Experienced corporate attorney with significant in-house, startup experience who understands the challenges of business (building and motivating a team, creating repeatable processes to ensure continued customer satisfaction at scale and dealing with infrastructure issues). Pragmatic and efficient executive who strikes the right balance between legal compliance and business efficacy by providing relevant, bottom-line-oriented advice in the areas of corporate formation, equity and debt financings, operational and administration matters, intellectual property protection, technology licensing, employment, compensation and employee benefits, taxation, and mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses gleaned from real-world experience. Skilled communicator and counselor for board members, executive team, entrepreneurs, administrators and engineers.