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Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary, and former Big Law partner with 20+ years of experience advising high-growth public and private companies. Trusted advisor to CEOs and boards, with a proven record of scaling teams, expanding into new markets, and managing enterprise risks. Broad expertise spanning governance, M&A, IP, cybersecurity, and litigation. Leverage a PhD in AI to shape corporate strategy in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
Applied Intuition is the physical AI company bringing intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. It is listed on Forbes AI 50, CNBC Disruptor 50, and Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies.
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Led legal, privacy, security, and compliance at Eightfold, an AI-native company using responsible AI to empower people and organizations. Eightfold was recognized in Forbes AI 50. Shaped strategy for the board and executive team across corporate governance, IP, SaaS contracts, fundraising, security and privacy (including SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, FedRAMP Authorized, and DoD IL4 certifications), litigation, employment, and AI ethics.
Led a team of legal professionals that advised on intellectual property rights, litigation, standards activities, open source software, product security, licensing and other commercial contracts, and M&A. Worked cross-functionally to promote an environment of open communication, high efficiency, rigor, and willingness to help others achieve their goals. Served as Head of IP and Chairman of the IP committee. Achieved consecutive Top-100-Global-Innovators awards. Reduced the then-third-largest patent verdict by more than $1.2B on appeal. Won district-court defense verdicts and Supreme-Court victory. Analyzed and negotiated 10+ M&A deals, including the Cavium merger for $6.6B, the Aquantia acquisition for ~$450M, the Avera acquisition for ~$600M, and the WiFi divestiture to NXP for $1.76B. Marvell is a public chip company (NASDAQ:MRVL).
Represented high-tech clients, including Fortune-100 companies, in litigation, licensing, and counseling. Managed day-to-day activities in high-stakes litigation matters involving injunctions, contempt proceedings, antitrust remedies, and punitive damages. Served as trial counsel before district courts and the ITC, and appellate counsel before the Federal Circuit. Recognized in the 2011 and 2012 editions of Northern California Super Lawyers. Kirkland & Ellis is an Am Law 10 firm.