Tamika Galloway
**** *. **** ******, *********, CA 90305
310-***-**** ********@*****.***
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