Position: CLO / Head of Legal / Legal Counsel / Operations manager
Category: Other
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 6

Courses: 
1. PreSale Management - AdvanceIT 
2. IT Law Advanced - ILTI school 
3. Operations Management - LABA 

Achievements: 
- Passed the bar exam (I will become an attorney in 6 months)
- Built all legal processes in an IT company from scratch. 
- Brought the company out of difficult conflict situations and saved business relations with the client. 
- Negotiated and concluded contracts with key budget-forming clients. 
- Taking an active part in the IT legal meetups, and developing network.
I am an IT Lawyer with a background in Account and Project management. Throughout my career, I have gained valuable experience working with multiple companies.

Here is a breakdown of my experience:

1. Head of Legal: IT outsourcing company, 450+ people- 1.5 years:
- Owned and managed all legal tasks and the legal department consisting of two people
- Developed legal and operational processes (offers, contracts, assets, relocation policy, termination procedures, BCP, vendor management, guides)
- Assisted in the strategic expansion (Poland, Romania, Mexico)
- Managed locations from a legal perspective: Ukraine, Mexico, Poland, and Romania.
- ensured compliance (ISO - legal part, employment, privacy).

2. Head of Legal: IT outsourcing company - 3.5 years:
- Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated various commercial technology contracts, including MSA (Master Services Agreement), licensing agreements, statements of work, binding offers, agency agreements, NDAs, etc.
- Identified and communicated risks associated with customer contract demands to internal decision-makers (delivery, finance, sales) for discussion and resolution.
- Participated in strategic sessions as a core team member.
- Assisted with debt settlements and conflict resolution.
- Ensured legal compliance across the company's business activities, covering GDPR, tax, corporate matters, and deals.
- Prepared documents for public procurements/tenders and international NGO projects.
- Initiated and implemented policies and guidelines within the company.

3. Legal Counsel (IT outsourcing company) - 1 year:
- Handled responsibilities similar to those mentioned above as the Head of Legal.

4. Account Manager (IT outsourcing company) - 6 months:
- Managed client accounts and maintained relationships.
- Prepared commercial offers for clients.
- Conducted Performance Planning and Review (PPR) sessions.
- Engaged in various aspects of account management.

5. Associate - Law firm
- Worked on various legal projects related to the IT field

In addition to my legal expertise, I possess in-depth knowledge of different types of contractual interactions, such as Time and Materials (T&M), Fixed Price, Dedicated Team, etc. Furthermore, I have a basic understanding of Agile practices like Scrum and Kanban.

Regarding managerial experience, I have successfully hired personnel and conducted Performance Planning and Review sessions.

My knowledge is tailored to the IT sphere.
I can perform legal tasks and provide operations management functions.