Management Project Manager
Resume:
Alfreda Vernon
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Senior Contracts Manager
Providing ten years of Commercial Contracts, Procurement, Supply Chain
Management, and Vendor Management expertise. Talented accomplished Legal
Professional with Twenty years of Business Law Litigation and Intellectual
Property skills and experience.
Exceptional Contracts Management skills and experience analyze, draft,
negotiate, interpret, and process complex international Commercial and
Procurement Contracts: Master Software Agreements, IT Agreements, Non-
Disclosure Agreements, Lease Agreements, Procurement Agreements, Vendor
Pricing Agreements, Evaluation Agreements, Service Level Agreements, Lease
Agreements, Sales Agreements, Purchasing Agreements / Purchase Orders,
Reseller Sales Agreements, Statement of Work / Change Orders, and Logistics
Agreements.
Liaise with Executive Management, General Counsel, Business Unit and
Account Representatives regarding purchasing negations, cost / spend
analysis, contract compliance, and Risk Management requirements. Analyze
and interpret, FARS, ITAR and EAR Government Rules and Corporate Policies
and By-laws to ensure Risk Management Compliance.
Work closely with Corporate IT teams : IT Architects, IT Directors, IT
Develops, Vendors and Project Manager Director to coordinate, execute, and
establish global network Repository, purchase inventory, and financial
database. Utilize Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft SQL databases for Procurement, Commercial Contracts, and Supply Chain Management database and financial
matrices.
Provide leadership, team building, and motivational skills to contract
specialist and legal support in the interpretation and maintenance of
complex Commercial and Procurement Contracts. Exceptional communication,
analytical and writing skills ability to meet deadlines in a timely manner.
Professional Experience
AT&T
11/2008 - 12/2009
Telecommunications
Contractor -12 month engagement
Senior Contracts Manager
. Provide Contract Management and legal support to AT&T Executive
Management and General Counsel. Process
complex Commercial contracts for global IT Sales, Services, Procurement,
Network, VOIP, and Firewall Services
to IBM and Third Party Vendors.
. Negotiate international Commercial Agreements, IT Agreements, Software
Agreements, Procurement
Agreements, Service Level Agreements, Vendor Agreements, Non-Disclosure
Agreements, Statement of Work,
Change Order, Supplemental Agreements ( Customer Specific Sub-Contract
Transaction Document) (CSS-TD),
for IT, Firewall, Network, and VOIP services.
. Report to AT&T Wholesale VP and General Counsel, strategize with
Executive Management team: Corporate
Attorneys, IT Security Director, VP of Human Resources, Director of
Project Management. Draft and Negotiate
compliance and Risk Management issues throughout the lifecycle of
contract.
. Liaise with IBM Executives and Senior Management regarding terms of
Sales and Service Level Agreements.
. AT&T / IBM Master Service Agreement global services sales volume at $
800 Million, work with Finance Dept.
and Account Representatives regarding Fix Price and cost/ spend
analysis for Supplemental Agreements.
. Liaise with AT&T Business Unit and Account Representatives and
regarding contract fix rates and cost
compliance Negotiate Fixed Price for offshore Service Level and
Purchasing Agreements. Identify effective
solutions for internal and external Price Negotiations. Utilize Excel
to generate monthly Contract Compliance
Matrices.
. Review and analyze Master Services Agreement, Subcontracts, Amendments
and Attachments for
Risk Management compliance of established Government Security Policies
and Procedures within
client expectations.
. Prepare, track, and negotiate edits to Amendments to Master Service
Agreement, Subcontracts, and Exhibits as
necessary for AT&T / IBM Blue Sky Project contract negotiations.
. Primary liaison for AT&T IT Security Team, negotiate Contract edits and
track changes with IBM IT
Vice President and Account Representative for Global Services Network
Infrastructure (GSNI) Security
Standards.
. Liaise with AT&T Corporate Counsel and Executive Management strategizes
document review and negotiates
edits Master Agreement, Supplemental Agreements, Amendments, and
Exhibits.
. Work closely with Corporate IT teams : IT Architects, IT Directors, IT
Develops, Vendors and Project Manager
Director to coordinate, execute, and establish global network
Repository, purchase inventory, and financial
database. Utilize Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft SQL databases for
Procurement, Commercial Contracts, and
Supply Chain Management database and financial matrices.
. Analyze and interpret contract language regarding Information
Technology Security Standards (ITCS104)
regulations, FARS and Track and update ITCS104 Security control, ITAR
and EAR Government Regulation
requirements. Ensure security control compliance for VOIP, Firewall,
and Network services.
. Utilize Oracle, SAP, and SQL databases to coordinate and execute
Contract Management tracking Repository,
Procurement Inventory and finance database. Ensured function and
compliance of Sarbanes- Oxley requirement
for financial record and auditing purposes.
BP North America
06/ 2008 -
10/2008
Petroleum Corporation
Contractor - 4 month engagement
Senior Contracts Manager
. Provide support to General Counsel, Executive Management, and Business
Unit. for global Supply Chain
Management. Analyze, draft, negotiate Commercial Contracts, Trade
Agreements, Lease Agreements,
Procurement Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, and Confidentiality
Agreements, Logistics and
Transportation Agreements for Supply Chain Management and farming
storage for petroleum products.
. Manage/Supervise Contract Specialist in the analyzing, interpretation
and negotiation of global Supply, Logistics,
and Lease Terminal Storage Agreements.
