ODELL ROSS
**** **** ****** ** *** *** Washington, D.C. 20011
Tel: 951-***-****; Email: *****.****@*******.***
EDUCATION
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Awarded: B.S. in Visual Communications in March 2008.
UC Hastings, San Francisco, CA
Awarded: J.D. and Tax Concentration Certificate in May 2013.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Genentech, Inc., A Biopharmaceutical located in South San Francisco, CA
Cell Culture Senior Technician, August 1, 2001 – September 4, 2006;
Supervisors: Randa Shawayhat, Leonard Jones, Tel: 650-***-****;
Received five promotions, to Highly Advanced Senior Technician;
Performed Lead staff and management duties –allocated staff and resources to ensure compliance
with FDA, ensured teams worked cohesively while meeting strict timelines, sent out daily
updates to senior management;
Provided on-the-floor supervision of production and employees;
Trained new and advanced technicians in operations;
Met company goals by planning, directing, assigning, and reviewing the work of shift members;
Worked closely with Quality Assurance (QA) and Fermentation Technical Operations (FTO)
to both increase productivity and provide new trainings for technicians and supervisors.
RECENT EXPERIENCE
E-Discovery, Washington, D.C.
Contract Attorney for Synergy Legal Staffing, Special Counsel; March 15, 2015 – Current;
Top-tiered production and quality document reviewer;
Consistent high performance on document review projects. Demonstrated by increasing job responsibilities, as well as three performance bonuses and qualifying for five performance bonuses;
Quality control reviewer that supervised attorneys for a large discovery project. Directly supervised a room of 17 attorneys while providing quality checks, reviews, feedback, and substantive responses to the inquiries of over 200 attorneys located in both North Carolina and Washington, DC;
Quality assurance document reviewer for four document review projects. Reviewed and ensured proper coding of 12 to over 30 members of three different document review projects;
Experience with Relativity and EZReview.
Onramp Systems, Inc., NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, CA
Global Collaborative Counsel, January 11, 2014 – April 11, 2015;
Quality control lead responsible for the training and management of onramp systems largest regional team, comprised of 12 attorneys, for critical project. Ensured the accurate contract review and interpretation of banking institute to assist in Dodd-Frank compliance;
Trained to provide company-wide quality assurance for accurate contract review and interpretation;
Facilitate cost-effective regulatory compliance by reviewing and mapping clients’ legal contracts;
Project management from cradle-to-grave on project for new client. Created and implemented contract audit mechanism to ensure successful contract performance. Monitored and advised on contract performance through e-mail and telephone conversations with our IT team, project leads, and supervisors;
Datapoint expert, provided substantive trainings to all employees and contractors on contract interpretation;
Managed database to ensure contract compliance;
Research and development consultant for contract review software and IBM’s Watson. Created key data points and provided data and insight for the development of software for legal document review;
Hand selected to accompany the CEO for VIP clients and potential clients;
Hiring Committee Member that interviewed and evaluated candidates for employment.