GOL OPHIR

New York Metro Area 914-***-**** linkedin.com/in/golophir/ ad0epl@r.postjobfree.com

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Operations & Business Executive with demonstrated success leading and transforming Operations, Risk, Compliance, Intellectual Property, HR, regulatory, joint ventures, corporate actions, transactional agreements, and workflows/efficiencies in heavily regulated industries. Trusted Business Advisor: Partner with Board members, C-suite executives, and key personnel to mitigate internal operational challenges and potential business, legal, and regulatory risks. Identify and collaborate with leadership to develop strategic corporate actions (investments, JV’s, strategic partnerships), new lines of revenue, and new sales opportunities. Regulatory Leadership: Revamp regulatory processes, create risk and control frameworks, and close all pre-existing regulatory findings. Passed over 50 targeted regulatory examinations without single material adverse finding. Intellectual Property: Build/re-build IP portfolios to enable new, highly profitable business relationships with greater protections. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KONEKSA HEALTH New York, New York 2018 - 2023

LEADING PATIENT-CENTRIC DIGITAL BIOMARKER COMPANY FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES HEAD OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT / CHIEF RISK OFFICER / GENERAL COUNSEL Oversaw 6 direct and 15 dotted line reports to manage all marketing, commercial operations, partnership development, risk and regulatory, and all legal matters, including employment, litigation, regulatory, intellectual property, transactional, real estate, and other areas in heavily regulated health tech company. Actively monitor and ensure global alignment with privacy, health, and information security requirements. Conduct training for multiple groups across company. Report to CEO.

Leadership Team: Member of senior leadership team. Advised executive management and Board on strategies, operations, and external engagements. Articulated regulatory and risk challenges and partner with executives to develop opportunities. Managed all legal and due diligence matters for Series B and C funding rounds.

• Organizational Transformation: Streamlined processes and redesigned R&R’s for improved productivity and efficiencies

• Legal Leadership: Delivered legal, risk, and compliance direction to 15 dotted line reports, including Head of SQA, Head of QAA, Chief Privacy Officer, HR Operations, and others. Collaborated to develop solutions for global efforts.

Risk Management: Developed risk management framework, including legal, counterparty, vendor, operational, reputational, and regulatory risk. Defined risk appetite and currently evaluate risk of transactions/terms of agreements and approved risk exceptions.

Business Development: Initiated/led development of concepts and related contracts and agreements enabling strategic partnerships and channel sales opportunities. Facilitated/encouraged/directed design/implementation of new products, sales structures, and enterprise-level engagements that significantly expanded client base across USA and Europe.

• Health Tech Focus: Designed Partnership Program and created framework to define partners and partnership goals. Drove strategic partner initiatives across health tech to strengthen and expand core services.

Post COVID Office Design & Return to Work Strategy: Secured new, very attractive space at 20% below market rates and currently lead return-to-work program with focus on encouraging employees to return to the office following pandemic.

IP Portfolio: Built new IP Portfolio with patent and trademark protections and trade secret management. Manage global patent and trademark portfolio across multiple jurisdictions. Coach internal team on use of IP.

• Patent Program: Designed global patent program. Every PTO determination was awarded a patent.

Outside Counsel: Selected and oversaw outside counsel to deliver corporate, patent, trademark, litigation, and transactional support. Took charge of critical deals, create strategy, and directed/approved efforts of outside counsel.

Contracts & Relationships: Defined engagement model and design/assess JV and investment opportunities, strategic relationships, and major agreements. Review and negotiate all customer and vendor agreements – 100+ contracts annually.

• Contract Standardization: Drafted master templates and streamlined processes and workflows decreasing internal staff workload and cutting outside counsel costs. Accelerated time to deliver contract from 80 to 35 days with 15% cost savings.

• Major Agreements: Negotiated 30+ agreements to build technology and information assets, create offerings, and co-sponsor research with customers and sponsors including Sanofi, Merck, Takeda, Novartis, Michael J Fox Foundation, and others.

