Sep 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Women in Leadership Executive Program Advisor offering expert guidance to faculty and students through classroom visits, forums and conferences. Preserving and enhancing the reputation and quality of the program through strategic review of credit and noncredit courses. Promoting the program’s goal of linking industry with academia to help ensure the University of California, Riverside Extension work is relevant and beneficial.

Dec 2022 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

• General Counsel overseeing all legal affairs for the ShareFile business unit ($250M SaaS business) of Cloud Software Group, managing team of attorneys dedicated to supporting the business unit while deeply integrated with and part of Cloud Software Group Global Legal Leadership team supporting the Chief Legal Officer of a $4B enterprise software company.

Apr 2019 – Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos

• Chief Product Counsel leading a seasoned group of Product Counsel attorneys providing legal support for the design, development, and release of cloud services and on prem products across a complex $3B multinational software company portfolio that provides server, application and desktop virtualization, networking, SaaS, and cloud computing technologies.

Apr 2010 – Mar 2019 · 8 yrs 11 mos

• Tenure with company includes progressive roles as Senior Counsel, Associate General Counsel and Senior Associate General Counsel providing a wide range of legal support including commercial. product, business development, facilities, SaaS, M&A, strategic transactions, data privacy and security and regulatory compliance.

Jul 2004 – Apr 2010 · 5 yrs 9 mos

• Assistant General Counsel for privately held $2B specialty retailer of discount tools and related products with 1200+ locations in 48 states, managing Associate Counsel, Senior Paralegal, staff, and outside counsel; and managing litigation. Responsible for building the the department from the ground up with the General Counsel and providing legal support for all aspects of the business.

Apr 2003 – May 2004 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Acting corporate and general counsel for several growing companies with emphasis on corporate matters, real estate, business development, international transactions, and general commercial contracts. Principal legal counsel to Vetronix during acquisition by Robert Bosch.

Nov 1994 – Jun 2002 · 7 yrs 7 mos

• Senior Counsel responsible for international legal affairs, global commercial transactions, procurement and vendor relations and litigation management for $2B leading retail provider of document management and business services. Tenure with company included progressive roles as Corporate Counsel, Division Counsel and Senior Counsel.