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Virtual “in-house” Legal Counsel to Summit Nanotech, a Calgary based company with operations expanding globally. Summit Nanotech is one of Canada’s fast growing clean technology, direct lithium extraction (DLE) companies.

Works closely with Summit Nanotech’s VP of Intellectual Property, R&D, Engineers and Sales Team; Liaison with foreign counsel on international matters.

IP Strategy, R&D, Proposals, Testing/Engineering Agreements, NDA's, TOS's, MSA's, SOWs, Data/Privacy, Organization Policies.

Clean-tech commercial contracting, negotiating research, intellectual property, supplier and term sheet agreements, employing a solutions-based approach to negotiations, working closely with the VP of IP, VP of Technology and Innovation, Manager of Corporate Strategy and international counsel.

Worked as Walmart Canada’s Legal Counsel for a 9-month term as virtual “in-house” counsel

Supported the AGC on corporate legal matters in the areas of technology, privacy, financial services, marketing, eCommerce, transportation and clean-tech alternatives

Terms of Use, Agency/Partnership Agreements, Trademark Licensing, DPA’s, SaaS, Cloud Services, Digital Media, General Marketing and Service Agreements, Procurement, ISA’s, GDPR Compliance, Anti-Corruption

Resolver is world leading SaaS provider that gathers all risk data and analyzes it in context—revealing the true business impact within every risk. Resolver’s Risk Intelligence Platform traces the extended impact of all types of risk—whether compliance or audit, incidents, or threats—and translates those effects into quantifiable business metrics

Worked as virtual "in-house" Legal Counsel to Resolver, covering for and supporting the Director, Legal to fulfill the day-to-day legal needs of Resolver, a B2B SaaS company • Worked closely with Resolver's C-suite and also their passionate driven sales team on complex negotiations to close deals (TOS's, customer MSA's, SOWs, DPA's). Also collaborated across multiple departments to administer and reinforce privacy and cybersecurity best practices

B2B SaaS commercial contracting, negotiating sales agreements, employing a solutions-based approach to negotiations, working closely with the VP of sales and international sales teams • LOIs/MOUs, MSAs, SOWs, SaaS TOSs, DPAs, Business Associate and Cyber Security Agreements

Leadership position working directly with CEO. Used technology and innovation to provide intellectual property legal services to clients, with a focus on automation

Performed a broad range of intellectual property and corporate commercial services around IP Identification, Procurement, Patent Drafting and Prosecution, Trademark Filing and Opposition, Portfolio Management, IP Strategy, Audit, Valuation, Commercialization, Dispute Resolution and Litigation

As an IP lawyer with extensive background in engineering, worked as IP counsel to merging software and other technology companies on related patent applications, licensing agreements and trademark protection; assisted clients in maximizing the strength of their IP portfolio • Provided intellectual property services, catering to high-tech companies and funded start-up companies seeking to protect and leverage their valuable intellectual property in the areas of consumer electronics, wearables, telecommunications, energy generation, clean-tech and energy storage, medical devices, chemical processes, mechanical devices and robotics.

Evaluated new inventions, drafted patent disclosures, amended patent claims, drafted comprehensive responses to office actions (chemical, processes, bio/pharma & high-tech) • Performed patent and trademark searches, drafted opinions, and international strategies

Drafted license agreements, IP policies, employee contract IP provisions

Drafted trademark applications, comprehensive responses to office actions and oppositions

Performed IP litigation support, drafted factums, affidavits, and examinations