Sales Legal

Bruce Nysetvold, LLB, MBA

●Member of the Law Society of Alberta

phone 403-***-****

email *****.*********@*****.***

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Calgary, AB T3H 2C4

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Leadership & Governance

●General Counsel and member of Senior Leadership Team, reporting to CEO.

●Chair of Code of Business Ethics Council, and Privacy Committee.

●Member ex officio of board Governance Committee and Health, Safety & Environment/Enterprise Risk Management (HSE/ERM) Committee.

●Chair, corporate ERM Committee

●Corporate Secretary for retailer with over $100M in annual revenues.

●Member of Pension Committee (DB and DC plans).

●Responsible for Risk/Insurance, Real Estate and Audit departments.

●Member of corporate PCI Committee.

●Prepare and deliver presentations to the board and at AGMs.

●Worked effectively with teams to ensure legal compliance while meeting business objectives.

Manage External Counsel

●Retained, managed and directed litigation counsel.

●Retained outside counsel when needed to supplement internal legal expertise.

●Set expectations for scope, timeliness and cost; and reviewed performance and billings.

●Assisted in developing strategies related to selection, use, direction and retention of external and internal legal resources.

Commercial Transactions

Legal responsibility for:

●Negotiating and drafting IT contracts (including licensing, hardware/software acquisition, outsourcing, insourcing, development, hosting, consulting, etc.)

●CCDC contracts.

●Annual disclosure documents for a TSX public company.

●Acquisitions and divestitures.

●Debt, equity and hybrid financings in Canada and the United States.

●Bank credit facilities (term, acquisition, stand-by, syndicated, asset-backed etc.) including compliance and reporting matters.

●Compliance, including PCI and environmental.

●Guarantees, ISDAs, letters of credit, promissory notes and intercompany credit facilities.

●Human resources (support for employment, discipline, human rights and termination decisions).

Negotiation, Drafting and Review of Legal Documents

●Drafted, negotiated and/or reviewed documents for commercial transactions including underwriting, agency, banking, construction, procurement, petroleum supply, commercial leases, transportation, information technology, outsourcing, sponsorships, and aircraft purchases.

●Negotiated legal terms for $300 million Asset Backed Lending facility.

●Drafted and negotiated all documents relating to $529 million divestiture of subsidiary.

●Researched and maintained take-over bid response plan.

●Reviewed over 1,000 business plans for small business start-ups and chaired the committee responsible for funding decisions.

●Drafted, implemented and maintained policies; and ran Policy Office.

●Instrumental in developing and implementing corporate policies on all aspects of information technology and intellectual property.

●Wills, personal directives, powers of attorney, franchise agreements, commercial leases.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2019

Pleasant Solutions Inc.

General Legal Counsel

(term position)

Privately-held software development company with world-wide sales

Responsible for creation of legal function

Standardize, update and conform full range of software development, consulting, employment, hosting, licensing agreements

Privacy

2018-2019

Bruce Nysetvold Professional Corporation

Supporting small businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals

Wills, personal directives, enduring powers of attorney

2016

Trimac Transportation

VP, Legal Services (contract position)

Bulk transportation company, Canada and the USA

Responsible for entire legal function, including contract life cycle, litigation management, corporate governance.

Member of corporate Senior Leadership Team

Audit as direct report.

2010-2015

UFA Co-operative

General Counsel

Agricultural cooperative with Cdn$2 billion/year sales

Responsible for entire legal function including governance, contracts, employment law, privacy, litigation management, policy office, etc.

Member of Senior Leadership Team

Risk, Insurance, Records Management and Real Estate as direct reports.

Wholesale Sports

Corporate Secretary

Sporting goods retailer with Cdn$100 million/year sales

Responsible for entire legal function.

2004-2010

TransCanada Corporation

Senior Legal Counsel, Finance Law

International pipeline, energy, and trading company

Securities, banking, compliance, reporting, ISDAs, guarantees

M&A, aircraft purchase and sale

Information Technology and Intellectual Property law

1998-2004

TransCanada Corporation

Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate Legal Services

Employment law, records management, real estate

Privacy

IT and IP

Disclosure and compliance

1995-1998

NOVA Corporation

Legal Counsel, Corporate Secretarial

IT and IP

Disclosure and compliance

1995-1996

NOVA Corporation/Bennett Jones (secondment)

Articled student-at-law

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration University of Alberta 1995

LLB University of Alberta 1995

Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) University of Calgary 1990

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

2018-Present Director, Calgary Performing Arts Festival Society

2018-Present Director, Prairie Debut Inc.

2015-Present Director, Calgary Youth Orchestra Society; VP since 2016

2011-2014 Director, then President, Amici String Program Association

1996-Present Directed community choirs and performed at community functions and interdenominational choral festivals. Played first stand violin in community orchestra for performances of “Messiah”.

1993-1995 Directed, produced and wrote community theatre productions.

1980-Present Actively involved in church, including being responsible for organizations of over 100 people, and instructing groups of several hundred.

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