Business Partner Contracts Management

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Meera Bawa Senior Contracts Management Professional

E-Mail: ***********@*****.*** Mobile: +1-510-***-**** Education/Professional Qualifications Qualified Corporate Officer Institute of Company Secretaries of India MBA Symbiosis Institute

Graduation- Bachelor of Commerce University of Delhi, India Professional Certifications:

CCCM-AP- Certified Commercial Contracts Management- Advanced Practitioner CCEP- Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional Corporate Compliance Board. USA Commissioned to be Authorized Notary Public- California Abilities & Skills

• Extensive and enriched experience of +15 years in high value strategic enterprise technology contracting (with handling global deals, deal size up to $70-100M) in Sales and Procurement Contracts, Technology/SaaS Enterprise and Direct/Channel Sales, Privacy Compliance, Sales driven Customer negotiations with global fortune 500 clients, Corporate Contracts Management, Policy Management. risk mitigation. Led key projects from scratch to completion, such as Contracts Management Tool deployment, contract guideline development, revamping and setting up of contract templates and standard SOPs, Deal Memo for C Level deal Approval, Risk Management through use of tools as Legal Checklist, Contract Policy, delivering training and communication strategies to Sales and cross functions, all in all a comprehensive Contracts Management function with people management.

• Cyber/Technology Contracts Negotiator and Manager in high value strategic Technology Contracts, Biotechnology, Software Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Media Entertainment, Manufacturing, Agreements negotiated and drafted: SaaS/Technology Agreements, MSAs, SOWs, Security Addendums, DPAs, SLAs, Terms of Use/Acceptable Use Agreements, NDAs, Partner/Teaming Agreements, Reseller Agreements, Online Purchase Terms/Click Wrap Technology Agreements, Product Legal Terms, IP & Cloud Security Addendum, Renewal Amendments, Supplier Agreements in various internal products and services across industries such as Construction, engineering, Architecture, Media, Entertainment, Manufacturing and Technology industry. I have an extensive and seasoned 15+ years of global experience in being the key Legal Business Partner for both Sales and procurement teams, driving value and impact in simplifying contractual negotiations in a risk mitigated way. I have led key programmatic projects such as Contracts Management Tools

(CLM)deployment[ such as Optus, SpringCM, Conga, Ironclad], contract guideline development, revamping and setting up of contract templates and standard SOPs, play books.

• Certified and Seasoned Contracts professional with demonstrated ability to lead a team, coordinate cross functionally, motivated to work in a fast pace sales environment, meet deadlines despite competing priorities and respond quickly to changing job demands and simultaneously being responsive to the Clients and end users, detailed and task oriented with strong interpersonal skills, effective and clear communication, and experience interacting with all levels of the management. Work Experience

Legal Contracts Manager- Autodesk Inc. (July ’2019- Current)

• Sales Contracts Manager- Legal Business Partner and Contracts Manager, prime negotiator for the

+10M $ Enterprise & Go To Market Sales Business Contracts in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction and Manufacturing vertical plus the Procurement business - drafting, review, negotiations, issue resolution and contract management of key enterprise commercial agreements.

• Procurement Contracts Business Partner- for AMER- Draft and develop contracts as Enterprise Software Business Agreements, Partner Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Amendments, Pilot Letters, Fast Track Supplier Agreements, SaaS Supplier Agreements,

• Programmatic Work- Led the Contracts Repository Project for the portal ‘Supplier Central’ to house Procurements Contracts. Led the ‘Conga’ deployment Project for Sales Contracts Management as the prime Legal Stakeholder for the process. Worked on Asana reporting portal.

• Developed and updated Legal Playbooks- Developed and updated the global procurement playbook, guidelines, fallbacks and contract templates to address ongoing business requirements, manage contract inflow with easier off-the shelf template creation, Contract intake forms and smoother approval processes internally. Sales side- Legal lead for the Sled tool -Conga- actively engaged in it planning and deployment.

• Trainer/Mentor-Advise and educate the Sales and Procurements Stakeholders on the contract guidelines, procedures, and policy changes. Periodic Education and training for the global Legal and Procurements teams bringing them up to speed on processes and reinforcing the existing ones on a regular basis.

• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders including Deal Desk, Legal SMEs, finance, HR, client services, IT, Cloud security, and marketing on internal sign offs and enable business managing risk in parallel.

Senior Manager- Global Contracts: TaskUs Inc. (January ’2018- July 2019)

• Leading the Clients/Sales Contracts- drafting, negotiations, contract management, risk reporting and compliance,

• Procurement Contracts- Draft and negotiate contracts and develop and improvise processes and templates to address ongoing changing business requirements on the global procurement side.

• Established contract review processes for all contract and vendor matters.

• Partnering with Global VP of Legal on developing consistent legal standards and processes for the department.

• Identify and support management in risk management through the Global Supplier Due Diligence Program.

• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders including finance, HR, client services, IT, security, and marketing to continually improvise on existing processes and scaling needs.

• Travel domestically and internationally to other geos as needed to support the business requirements and meet the business training needs regularly.

• Support global team objectives and meet urgent business needs by building out a global 24*7 contract support.

• CLM- Worked in the implementation of the Spring CM Contracts Management Software for the organization.

Senior Manager-Contracts & Compliance: MetricStream Inc. ( Feb’ 2014- Jan’ 2018)

• Joined as Contracts Analyst, promoted to Senior Manager Contracts.

• Created and Lead the global Contracts Team of two attorneys and a paralegal for global Sales and Procurement Contracts of the organization.

• Researched, planned, and executed Contracts Management Software (Apttus) at MetricStream and iDocs, at iGATE.

• Lead and executed Global Regulatory Compliance Management Software at IGATE (Now Capgemini);

• Leading and negotiating multi-million dollar deals globally in the role together with Sales, product, services, support, IT and finance on one side,

• Quarterly reporting responsibilities to the CFO, CEO, COO on the other side, & representing the department at corporate All Hands and such meetings;

• Managing the Contractual Compliance aspects as FCPA, GDPR, Data Protection, Intellectual Property Rights, Escrow, to name a few;

• Guide the team and streamlined various corporate policies for the company, as the Certified Ethics & Compliance Professional;

• Managing complete Contract lifecycle for the growing organization, as part of the Corporate Compliance and Contracts Team, managing global workflow on Contracts.

• Escalation point for key contract issues, templates for compliance with all legal clauses on IT Contracting, FCPA, Data security/information privacy, Escrow requirements;

• Diverse experience with customers across industries and locations as Europe, Americas, Australia, EMEA and APAC and contracts across industries and regions;

• Teaming Agreements with the Big 4s like PwC & KPMG, $1-$3M IT deals with hardware corporations like Lowes, IKEA-Sweden, to name a few;

• Work with Finance in Revenue Recognition cycles, with periodic reporting on the Contracts to management;

• In depth understanding of IT Software business models of Implementation Services both ‘On Premise’ and ‘ On Cloud’;

• Analyzing and Reporting Contracts Meta Data and efficiency to Management;

• Contracts Lead to Issue Resolution for “War Rooms’;

• Varied experience in documents as: RFPs, MSA, SOW, NDAs, Sub Contracting Agreements, Partner Agreements as Reseller & Referral Agreements,

• RFP related compliances and processes;

• Involved in planning phase with internal product team for the implementing the in-house Contract Management Systems/Software;

• Well versed with electronic signing platform as DocuSign;

• Identify and develop Ethical (FCPA) and Information Security and Privacy requirements with third parties. Catalyst in communicating across crosses functions to coordinate inputs to finalize the Contractual deals and ensure all elements are addressed in the Contracts.

• Evaluate, implement, monitor and improvise Contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and determine action to rectify any contract non-compliance.

Assistant Manager(Global Legal Compliance)- iGATE ( July’ 2011- June’ 2013)

• Contracts Management, Procurement & Sales - Independently handled a range of agreements and amendments for Vendors,Subcontracts and Customers ( EMEA, APAC US) which included, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, Reseller Agreements, RFPs, FIDIC Contracts, Consulting, IT, Facilities, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, learning and development, staffing agreements, grant and sponsored agreements, advisory, research and development agreements, charting the Global Contracts Policy for Vendors, and the authorized Signatory Matrix for Contracts. Alignment of Subcontracts in line with Clients MSAs.

