James R. Crossen, Esq.

Cell: 408-***-**** acsmxn@r.postjobfree.com

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Transactionally astute senior-level company attorney. A results oriented

high-tech professional combining substantive knowledge, strategic

experience, and business acumen. A respected team leader with superior

negotiation, advocacy, and presentation skills. Adept at working as

Director, GC, or AGC with senior management, including Boards of Directors.

Areas of expertise include:

Commercial & Govt Contracting Regulatory Affairs

Hardware/Software Licensing Legal & Ethical Compliance

Intellectual Property Protection Employment Law & Training

M&A negotiations & Due Diligence Litigation Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIence

SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AMERICA DEPUTY GC/LEGAL DIRECTOR (4 YRS)

Presently assigned as North American CLO for a publicly traded German solar

technology company, responsible for all legal, contractual, compliance and

regulatory affairs for three LLC subsidiaries, now totaling $400M in annual

production revenue, and employing 400 people in 8 states and provinces.

Concurrently supporting Australian and Chilean subsidiaries of SMA. Core

daily duties include all of the 8 bulleted items above.

CONSULTANT PRINCIPAL (1 YR)

Acted as corporate legal consultant to five California based technology

companies and law firms in the areas of gov't contracts, subcontracts,

governance, compliance program design, and training.

ENDWAVE CORPORATION VP and GENERAL

COUNSEL (5 YRS)

Served as Chief Legal Officer for an international, Nasdaq-listed wireless

telecom company. Results:

. Stabilized contractual relationships with major customers including

Nokia, Siemens, Allgon, Ceragon, and Lucent-Alcatel through personal

interactions that fostered trust and confidence.

. Reduced reliance on outside counsel by creating standardized processes

for contract management, NDAs, software/firmware and trade secret

protection, patent filings, S-OX 404 controls, Form 10Q/10K sub-

certifications, and U.S. export compliance.

. Personally litigated three successful collection actions against former

customers/suppliers. Managed counsel for complex multi-jurisdictional and

international breach of contract litigation.

. Provided customized, in-house HR employee training and employment law

counsel in diverse subjects (software control, Foreign Corrupt Practices

Act, sexual harassment prevention, Code of Conduct, export compliance,

trade secret protection, and Lean Enterprise principles).

. Acted as company's federal Contracting Officer and Export Control Officer

(SEO); obtained over 100 ITAR and EAR export licenses.

. Appointed as the company's first strategic Lean Enterprise/Six Sigma

initiative corporate champion. Led operational teams which resulted in

33% reduction in manufacturing time; 20% increase in productivity; 15%

reduction in payment cycle time; and 11% reduction in returns.

. Appointed (interim) General Manager for both the wireless

telecommunications and defense divisions on three separate occasions

spanning five months.

APX INCORPORATED SENIOR COUNSEL (5

YRS)

Chief Legal Officer for an Internet-based, B2B, wholesale power exchange.

Results:

. Developed comprehensive master sales contract with B2B product

appendices, enabling Sales to efficiently sell custom features to large,

sophisticated utility customers and brokerage houses.

. Negotiated international merger and acquisition agreements and a

strategic power exchange license with a large Tokyo brokerage house,

bringing internet-based energy trading to Japan.

. Minimized outside counsel costs and expedited sales processes by creating

standardized service contracts, NDAs and proposals; estimated legal cost

avoidance over four years was $390,000.

. Represented company as creditor in three utility bankruptcy filings,

avoiding over $90,000 in outside specialty counsel costs.

. Key contributor & investor presenter in raising over $25M in "C" round

investments.

. Coordinated extensive multi-jurisdictional state and federal regulatory

energy docket filings.

. Provided customized employee training on relevant regulations, including

the Federal Power Act, Code of Conduct, sexual harassment prevention, and

the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN (15+ years)

Promoted through positions of increasing responsibility with a leading

domestic defense signal science technology company. Northrop Grumman

acquired TRW/ESL Incorporated in 1998.

1992 - 1999

Senior Program Manager

. Managed nine major subcontractors engaged in a $250M classified federal

prime contract.

o Improved subcontractor critical path on-time delivery rate from 75% to

97% in three years.

o Earned six consecutive semi-annual award fee grades of "A" for

effective subcontractor management and systems engineering, including

software engineering & control.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Senior Faculty Member, Law

Over a 25 year period, taught 204 undergraduate and post-graduate/MBA

classes in business law, employment law, and intellectual property law for

3,000+ students for the Northern California campus of the nation's largest

private university.

. Selected three times as Northern California Faculty Member of the Year.

. Only faculty member to ever receive perfect annual course rating scores

in the Northern California region.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATE/BAR ADMISSION

J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law

B.A., University of California, Berkeley (major: History; minors: Political

Science and Naval Science)

Certificate: Stanford University Executive Institute for Management of High-

Technology Companies, Executive MBA certificate, 2005

Admitted: California Bar (SBN #107953); no history of discipline

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

. Past Member, Technology America (formerly AeA) Export Compliance

Committee

o Featured speaker on local export compliance symposia panels

. Past Member, Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel (SVAGC)

. Member, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)

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