Christopher S. Hall

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Westlake Village, CA 91362

323-***-****

acuhva@r.postjobfree.com

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Profile A diversified, outgoing professional who combines an excellent

background in intellectual property, contract negotiation,

drafting and management, international business, and

celebrity representation with extensive experience.

Ambitious, creative, and attentive to details along with

the ability to multi-task and set priorities in a high

volume setting. Enjoys challenges and takes initiative.

Objective To utilize negotiation, legal, communication, and analytical

skills in a position within an organization leading to a

senior executive position in the business affairs, contract

management or acquisitions/licensing areas with increased

levels of responsibility.

Experience Health Net, Inc. Woodland Hills, CA

Sourcing and Procument 2012-Current

Fortune 50 health insurance company primarily in the

Pacific Coast and Arizona region - servicing ACA

exchange, Medicare and Medicaid clients.

. Negotiation of several key accounts including

Pricewaterhouse Cooper, Microsoft, Deloitte & Touche,

Salesforce.com, and Ernst & Young

. Contract analysis, management, drafting and redlines

. Personal Health Information (PHI) and Personal

Identifying Information (PII) compliance with

existing and new contracts

. Coordination with the Information Security, Medicare

Compliance, Legal, and the Accounts Payable

departments

. Medicare contracts, including United Health Group and

its affiliates, and Claims

. RFQ, RFI, and RFPs, reverse auctions.

*Via Kelly Law Registry

Provocation Entertainment Los Angeles, CA

Head of Literary Management 2011-2014

Boutique literary management and production company

representing independent feature film directors and

writers and television writers.

. Client pitches to network and cable development

executives

. Artist relations

. Contract negotiation, drafting, and redlines

. Script review and notes

. Sourcing of feature film investors and distribution

companies both domestic and foreign

Agency for the Performing Arts (APA) Beverly Hills, CA

TV Literary 2008-11

Mid-size talent and literary agency that also features a

concerts department as well as brand and celebrity

representation.

. Client pitches to network and cable development

executives

. Artist relations

. Contract negotiation, drafting, and redlines

. Detailed knowledge of WGA, DGA, and SAG/AFTRA bylaws,

with specialized knowledge of Working Rule 8 waivers

for Canadian/American productions (WGA)

Machine Made Records LLC Boulder, CO

President 2000-2004

Regional independent label that both produced and

distributed house acts as well as independent contractor

for distribution, sales and marketing for techno labels.

. Artist relations

. Daily management of 4 employees

. Contract negotiation, drafting, and redlines

. Accounts receivable and payable, including royalty

calculations

. Sales and marketing

. Manufacturing of compact discs

. Grassroots organization of street teams

. Licensing of rights to international record labels

. Dealt with tax implications on a local, state, and

federal basis

What Are Records? Boulder, CO

Sales and Marketing 2000-2002

National independent label/distributor headed by former

Head of A&R of EMI, Rob Gordon.

. Nationwide sales and marketing with over 300 key

accounts on a weekly basis

. In-store promotions of artists

. Key regional television and print buy-ins

. Point of purchase promotion with national chains like

Barnes & Noble, Border's Books

. Experience with street team and radio promotion

. Interdepartmental communication with Publicity to

achieve maximum results of sales in relation to radio

play and tour dates.

Education Thomas Jefferson School of Law San Diego, CA

Juris Doctorate 2005-2008

. Intellectual Property, foreign and domestic

copyright, trademark, and World Trade Organization

TRIPs and SAC agreements

. Celebrity representation, including right of

publicity, California Labor Code 1700 detailing

requirements and ethics of talent agencies in respect

to the law and clients, and SAG and AFTRA bylaws.

. International Business Transactions, transactions,

and detailed knowledge of European Union Labor laws

and intellectual property

. Entertainment Law Transactions, negotiation, drafting

and the revision of contracts. First in class,

American Jurisprudence award.

Purdue University W. Lafayette, IN

Bachelor of Arts 1995-1999

Creative Writing, Music Theory

Skills Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook,

Power Point, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, FileMaker Pro, Oasis,

SAP

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