Developer Manager

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Experienced IP transactions attorney with 2+ years of

heavy focus on drafting and negotiating technology licensing agreements;

Substantial in-house counsel experience in a fast-paced software product

company doing a large volume of complex technology transactions; Over 8

years of proven success in effectively understanding and communicating

business and technical needs, thinking strategically, and building

consensus among all stakeholders.

BAR ADMISSIONS: State of California, State of Ohio

EDUCATION:

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA

Juris Doctor, 2007

Awards: Honorable Mention for Best Moot Court Oral Advocate (2005)

Activities: Member, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly (2005 - 2006)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Bachelor of Science, Psychology, 1996 (Emphasis on Biology, Chemistry, and

Neurology/Pharmacology)

Awards: Academic Honors (1996)

Activities: Research Assistant, Univ. of Mich. Dept. of Pediatrics and

Communicable Disease (1995)

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

Urbancode Inc.

Cleveland, OH

Corporate Counsel & Senior Manager of Operations

January 2009 - Present

. Protect all corporate intellectual property by drafting and

negotiating appropriate contract provisions, overseeing patent

applications filed by outside counsel, identifying trade and service

marks, implementing confidentiality policies, etc...

. Draft, analyze, negotiate, and finalize a wide range of commercial and

government contracts, primarily relating to supplier-side software

licensing, including: Master Software License Agreements, Service

Level Agreements, OEM and Partnership Agreements, Professional Service

Agreements, Statements of Work, Non-Disclosure Agreements

. Negotiate and finalize all vendor contracts; develop and maintain

vendor relationships; and ensure contract compliance, negotiating

remedy for non-compliance as necessary

. Drive special legal projects from inception to completion, engaging

and overseeing outside counsel as necessary - major projects include:

securing non-immigrant work visas for foreign employees, implementing

an Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan, overhauling HR policies and

procedures, interpret and evaluate commercial lease terms

. Create and enforce corporate policy to minimize risk and ensure

compliance with all contractual and legal obligations

. Provide legal support and counsel to corporate executives in addition

to sales, marketing, and other departments

. Manage all corporate secretarial and governance matters, including

drafting shareholder correspondence (e.g. offer to purchase shares,

notice of special shareholder meetings, proposed amendments to

articles of incorporation)

. Provide prompt and business-minded resolution to all escalated issues

reported by key strategic customers

Special Counsel - Under contract with: Jones Day (Cleveland, OH); Hopkins &

Carley (San Jose, CA) Litigation Support Consultant Temporary

engagements: approx. 6 months from November 2007 - November 2008

. Provided electronic discovery support in litigation based on:

o Pharmaceutical product liability and regulatory non-compliance

o Uniform Trade Secrets Act non-compliance

. Gained high proficiency in industry-standard e-discovery platforms

including CT Summation iBlaze and FIOS-Prevail

San Francisco District Attorney's Office

San Francisco, CA

Certified Legal Intern

September - December 2006

. Attained certification to represent the State of California under the

supervision of the San Francisco DA's Office

. Conducted extensive legal research in criminal, criminal procedure,

and constitutional law

. Drafted, filed, and argued motions in felony prosecutions

. Conducted and prevailed in multiple preliminary hearings, resulting in

felony defendants being held for trial

SOFTWARE/BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

Sapient, United Kingdom

Manchester, England

Application Developer

2003 -2004

. Acted as lead developer for one of five functional units (Payment

Plans) of a nationwide utilities-billing application using Tenfold

technology

. Gathered, analyzed, and produced clear and concise documentation of

business requirements

. Conducted customer acceptance testing sessions and represented company

interests in securing customer sign-off

Barclays Global Investors

San Francisco, CA

Application Developer

2000 -2002

. Acted as lead developer and primary support contact for multiple areas

of a global securities-lending application built on Tenfold technology

integrated with several other programming, reporting, and scripting

technologies (Java, Crystal Reports, SQL stored procedures, Perl)

. Gained operational/business expertise in the areas of "mark to market"

and "receipt and delivery of collateral" in relation to securities

lending regulations

. Gathered, analyzed, and produced clear and concise documentation of

business requirements

. Facilitated cross-cultural communication and inter-departmental

cohesiveness by making several support-related visits to the London

and Tokyo offices

Tenfold Corporation

San Francisco, CA

Application Developer

1999 -2000

. Advanced to team lead of a custom enterprise application development

team

. Quickly learned and applied multiple technical concepts and practices

while working as a key contributor in the development of a nationwide

insurance claims processing application

. Primary technical areas include: server-client application

architecture; advanced relational database architecture, maintenance,

and operation; and general programming practices

. Gained expert-level proficiency in Tenfold's proprietary application-

development tools.

Olde Discount Corporation

San Francisco, CA

NASD (now FINRA) Registered Representative

1998 -1999

. Attained NASD Series 52 (municipal bonds), 7 (general securities), and

63 (securities regulations) licenses within 3 months of hire

. Analyzed client financials and recommended trade strategies in a

variety of investment instruments

OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS:

. Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel,

Outlook, Access, PowerPoint)

. Working knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications

. Advanced proficiency in SQL

. Basic proficiency in conversational Korean and Spanish

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP:

. State Bar Association of California

. State Bar Association of Ohio

. American Bar Association

. Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (practice/group sections:

Intellectual Property, Corporate & Business Law, Young Lawyers)

. International Association for Contract & Commercial Management

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