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Management Medical

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Arlington, MA

Posted:

December 17, 2020

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Brett Little, JD

Lexington, MA ***** 617-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/Brett-Little2019 adirod@r.postjobfree.com

In-House Counsel / Business Development Officer

Deliver Vision, Strategy, In-House Legal Direction, Infrastructure Design, and HR Management

Demonstrate success as startup operational and legal leader building infrastructure, policies, and processes for emerging companies. Create concepts, establish goals, and design technical and physical infrastructures to support ongoing, continuous growth with minimum overhead through expertise in automating processes. Spearhead investment rounds, contract administration, coordinate compliance reporting, liaise with outside counsel, and manage IP initiatives.

Executive Management and Leadership Strategic Planning and Execution Organizational Design / Development

Legal and Compliance Oversight Benefits / ERISA / Accounting Infrastructure Design and Automation

Financial Planning and Analysis Team Growth and Development

Professional Experience

N-OF-ONE, INC. - QIAGEN, Boston, MA 2011 - 2019

Clinical decision support company providing clinicians with interpretation of molecular testing results; acquired by QIAGEN.

Vice President, Corporate Admin and In-House Counsel

Led non-product operations for Life Sciences startup with over 50 employees. Partnered in company strategic planning. Supervised legal, financial, and human resource efforts. Grew infrastructure to support continuous growth from 4 employees to company sale. Developed strategic plan for virtual office concept, automated payroll, Human Resources, benefits, shareholder relations, finance, compliance, AP / AR management, and more.

In House Legal / Litigation Contact Point: Provided expertise, advising c-suite, board, and company staff in role of in-house counsel, and maintaining relationships with outside corporate, regulatory, and IP counsel.

oFinancing Rounds: Led due diligence through multiple investment rounds, negotiating terms and conditions, collaborating with CEO and CFO on creation of PowerPoint decks, and coordinating 409A valuations.

oContract Management: Drafted, reviewed, and maintained contracts, including B2B and vendor aspects.

oIP Leadership: Filed and received 4 trademarks and coordinated all IP legal matters, including prosecution of 2 patents, copyright compliance for licensing with outside vendors and suppliers of medical data, and ensured compliance of all marketing materials.

oEquity Management / Shareholder Relations: Developed initial cap table, devised initial detailed spreadsheet system to track equity and options transactions. Subsequently implemented Certent, a cloud-based equity management system, providing robust and auditable forensic cap table analysis of all equity and options from historical records to present.

oPrivacy Officer: In charge of HIPAA and GDPR compliance, passing multiple customer audits.

Operations and Finance: Evaluated company growth and needs, determining ‘best solutions’ to infrastructure and business requirements across legal, finance, HR, benefits, taxation, and other disciplines.

oInfrastructure: Selected vendors and outsourced accountants, managing audit compliance, banking matters, AR / AP, payroll, monthly invoicing / rev-rec, corporate expenses and cash flow, and partnering with accountants to review general ledger and produce monthly financials. 98% of invoiced revenue collected within 90 days.

oCompliance: Implemented regulatory compliant cloud solutions across disciplines, including HIPAA and GDPR.

oImplementation and Cost Efficiency: Moved company to and administered ADP WorkForceNow, Certent Equity Management System, Adaptive for financial planning and analysis, and outsourced accounting through Supporting Strategies and more, saving cost of FTEs across multiple departments.

oPaper-Free: Devised cloud solutions resulting in paper-free company operations since 2012.

oFinancial Oversight: Designed initial Excel-based FP&A model and implemented Adaptive FP&A system, collaborating with Operations to develop short, medium, and long-term revenue forecasts feeding into independent cash burn model.

oSaaS Solutions: Deployed Bill.com SaaS solution, simplifying and centralizing AP management.

oTax Reporting / Filing: Collaborated with tax accountants (BDO), overseeing federal taxes and timely filings in 15 states, Canada, and multiple municipalities.

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N-OF-ONE, INC. - QIAGEN (Continued)

Insurance: Analyzed / selected insurance coverage and carriers (D&O, E&O, Cyber, General Liability, Umbrella, In-house counsel), maintaining policies, overseeing financing, managing claims, and conducting Workers Comp audits.

Compliance Management: Took charge of all international, federal, and state communications, filing for / acquiring authorizations and maintaining filings to do business in 15 states, submitting periodic filings and compliance documentation to multiple departments per state, and verifying compliance with international, federal, and state regulations.

oHIPAA Compliance / Records Sanitization: Introduced Cloud-based secure / encrypted data management, meeting regulatory and customer HIPAA requirements.

oLead Training: Introduced and led annual HIPAA and GDPR training, sexual harassment training, and security training in collaboration with R&D.

