Contract Manager

GYANESH GOHEL

CONTRACT MANAGER

Herndon, VA, USA 571-***-**** adhjle@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gyanesh-gohel-7b2b0817/ A mission-oriented team player and highly successful Contract Manager with 15+ years of experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating the contractual agreements of the company as well as developing innovative contracting approaches to achieve positive outcomes for users of services.

KEY SKILLS

● Review, draft and negotiate commercial agreements

(customer & vendor-procurement facing)

● Manage multiple and/or large projects (RFI/RFP)

throughout the lifecycle, initiation through closure

● Extensive experience in drafting contract templates, internal policies, guidelines, including privacy

policies, playbook, toolkits, and clause library which improves performance, quality and best practices

● Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations

pertaining to IT/ITES and telecommunications

industries and proactively coming up with new

processes to manage risk

● Supporting new product and/or

miscellaneous know-how and best practice

documentation projects

● Requisite skills to interface with internal & external stakeholders and refer matters and ensuring timely closure of transactions in accordance with company’s strategy and policies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TATA COMMUNICATIONS (AMERICA) INC 03/2018 - Present Contract Manager Herndon, VA

● Review, draft and negotiate commercial agreements (customer and vendor facing) including Master Services Agreements, Telecommunications Services Agreement /ITSA, Interconnect Services Agreement, Mobile MSA (including IOT, MMX, A2P SMS), Data Protection Agreement (GDPR), Bilateral Agreements, Side Letters, Service Schedules, definitive agreement, marketing and sponsoring agreement, procurement agreements etc

● Managing multiple and/or large projects (RFI/RFP) throughout the lifecycle, from initiation through closure

● Support legal and user teams to standardize, adapt and document operational and delivery requirements such as KPIs, SLAs, penalties, and change management

● Manage the workflow of the contract review cycle and contract lifecycle manually or through a contract lifecycle management system such as Aptus (SFDC) platform/tool

● Work with CLM Helpdesk department to suggest the changes on customization/configuration of Aptus (SFDC) platform to implement the contract management system

● Provide training to internal business/sales teams on contract management and related issues where required

● Proactively addressing risk management

● Support new product and/or miscellaneous know-how and best practice documentation projects

● Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations pertaining to telecommunications to come up with new processes to manage risk

● Perform other duties such as generate reports from Serengeti, and relevant databases for Legal team Employer: ILOGIC, INC. 08/2017 - 03/2018

Client: TATA COMMUNICATIONS (AMERICA) INC Herndon, VA Contract Manager

● Managed the workflow of the contract review cycle and contract lifecycle manually or through a contract lifecycle management system i.e. Aptus (SFDC) platform/tool for MSA, Novation Agreements, NDA etc

● Drafted contract templates, internal policies, guidelines, privacy policies, playbook, toolkits, and clause library which improved performance, quality and established best practices

● Supported legal and user teams to standardize, adapt and document operational and delivery requirements such as KPIs, SLAs, penalties and change management.

● Worked on Aptus (SFDC) platform/tool for all contract management request

● Worked with CLM Helpdesk department to suggest the changes on customization/configuration of Aptus (SFDC) platform so as to implement the contract management system

● Assisted in knowledge management such as developed knowledge sharing initiatives

● Worked closely with teams across all departments within the company TATA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 07/2013 - 07/2017

Legal Manager Mumbai, India

● Reviewed, drafted and negotiated commercial agreements including to Master Services Agreement, Service Schedule, RFI, RFP, Voice Contracts, Mobile Contracts, Data Contracts, Novation Agreements, Professional & Consultancy Services, Engagement Letters etc

● Reviewed, drafted and negotiated procurement contracts including Software, Hardware, Professional Services, Facilities Agreements, Consultancy Services, Annual Maintenance Contracts, Human Resource Agreements, Marketing Agreements, Addendums, Amendments, Extensions etc

● Worked closely with compliance, regulatory, litigation, product, commercial deal architects, solutions engineering, finance, tax, info security and ensuring timely closure of transactions in accordance with Company strategy, policies and analyzing the commercial and legal risks

● Provided risk mitigating solutions for complex deals ATOS-SYNTEL 12/2009 - 07/2013

Legal Manager Mumbai, India

● Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated contracts for acquisition of Information Technology (IT) / products and services (customer and vendor facing) including Master Services Agreement, RFI, RFP, SOW, teaming agreement, consultancy services agreement, alliance agreements, HR agreements

● Managed a team of two (2) legal resources

● Contract Management: Managed the contracts by prioritizing and assigning within the team

● Used knowledge of applicable laws and regulations pertaining to IT/ITES to proactively come up with new processes to manage risk

● Worked on contract life cycle management tool for repository and storing the document

● Prioritized and analyzed the feedback from the users and suggested the timeline for completion of the request to the Business Team

● Tracked and monitored contract renewal process to ensure all expiring contracts were renewed, renegotiated or terminated NOMURA SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 06/2007 - 12/2009 Corporate Analyst Legal Counsel Mumbai, India

● Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated contracts for acquisition of Information Technology (IT) products and services. This included Software, Hardware and Professional Services, Consultancy services, and Annual Maintenance Contracts

● Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated contracts for acquisition of non- Information Technology (IT) products and services. This included Human Resource Agreements, Corporate Services, Consultancy services

● Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated contracts for Market Data Agreements, and Network Management (including Custody Portfolio Agreements, New Account Openings, and FX Agreements)

● Contract Management: Managed prioritized and assigned contracts within the team

● Managed day-to-day vendor communications and contract administration for assigned product categories and business unit(s) ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

● PANGEA 3 LEGAL DATABASE PVT LTD (now known as Thomson Reuters) Specialist, 03/2006 - 05/2007

● K.A. SAMPAT & CO. (Law Firm) Associate 05/2005 - 02/2006 EDUCATION

● Diploma in Cyber Law examination from Asian School of Cyber Laws, Mumbai, India (2012)

● Bachelor of Law (L.L.B) from The New Law College, Mumbai University, India (2001-2005)

● Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) from City College of Arts & Commerce, Pune University, India (1998-2001) CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS

● IACCM- Contract & Commercial Management (CCM)-Advanced Practitioner,

● GDPR, Data Protection and Privacy, Certified

● Effective Contract Management; Negotiation from Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Lucknow), Certified

● Tata IPR Management Programme, Certified

● Cloud Service-Legal and Compliance, Certified

● Project Management for everyone, Certified

● Salesforce Administrator, Certified

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

APPTUS (Salesforce) CLM tool Microsoft Office Suite Tiger/REPC Oracle NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

● Received Applause awards from internal stakeholders of Tata Communications

● Winner of Syntel Value Awards (Stretch) for Quarter II, 2010

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