• Custodian and responsible of the Company’s Contracts and Compliance Policies, handled company’s ethics and compliance activities, and contracts administration, imparted trainings on compliance, risk, security, data privacy and regulatory policies, and data privacy regulations. Drafting and finalization and timely updating of policies as Anti-Corruption& Business Conduct Policy, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act), Whistle Blower Policy, Code of Conduct for Employees;

• Internal Audits in coordination with the Ernst & Young team, conducting Audit on Anti-Bribery Compliance and on the Whistle Blowing Policy in the organization, Quarterly Statutory Audit of HR and Administration functions.

• CLM- Worked in the implementation of the Contracts Management Software for the organization.

Key Projects

• CLM- Worked in the implementation of the Contracts Management Software for the organizations.

Worked with the team on digitalization/conversion of the Contracts documents into the system, and worked the way through the crawl-walk-run phase of the system.

• Ethics- Spearheaded the Online Compliance Program for the Organization and completion yielding results of 90 % ethical compliance with 26,000 global employee database, involving compliance with: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Anti-Bribery Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Sexual Harassment/Workplace Harassment Policy, Information Security/Data Privacy Policy- Ensuring Data Compliance for various Clients and within the Organization.

• Vendor- Compliance-Launched the Contractual Compliance on Anti-Corruption with Third Parties: with the entire Suppliers regime, through ensuring signing of Anti-Corruption Undertakings, ensuring the Compliance in word and spirit. Involved deeply in continuous discussions on the subject with the Suppliers to help arrive at consensus and understanding of the Anti-Corruption Statutes.

• Software License Management System: Formulation and finalization of the Software License Management Policy, ensuring effective management of third party software and Customer Loaned Software Arrangements, with a specified Approval Matrix for the Licenses.

Corporate Officer - Cryo-Save (India) Private Limited (Aug ’2010 -July ’2011)

• Corporate Legal Officer, SPOC for applicable regulatory compliances, Contracts Manager, managing a team for review, negotiations, finalization and execution of all Client and Suppliers Contracts;

• Agreement including confidentiality, consulting, laboratory services, implementation of procedures for review and approval of agreements;

• Management of the contracts database;

• Imparted trainings to the stakeholders/Clients/Internal teams on the procedures, policies and guidelines on contracts;

• Core Audit Team Member for ISO and other Medical Audits and Compliances. Counsel and advise the Managing Director, on all legal matters.

Corporate Officer- Gupta Exim (India) Private Limited (Aug ‘2009 - Aug ’2010)

• Responsible for all legal matters and representing the company on all legal issues and concerning matters;

• Ensure Corporate Governance adherence, company meetings (AGM-EGM-BM), related drafting & formalities, related statutory filings, RBI & foreign exchange filings;

• Liaison with Auditors (KPMG) on corporate Audit, with Counsels on litigation matters, drafting and vetting of contracts: Operational/ Lease/Sales/ Marketing/Business Developments Agreements;

• Regulatory Compliances related to Employee Compensation and Labor Laws;

CS On the Job Article ship - Shiv-Vani Oil & Natural Gas Limited, Cambridge Solutions Limited, Delhi Stock Exchange -1.8 Years

Awards & Achievements

Indo-Canadian Youth Exchange Participant (India-Canada) – British Colombia, Canada One, of the 18 Indian nationals selected to be a part of the 7 months Indo-Canadian International Youth Exchange Program, CWY (Canada World Youth), BC & New Delhi, India, aimed at harmonious, sustainable community development.

Performance Awards and Code Applauses at past and current roles for Achievements in successfully driving the Organization’s Contracts & Compliance programs.

Promoted to Senior Contracts & Compliance Manager at MetricStream.

PTA Member and Boy Scout Parent.

Boy Scouts Parent Volunteer- Outdoor Committee

Track Mom!

Place: Oakley, California Meera (MEENAKSHI RANA)

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