Human Resources, Director: Created Human Resources department, developing policies, procedures, and processes, authoring Policy Handbook and Code of Conduct, enforcing company policies, and instituting orientation and training, ensuring HIPAA compliance.

oBenefits: Negotiated with carriers and sourced / implemented complete benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, STD, and LTD.

oRecruitment and Retention: Analyzed metrics in Northeast US to assess competitive offerings and developed benefits strategy to attract / retain quality R&D and PhD scientists. Achieved 0% turnover in 2017.

oInternational Employees Human Resource Support: Researched and implemented solutions to hire German and Canadian employees meeting EU / German and Canadian legal requirements.

oERISA: Sourced / implemented 401(k) plan, selected funds, and integrated plan with payroll and HR administration application (WFN). Administered plan, ensured compliance, and managed all federal filings.

oHuman Resource / Payroll / ACA Compliance Automation: Assessed software solutions and implemented ADP Workforce Now (WFN), covering ACA compliance and saving 2.5 FTEs.

oImmigration / International: Coordinated H-1B process for non-citizen staff and foreign compliance with Canadian subsidiary.

Real Property / Landlord Relationships: Directed multiple relocations to support growth from 200 sq. ft to 18K sq. ft., selecting locations, negotiating terms with real property counsel, working with contractors, architects, and projects managers as tenant GC, spec’ing infrastructure, and managing relocations. Led disaster recovery team. Maintained landlord relationship.

Additional Professional Experience

LEGAL SOLUTIONS, LLC, Boston, MA

Principal

Practiced in areas of general corporate law, intellectual property, litigation, securities law / commodity futures and private investment entities with focus on mediation, including FINRA panel mediator, divorce, employment, contract, landlord-tenant and construction disputes. Served on mediation panel for Boston Bar Association and MWI, Inc. in Boston Municipal Court.

Mediation: Mediated more than 35 construction and family law cases.

BROWN RUDNICK BERLACK ISRAELS, LLP, Boston, MA

Associate, Business Department / Corporate

Practiced in areas of securities law, broker-dealer regulation, and general corporate law with emphasis on private equity / mergers and acquisitions, and unregistered investment companies. Assisted / advised European clients on general corporate work, including private placements, employment law, intellectual property, corporate organization, joint ventures, joint development agreements, and litigation. Focused on hedge funds, private equity funds, broker-dealer regulation, and securities trading issues.

Corporate Law / Private Equity Funds: Advised American and European clients on general corporate work, M&A, and private equity funds.

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CLIFFORD CHANCE LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP (ROGERS & WELLS, LLP), London, UK

Associate, US Securities Practice Group / Cross Border

Practiced in areas of securities law and general corporate law, focusing on non-US companies accessing US capital markets. Advised in public offerings, equity listings, private placements of equity securities, mergers, and acquisitions. Represented venture capital investors, general partners, and placement agents. Assisted / advised sponsor banks in creation and placement of unit trusts. Drafted offering circulars and private placement memoranda, negotiated transactions documentation in public offerings, private placements of equity and funds, and provided multinational due diligence and compliance work from perspective of both issuers and underwriters.

US Securities, Cross Border: Delivered substantial contributions to 30 large equity, fund, and M&A transactions, of which more than 25 closed. Transaction values totaled more than $6B.

US COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION, New York, NY

Trial Attorney / Eastern Regional Office, Division of Enforcement

Supported all phases of litigation of fraud in commodity futures trading, including motion practice, hearings, filing of temporary restraining orders, ex parte actions, subpoena enforcement actions, complaints, and investigative and preparation work.

Trial Attorney: Litigated fraud in commodity futures trading in federal courts of Southern District of New York and Central District of Florida as well as administrative law venues.

Other Relevant Experience

MAD RIVER DISTILLERS., Burlington, VT 2011 - 2018

Co-Founder / Chief Operations Officer

Co-founded distillery producing rum, bourbon, and rye distillery. As Lead Distiller selected and procured barrels (Europe and America), determined mash bills (sourcing most ingredients locally), product profile design.

Operations and Legal

oLegal: Received Distilled Spirits Permit (DSP) in 56 days

oBoard: Membership of Board, 2011 - 2018

oProduct Design: Research and instituted mashbill protocol, sourced still and equipment