PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Flowroute Inc., General Counsel & Corporate Secretary June 2013 to

October 2015

. Formulated and managed policy governing all legal matters, including

corporate governance, intellectual property, labor and employment,

litigation, tax compliance, insurance, regulatory and privacy.

. Drafted and negotiated a wide variety of agreements including

technology licenses, digital marketing, carrier, partner referral,

services and employment agreements.

. Managed litigation and subpoena compliance, including achieving two

successful summary judgment decisions in class action lawsuit brought

under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

. Established and managed a framework for all VoIP and

telecommunications regulatory compliance matters, including FCC

filings and state Public Service Commission filings.

. Implemented and managed patent and trademark strategy resulting in the

filing of three patent applications.

. Migrated entity structure from limited liability company to C

corporation, including implementing a stock option plan.

. Managed the human resources function including implementing

comprehensive benefit plans (health, vision, dental, short and long

term disability, life insurance and 401k Plan) and automating the on-

boarding process.

Washington Mutual, Inc., Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel

January 2009 to April 2011

On September 25, 2008, the FDIC seized Washington Mutual Bank and sold

most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank. On September 26, 2008,

Washington Mutual, Inc., the former bank holding company, commenced a

case under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

. Drafted and negotiated material stipulations with:

o Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. reducing a claim originally

filed in the amount of $17,953,368.11 by $12,178,591.96 resulting

in an allowed claim of $5,774,776.16.

o Egencia LLC f/k/a Expedia Corporate Travel LLC reducing a claim

originally filed in the amount of $3,790,867.25 by $3,740,867.25

resulting in an allowed claim of $50,000.

o Computer Sciences Corporation reducing a claim originally filed in

the amount of $5,611,776 by $2,453,318.48 resulting in an allowed

claim of $3,158,457.52.

. Managed the identification and valuation of intellectual property

rights including trademarks, domain names, patents and software.

Washington Mutual Bank

Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel January 2007 to

December 2008

First Vice President, Senior Counsel & Team Lead January 2004 to

December 2006

First Vice President & Senior Counsel January 2003 to December 2003

Vice President & Counsel November 1999 to December 2002

. Drafted and negotiated every major strategic outsourcing deal put in

place between 1999 and 2008, including Item Processing (Unisys

Corporation, Fiserv Corporation); Debit Card Processing (First Data

Resources); PIN Processing (Star Systems); Credit Card Processing

(TSYS Corporation); Loan Servicing (Fidelity Information Services);

and Corporate Property Services (CB Richard Ellis).

. Negotiated most major domestic and international technology deals put

in place between 1999 and 2008, including Telecommunications (Worldcom

Communications, Inc., AT&T Corp.); Information Technology and Call

Center (International Business Machines); and Application, Development

and Maintenance Agreements (e.g. Wipro, Infosys, Covansys).

. Drafted and negotiated strategic partnerships agreements including the

debit card and credit card branding agreements (MasterCard, Visa,

Discover).

. Participated on the due diligence, negotiation and integration teams

for both stock and asset acquisitions, including the acquisitions of

Bank United, Fleet Mortgage Corp., PNC Mortgage Corp., Dime Savings

Bank of New York, Homeside Lending, Inc. and Providian Financial Corp.

. Drafted and negotiated numerous software licenses (e.g. Corillian

Corporation, CheckFree Corporation, Palisades Technology Partners,

LLC, PeopleSoft, EMC, VMWare, Computer Associates) and agreements for

hardware procurement (e.g. Cisco, NCR, Lenovo).

. Achieved numerous process improvements including the implementation of

contract policy positions through the use of templates.

. Collaborated across business lines and departments to develop and

implement information security and privacy policies and positions.

. Developed and implemented the Intellectual Property Policy (including

management of the trademark, patent and URL portfolios).

. Hired, developed and managed the Contracts/Intellectual

Property/Technology Group that grew from one attorney and one

paralegal to ten attorneys, two paralegals and four legal assistants.

Data Dimensions, Inc., Vice President, Legal Affairs August 1998 to

November 1999

. Responsible for all legal matters, including corporate governance,

contracts, intellectual property and insurance matters.

. Drafted standard contract templates for a variety of agreements

including Consulting Services, Statement of Work, End User License

Agreement and Confidentiality Agreement.

. Managed up to three attorneys, two contract managers and two legal

assistants.

Mundt MacGregor LLP, Associate October 1991 to July 1998

. Executed the restructuring of a multi-national conglomerate with

interests in the U.S., Argentine and Russian fisheries, Norwegian ship

building industry and apparel industry.

. Participated on the due diligence and negotiation teams for the

acquisition of a running shoe company and the thwarted acquisition of

a foreign running shoe company.

. Drafted numerous corporate formation, organization, maintenance and

dissolution documents.

. Drafted and negotiated a wide variety of legal documents, including

financing and lending documents.

Price Waterhouse

Senior Accountant July 1985 to July 1988

Staff Accountant July 1983 to July 1985

. Planned and managed multiple audit engagements concurrently, gaining a

broad understanding of financial reporting and requiring matrix

management of numerous subordinate professionals accountable to more

than one manager.

. Coordinated relationships with key client personnel to address service

issues.

EDUCATION

University of Virginia (J.D., May 1991): Order of the Coif; Edwin M.

Cohen Tax Prize; Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review; Research &

Notes Development Editor, Virginia Tax Review.

University of Virginia (B.S. Commerce, May 1983): Accounting

concentration; Graduated with Distinction; Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta

Alpha Psi (Treasurer, 1982-1983); The Raven Society.

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