. Liaise and strategize with General Counsel and Executive Management to
establish Risk Management
compliance, cost /spend analysis for Supply Chain Management. Establish
Indemnification and Force Majeure
Liability language clauses between the Corporation and Vendor in
relation to global logistics Transportation and
Lease / Storage Agreements.
. Generate monthly audit of closing contracts and contracts up for renewal
utilizing Excel spreadsheet.
. Execute development of Contract Management network database for Contract
Management and
tracking purposes. Ensured Sarbanes-Oxley function for financial records
and auditing purposes.
. Work closely with IT Architect, IT Developers, Project Managers, and
Trade Department Director to establish
electronic database network and Repository for tracking contracts.
Motorola Corporation, Schaumburg, IL
11/2006 - 05/2008
Telecommunications
Senior Contracts Manager
. Provide Contracts Management support to General Counsel, Senior
Management, Director of Project
Management, and IT Director, and Business Unit strategize and
negotiations of International Commercial
and Procurement Contracts.
. Liaise, draft, negotiate, and strategize with Corporate Attorneys and
Senior Management regarding the
drafting of Master Service Agreements, Contract Amendments, and
Contract Renewals throughout lifecycle
of Contract.
. Provide Vendor Management support for contract, Executions, renewals
and Amendments.
. Manage/Supervise Contract Specialist with the analyzing and
interpretation of various Commercial Contracts:
Master Software License Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Lease
Agreements, IT Software Agreements,
Procurement Agreements, Statement of Work, Change Orders, Evaluation
Agreements, Service Level
Agreements, Purchase Agreements, Statement of Work, Purchase Orders
Reseller and Sales Agreements, Global
Logistics Agreements, Distribution Agreements, Service Level
Agreements, Seller and Reseller Agreement.
. Generate monthly compliance matrices Utilized Excel to generate Vendor
Management and IT services and
provide issue resolution.
. Managed the relationship between Motorola and IT vendors monitor
service performance.
. Work closely with Corporate IT Architects, IT Developers, and IT
Directors to create and maintain global
Contract Network Repositories. Utilize Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft SQL
for electronic database management of
Procurement Financials and Commercial Contracts Repository.
. Supervise contract maintenance with regard to Contract Renewals and
Amendments per negotiated terms.
Supervise Contracts Specialist with Contract interpretation,
maintenance, Contract Renewals, Repository
Maintenance, and Amendments per negotiated terms.
Matrix Legal - Chicago, IL
08/2003 - 11/2006
Senior Contracts Manager
. Provided Contract Management assistance to outside Counsel and
leadership to legal support teams.
. Analyze, negotiate, and maintain existing International Commercial,
Procurement, and Lease
Agreement on behalf of Fortune 500 Corporations.
. Provide internal and external Procurement Management support
Environment Toxic Tort Commercial
Litigation, and International Business Law.
. Supervise the maintenance of contract renewals, term dates, and
supervise renegotiated terms.
. Maintain and review Amendments, Schedule, Addendums, and Exhibits to
Subcontracts and
Supplemental Agreements per negotiated terms.
. Provided Supervision and leadership to Contract Specialist in the
interpretation and negotiations of
complex Commercial and Procurement Contracts.
. Work with in house IT Analyst and Developers utilize Oracle and
Microsoft SQL databases to establish
electronic database for financial management and Contract Repository.
. Management and Repository purposes.
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold - Chicago, IL
12/1999 - 08/2003
Contracts Manager / Sr. Litigation Paralegal
. Assisted a team of Senior Attorney in various areas of Corporate
Litigation: Complex Litigation,
Patent & Trademark Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation,
Commercial Litigation, Product
Liability Litigation, Insurance Defense Litigation and Business Law
Litigation.
. Assist with the processing of Intellectual Property litigation cases
for various Fortune 500
Corporations: Ford Motor Company, Sharper Image, and Bosch
Corporation.
. Conducted document review analyzed and negotiated Commercial Contracts:
Master Purchase
Agreements / Purchase Orders, Master Lease Agreements, IT Software
Agreements, Bid Proposals,
Procurement Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Evaluation
Agreements, Service Agreements,
Reseller / Sales Agreements, Bills of Lading, and Distribution
Agreements.
. Perform and review UCC-1, UCC-3, and UCC-11 filings for Corporate
Commercial Loans.
. Managed / supervised document review for Lease and Storage Agreements
and Lease renewals.
. Review Corporate Financial Account Ledgers, Profit / Sales Accounts,
Corporate Audits.
. Assist Attorneys in all aspects of large case management. Utilized
Concordance / I-Pro Electronic
discovery database software for large case management purposes.
. Assisted Attorneys in all aspects of Written Discovery, draft Answers
to Interrogatories and Production
Responses. Conduct document review and trial preparation.
. Managed / supervised legal support staff with large-scale Inventory -
Facilities Management projects.
. Exceptional time management skills meeting sensitive deadlines in all
matters.
Education
Loyola University of Chicago: B.S. Degree
Major: Criminal Justice
Minor: Pre-Law
Technical Skills : Microsoft Vista, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Concordance/I-Pro, OCR I-Manage,
WebEx, eCORE, Relativity Software, OA SharePoint, and ICR database, Pacer,
Oracle, SAP, Microsoft SQL database, Westlaw and LexisNexis legal
research and court filing software.
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