Legal executive with a proven track record in-house with start-ups and multinational corporations including 14+ years handling complex commercial legal transactions and privacy initiatives while demonstrating deep knowledge of technology and privacy related laws and regulations. Has excellent negotiating, drafting, and influencing skills. Is an excellent communicator, strong critical thinker, and possesses excellent business sense and judgment. Acts as a practical and enthusiastic problem-sol... Read more
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Create my profileAxiom, Robert Half
Sr. Commercial and Privacy Counsel •December 2020 - May 2022
· Increased sales and procurement efficiency by leveraging deep experience to provide rapid and accurate turnover of commercial, privacy and vendor agreements including SaaS, MSAs, SOWs, DPAs, BAAs, Security Agreements, Software, and Professional Services.
· Increased legal department efficiency and knowledge by advising, providing guidance, and developing policies and processes on a broad range of commercial, privacy, security, regulatory and legal compliance issues including Privacy Program development including PIAs and policies.
· Increased new sales by actively supporting product teams in Go-To-Market initiatives, marketing and product development activities including IP, privacy, compliance and marketing support.
· Improved company security posture and compliance by advising sales and product teams on ISO 27001, NIST 800-53 Framework and CIS Controls allowing for pro-active implementation.
Rivian Automotive
Senior Commercial and Privacy Counsel •March 2020 - September 2020
· Greatly reduced turnaround time for inbound contracts bringing forward vehicle production timeline and eliminated contract backlog by efficiently negotiating direct and indirect IT and technology contracts related to Rivian vehicles, including all IP and Open Source agreements.
· Increased cross-vertical communication and cooperation counseling business and product teams on privacy including CCPA, GDPR, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and PIPEDA and provided actionable advice to ensure compliance and success of business objectives.
· Designed privacy program including customer privacy portal, Rivian.com privacy notice, internal privacy policy, privacy program plan, data mapping, and privacy impact assessments.
Synopsys Inc
Sr. Commercial Counsel II •June 2017 - May 2019
· Built and managed a world-class team of six commercial attorneys globally distributed through Americas, APAC and EMEA supporting sales, partners, go-to-market teams, product, engineering, finance and marketing teams.
· Increased sales thruput and decreased lead-to-cash times by serving as the point of escalation, and head counsel for transactional issues for enterprise software licensing, cloud computing / SaaS, MSAs, professional services and related agreements in both the commercial and public-sector spaces including FARS/DFARS/ITAR.
· Decreased legal review times and increased team efficiency by leading projects with business partners to identify, design, and implement process improvements to drive deal velocity and scale enabling 50% year over year growth.
VMware
Outside Counsel •January 2013 - December 2014
Sole Practitioner / Consultant • 2013 - 2017
OSIsoft
Director of Sales Operations •November 2007 - November 2012
Law Offices of Darren T. Matt
Owner and Principal Attorney •January 2007 - December 2017
Raytheon
Senior System Engineer • 1999 - 2007
United States Air Force Reserve
Staff Sergeant (E-5), Munitions Systems • 1996 - 2002
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA)•Graduated in 2012
Santa Clara University School of Law
Doctor of Law (J.D.)•Graduated in 2006
University of Connecticut
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)•Graduated in 1999