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I have practiced at the intersection of law, technology and business for 25+ years to drive positive impact for 3 technology leaders: Microsoft • Assistant General Counsel (Current), Accenture • Counsel and IBM • Staff Attorney.
CORE STRENGTHS:
• Leadership ► Authentic and empathetic leader who has managed teams ranging in size from 2 to 20. YoY scored 93%+ favorability on Workforce Health Index scores. Responsible for hiring, onboarding and mentoring lawyers and legal professionals. Consistently earns the trust of senior business leaders by delivering high-impact legal support to meet their goals.
• Negotiation & Business Enabler ► Deep experience in negotiating and closing agreements with customers, partners and vendors with deal sizes of up to $2B+ to enable business on a global scale for teams that drive $17B+ in sales revenue annually. Such deals include technology, cloud, outsourcing, licensing, complex services, procurement, alliance, marketing and joint ventures.
• Regulatory & Compliance ► Certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Fellow of Information Privacy with expertise in data privacy and cybersecurity. Delivers ethics trainings, participates in quarterly compliance reviews with clients, assists on internal compliance audits/investigations and helps clients engage in smart risk-taking.
• Legal Operations Excellence ► Embraces change, technology and data to re-engineer the delivery of legal services to ignite knowledge-sharing, to free up time for legal teams to perform higher value work and to optimize legal team metrics.
• Business Development & Brand Ambassador ► Helps clients market and sell cloud and AI-based solutions to legal and compliance business decision-makers at customers. Evangelizes key privacy, security and compliance differentiators and #LegalTech best practices to customers and the public in 1:1 meetings, industry conferences and via social media.
• Versatility ► Broad range of General Counsel skillset also includes significant experience in employment law, dispute resolution/litigation, intellectual property, antitrust law, artificial intelligence and these key industries: retail, energy, media, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, professional services and the public sector.
I am also active on social media as a technology evangelist and legal industry thought-leader. In addition, I author an award-winning blog entitled "In-House Consigliere": https://www.dennisgarciablog.com/ and can be reached at [email protected].