General Counsel
San Francisco Compute Company
USA
I bring over a decade of legal experience across private practice, government, and in-house, with a focus on commercial transactions, technology agreements, intellectual property, and compliance. I have serve as a trusted legal partner to senior executives, engineers, and product managers.
My expertise spans the end-to-end contracting lifecycle, from deal structuring and risk mitigation to negotiation and execution. I’ve drafted complex agreements, including: Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Software as a Service (SaaS) Contracts, IP Licensing Agreements, Cloud Infrastructure Deals, Hardware Procurement Contracts, Statements of Work (SOWs), Joint Development Agreements.
I’m well-versed in contract lifecycle management (CLM), supply chain contracts/ vendor risk assessment, Artificial Intelligence (AI) legal strategy and data usage governance, privacy and data security legal reviews (GDPR, CCPA), IP strategy, including ownership, confidentiality, and licensing rights, Enterprise SaaS negotiations with global cloud service providers, strategic sourcing, global procurement, and vendor contracting, complex commercial contracts (SaaS, cloud, procurement, MSAs, licensing), employment law (offer letters, compensation, investigations, DEI, terminations, contractor/1099 risk), advising on corporate governance, entity formation, and Board of Directors support, advising on IP portfolio development, open source review, licensing strategy, and data privacy (GDPR/CCPA)
My core competencies include commercial and corporate law, with expertise in commercial transactions, complex contract negotiation, strategic sourcing, and procurement agreements. Contract lifecycle management, vendor negotiations, SaaS agreements, strategic commercial partnerships, IP licensing, software licensing, and product counselling, cross-functional collaboration, internal investigations, and outside counsel management, AI, cloud, data law, including AI governance, data privacy, cloud contracts, data licensing, open source compliance, artificial intelligence law, cloud infrastructure agreements, data use rights, AI policy and compliance, and SaaS/cloud infrastructure contracting, regulatory compliance, export control, anti-corruption and anti-bribery frameworks, supply chain due diligence, corporate governance, executive counsel, board-level legal support, contract automation strategy, legal strategy, negotiation, commercial law, and enterprise technology law, legal compliance, risk management, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), cloud computing, data protection, and intellectual property.