document review; Records Management, including maintaining, creating and implementing

records software and procedures; and Litigation Management.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Menlo Park, CA - 2/2001 – 1/2002 - Senior Corporate

Paralegal

Joined the firm as one of four (4) Senior Corporate Paralegal assigned to two (2) Partners, four

(4) Associates and thirteen (13) clients.

eMachines, Inc., Pasadena, CA - 3/2000 - 2/2001 - Corporate Paralegal/Stock

Administrator –

Corporate Governance; SEC Filings; Stock Administration using, Equity Edge Database I

maintained Stock Option Grants, Restricted Stock Purchases, Stock Certificates, Exercises, ESPP

purchases, and Employee Terminations; Interacted daily with Employees, Brokers; Transfer

Agent; Created programs for the benefit of Employees, to help them understand their Stock

Options; Exercises; Insider Trading Policies, Equity Edge and Etrade on-line services; Created

multiple reports, including, Monthly, Quarterly and Year-End reconciliation tracking both

qualifying and disqualifying dispositions for the tax benefit of the Company; and

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Los Angeles, CA 10/1998 - 3/2000 - Corporate

Paralegal

Assisted in Mergers & Acquisitions, Tender Offers and IPO's; Corporate Governance for multiple

clients including, forming Corporations, maintaining Minute Books and drafting resolutions; Filed

SEC filings, including Proxy Statements, 10-K's, 10-Q's, Form 3's, 4's, 5's and 8K's; and Filed

Blue Sky filings.

Academic Background

• Achieved Paralegal Certificate in General Studies from CSUN, Northridge, CA, in the year

1994.

• Achieved Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from CSUD, Carson,

CA, in the year 1994

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