International paper and corrugated manufacturing company with $30B in annual revenue VP & Deputy General Counsel - Enterprise & Supply Chain (June 2022 – Present) VP & Associate General Counsel - Commercial (Oct. 2021 – June 2022) • Partnered with Chief Information & Technology Officer and his Senior Leadership Team on global IT transformation strategy while managing initiatives under a $72M IT budget. • Developed information security assessment policy and its corresponding contracts with Chief Information Security Officer and team to alleviate supplier software integration risk on enterprise systems. • Oversaw legal leadership to the Supply Chain Officer and the Logistics SVP in supervising over 4000 suppliers and creating policies and procedures for effective identification, qualification, and management of vendors to ensure end customer needs are met in a timely manner. • Streamlined the business’ complex forty-eight (48) page Legal Authority Matrix to a nine (9) page comprehensive Approval Policy for global use and increased efficiency in business operations and contract management. • Partnered with Chief Supply Chain Officer in developing a multi-million-dollar global outsourcing Master Services Agreement to achieve nine figure Source to Contract and Procure to Pay cost savings. • Drove team that negotiated lease finance of new box plant, an increase in landlord/lender financing from $61.5M to $79M, while keeping cap rate increase at only 0.15%, and successfully addressed mill closure real estate issues. • Spearheaded legal and business template revitalization initiative via creation of twenty (20) “standard” sales and procurement contracts contemplating business’ revised risk appetite and rolled-out and trained business on use of same. • Led Supply Chain and IT transformation and integration during $20B manufacturing merger. • Facilitated Lean implementation of Kaizen reviews with Procurement on contract negotiations process to reduce cycle time by 20%. • Supervised a cross-functional team of twenty-seven (27) experts in evaluating, designing, and implementing a $15M company-wide contract lifecycle management platform to increase efficiency in contract negotiations, in technology, software, construction, energy, procurement, logistics, and SaaS deals.

Multinational conglomerate in aerospace, energy, healthcare, and energy, and finance fields – No. 33 on Fortune 500 GE Renewable Energy, Grid Solutions Business, Paris, France Executive Director, Contract Management (Nov. 2018 – Sept. 2021) GE Power, Grid Solutions Business, Paris, France Executive Contract Management Leader North America and North America Project Litigation (Aug. 2016 – Nov. 2018) GE Energy Connections, Grid Solutions, Atlanta, Georgia Contract Management Leader, North America (Nov. 2015 – Aug. 2016) GE Energy, Global Projects Organization, Schenectady, New York Global Contract & Risk Management Director – Services Businesses (Jan. 2011 – Nov. 2015) GE Energy Services, Atlanta, Georgia Senior Contract Risk Manager (Mar. 2008 – Jan. 2011) • Led a global Contract Management team of fifty (50) diverse experts in seven regions in supporting the on-time and on-budget execution of Offshore & Onshore construction projects for GE Renewable Energy’s $8B Grid Solutions business. • Supported an array of complex projects with different project delivery methods and different contracting structures, such as EPC, EEP, EPCIC, NEC, FIDIC, and consortiums. Led team in proactively identifying risk, providing mitigation planning and strategy execution, and leading effective change order management and dispute resolution, recovering over $40M in 2020 and having an 89% success rate in advancing extension of time claims to mitigate liquidated damages. • In partnership with the CEO, GC and Project SVP, closed Nalcor Energy’s $14B Muskrat Falls Project, recovering $17M in damages for delay claims and successfully settling two subcontractor claims. • Worked with Commercial & Finance teams to evaluate gaps in strategic partnership relations and implemented a partner qualification process which reduced contract negotiation cycle time from one (1) year to four (4) months. • Served as the Projects team lead during GE’s single largest acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses for $17B, focusing on due diligence in Project contracting and execution. • Worked with GE Energy Connections GC in spearheading the development of a cross-GE legal and business affirmative recoveries program that in six (6) years recovered over $20M net proceeds. Established and managed an Executive Committee consisting of diverse counsel and operational experts in each of GE’ s Tier - 1 businesses to evaluate class action matters in an array of categories where GE spend was significant to increase recovery. • Developed several strategic process improvements such as implementing enhanced communication channels between attorneys and 1-over-1 business leaders, which assisted in building stronger, more cohesive, proactive, and interactive teams.

Atlanta based AmLaw 100 law firm with over 670 attorneys globally focused on litigation, M&A, and intellectual property Counsel, Construction & Public Practice and Insurance Practice Litigation Groups • On a 3-year secondment assignment, served as the on-site legal expert in litigation & transactional matters for the City of Atlanta during its internal transition while executing on their $5B capital improvement program. Oversaw the construction of the 5th Runway, the new rental car facility (CONRAC), and the International Terminal at HJAIA. • Represented Siemens Transportation Partnership in its suit against the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation (PRDOT) over the delay in completing the $2B 17-kilometer section of the Tren Urbano rail line. Successful in negotiating a structured settlement of $130M. • Supported client in litigation brought by the owner of an experimental solvent refined coal plant to recover damages for the costs of remediating environmental contamination caused by TCA contamination. After recovering more than $8,500,000 in damages and attorney’s fees to our client, pursued insurance claims against the property insurer.

Atlanta based insurance defense firm with over 75 attorneys Insurance Defense Attorney • Specialized in the areas of medical malpractice, motor carrier defense, and general liability litigation. • Researched various issues affecting insurance cancellation and coverage. • Prepared cases for trial, filed declaratory judgment actions, drafted motions, memos, and briefs, attended hearings, and took depositions.

Law Degree

State Bar of Georgia

1997

Credential ID: 495520