• Strategic Relationships: Since 2Q2021 identified, negotiated, and managed legal matters for multiple strategic partnerships generating new revenue streams representing major portions of total bookings. GOL OPHIR 914-***-**** ad0epl@r.postjobfree.com Page Two CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP Providence, Rhode Island 2015 – 2017 EVP, CHIEF RISK OFFICER OF BUSINESS SERVICES

Led 6 direct and 70+ indirect reports to deliver core enterprise operational risk across Resiliency, Information Security, Technology, Physical Security, Fraud, Real Estate, Business Continuity, Procurement, and Third Party Risk Management functions. Identified/managed risk and issues and managed Op Risk framework. Reported to Vice Chairman.

Executive Engagement: Advised executive team and Board regarding risks, risk management strategies, opportunities, and key deliverables within Business Services. Established Trusted Advisor relationship with 2 Vice Chairmen and General Counsel.

Leadership: Supervised 6 direct reports (Executive Directors of Information Security, Network & Infrastructure, Vendors, Risk Assessment) and oversaw/partnered with Chief Privacy Officer, Head of Compliance, and Chief Information Security Officer.

Risk Restructuring: Redesigned operational risk across 6 areas, expanded core services, redefined key metrics, drove enterprise- wide alignment/integration, and standardized risk appetite limits, metrics, and policies. Cut operational costs $2M+ annually.

Regulatory Leadership: Revised regulatory engagement model, managed all examinations within Business Services division, and led resolution of 25+ inherited MRAs. Reduced material findings from every targeted exam by the OCC, FRB, and FDIC, from several per exam to 0, delivering estimated operational savings of $30M.

• Risk Management Framework & Function: Developed/implemented new risk management framework, launched new Regulatory Relationship Management function, and worked closely with line managers to meet bank-wide objectives.

Incident Management Process / ITIL Framework: Redesigned incident management function and implemented ITIL framework for root cause analysis (RCA) and issue mgt. Reduced downtime, improved communications, and mitigated future incidents. GLOBAL TOP 5 BANK New York, New York 2014 - 2015 SENIOR CONSULTANT (CONTRACTOR), STRATEGY & RISK

Designed/implemented new 1st and 2nd line operational risk management framework complying with Dodd-Frank to support new Americas holding company for Global Top 5 bank. Defined risk appetites, risk metrics, oversight processes, workflows, and reporting. Designed new organizational structure for U.S. staff. Reported to Head of Operations Risk, Americas. MERCK White House Station, NJ 2013 - 2014

SENIOR CONSULTANT (CONTRACTOR), TECHBD FUNCTION

Designed/implemented new Business Development function to create new offerings; efforts included incubation of Koneksa Health. BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES Westport, CT 2010 - 2013

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF IT

Led 60 team members to deliver Security, Business Continuity, Finance, Project Mgt., Procurement, Enterprise Projects, and Media functions for largest global hedge fund. Redesigned mgt. and controls, improving service quality and reducing implementation failures. Streamlined procurement contracting to capture IT productivity savings of 30%. Improved dept. risk posture. Advised executives on enterprise resiliency.

Advisor to General Counsel (GC): Advised and partnered with GC to streamline contracting processes and resiliency functions. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. New York, NY 2008 - 2010

MANAGING DIRECTOR, CHIEF INFORMATION RISK OFFICER - HEAD OF INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY RISK MANAGEMENT Led Resiliency, Info Security, Technology, and 3rd-Party Risk Mgt. functions across all business lines. Transformed 1100-person global org to 3 lines of defense. Closed out 5 inherited MRAs in 12 months and managed 40+ targeted regulatory exams with no significant deficiencies. MORGAN STANLEY New York, NY 1996 - 2007

EXEC DIRECTOR, CONSOLIDATED SERVICES TEAM / CUSTOMER ENGINEERING & SUPPORT / TECH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM (2000 – 2007) Supervised $50M+, 500+ person global organization delivering IT shared services. Reduced business line support costs 30%. LEAD COUNSEL, TECHNOLOGY & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (1996 – 2000) PRIOR EMPLOYMENT

CLIFFORD CHANCE, ASSOCIATE, TECHNOLOGY AND M&A

EDUCATION

JD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

BA, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

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