As a global legal executive, board director, and growth partner, I am relied upon by C-suites and boards to empower growth for rapidly evolving technology companies across software, cloud/SaaS, internet, security, telecommunications, and hardware, including large technology platforms spanning social media, payments, edtech, healthtech, and infrastructure. With a uniquely balanced business + legal mindset, I advance product development, revenue optimization, strategic communications, policy formulation, regulatory strategy, organic and inorganic growth, and operational scalability. EXPERTISE AREAS: ◉ Corporate Governance ◉ Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) ◉ Legal Policy ◉ Global Policy | Global Relations ◉ Foreign Investors ◉ Crisis Communications & Management ◉ Government Affairs ◉ Ethics | Compliance | Risk Management ◉ Product Policy | Data Privacy ◉ Legal Operations ◉ Organizational Development EXECUTIVE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: ✔ Established path toward IPO for Reddit by unlocking revenue to $200M and beyond. Secured $500M through Series C and Series D funding. ✔ Served as legal lead for Google startup products, including Google Cloud Platform (member of launch team), Google Apps, Google Fiber, and others, leading Google products with growth rates between 30% and 150%. ✔ Drove several key M&A transactions and integrations throughout career, including at Google and Prosus. ADVISORY & INVESTOR HIGHLIGHTS: Since 2019, I have invested in emerging technologies and actively served as a strategic advisor to various seed to Series D-stage startups and private companies. I advise on legal and business matters across the legal and policy spectrum, as well as on organizational growth and scale. ✔ Researched and invested in future-forward industries including blockchain (TRM Labs), climate (Form Energy, Eclipse), edtech (Ethena), fintech (Synctera, Brex), healthtech (Solv, NoYo Technologies), and legaltech (Ironclad). ✔ Served as interim chief legal officer for The Commons Project Foundation, where I managed legal, human resources, and finance functions, and developed the CommonPass digital travel app during the COVID-19 crisis.