Tracy A. Gallegos has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. She will be resident in the Las Vegas office and also practice in San Francisco.

Prior to joining Duane Morris, Gallegos was a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP.

In a release, the firm said Gallegos’ practice covers corporate, real estate, cannabis, sports and entertainment law for clients ranging from startup companies to established businesses. Her clients include retail shopping centers, entertainment and media companies, online retailers and cannabis companies involved in retail, manufacturing and cultivation, as well as companies providing ancillary services to the cannabis industry in both California and Nevada. Gallegos’ corporate services include assistance with entity formation and restructuring, corporate rollups, financing and other general corporate matters. She routinely drafts and negotiates letters of intent, equity and asset purchase agreements, subscription agreements, loan documents, private placement memoranda and corporate governance documents such as bylaws, operating agreements and partnership agreements.

In her cannabis practice, Gallegos serves as lead transaction counsel on mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and corporate rollups, and has been involved in deals with an aggregate value exceeding several billion dollars. She serves as lead regulatory and compliance counsel, and advises clients regarding the licensing process and other regulatory issues on both the state and local levels in California and Nevada.

The firm said Gallegos also represents both commercial and residential developers, as well as commercial landlords. Gallegos handles transactions involving the acquisition and disposition of multimillion-dollar commercial properties and residential subdivisions, and has served as lead counsel on transactions with purchase prices in the hundreds of millions of dollars. She also handles real estate financing transactions and has served as lead counsel on deals in excess of half a billion dollars. She negotiates and drafts purchase and sale agreements, promissory notes, public offering statements, disclosure statements, commercial leases and secured loan agreements. In addition, she frequently prepares third party borrower opinions and previously served on a prior firm’s opinion review committee, where she was responsible for reviewing borrower opinions for conformance with Nevada and California law.

Gallegos is a graduate of Drake University Law School (J.D., 2004) and the University of California, Davis (A.B., 1999).

Akerman LLP announced the expansion of its Chicago office with the addition of trademark partner Kourtney Mulcahy. She joins Akerman’s Intellectual Property Practice Group from Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP.

The firm said Mulcahy has experience in all areas of trademark law, including: domain name issues, right of publicity, social media, digital and print advertising, and marketing. She has represented clients before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and around the country in trademark/trade dress infringement, dilution, cybersquatting, counterfeiting, and unfair competition claims. Mulcahy also handles licensing matters for clients—drafting and negotiating license agreements—in the areas of entertainment, technology, sports, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, consumer products, manufacturing, food products, healthcare, retail, restaurant, financial, commercial, educational, and charitable services.

In the last year, Akerman has attracted six lawyers to the Chicago office, including tax partner Mary Samsa from McDermott Will & Emery, labor and employment partner Amy Moor Gaylord from Franczek Radelet P.C., and litigation partner Amy Doehring from McDermott Will & Emery.

Dominique L. Casimir has joined Blank Rome LLP as a partner in the Government Contracts group in the Washington, D.C., office.

The firm said Casimir’s practice focuses on government contracts law with an emphasis on litigation, regulatory counseling, and responding to government enforcement actions. She joins Blank Rome from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP where she was a partner in the firm’s government contracts practice.

Casimir practice focuses on suspension and debarment matters, successfully representing clients—including large and small government contractors and subcontractors—before suspension and debarment officials of numerous federal agencies. She serves as co-chair of the Debarment and Suspension Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Public Contracts Law, and she is often invited to speak at high-profile events—most recently at the ABA’s Annual Meeting alongside the Army’s Suspension Debarment Official and at a symposium in London alongside the Environmental Protection Agency’s Suspension Debarment Official.

The firm said she also provides litigation support and regulatory advice to her government contractor clients whose businesses span a variety of industries, such as defense, healthcare, information technology, and professional services. She often conducts internal investigations on behalf of her clients (including those undertaken in response to actual or potential False Claims Act matters), makes mandatory disclosures, and counsels contractors with respect to compliance with government audits.

A native Spanish speaker and daughter of immigrants, Casimir will continue her pro bono work at Blank Rome with a focus on aiding immigrants and those seeking asylum in the United States. The firm said she is also dedicated to networking and bringing greater racial diversity to the practice of government contracts law. She recently launched a group of diverse government contracts attorneys (from the government, in-house, and law firms) that convene quarterly to help with business development, building goodwill among government attorneys, and raising awareness of potential diverse recruits.

She earned her B.A. in Government from Georgetown University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Barnes & Thornburg has added Zachary Johnson in the Atlanta office as director of state government affairs-Georgia. As a member of the firm’s Government Services and Finance Department, he will work closely with the growing Atlanta-based government affairs team, including Stephen Weizenecker and W. Murphy Talmadge.

In a release, the firm said Johnson, a Georgia Certified Purchasing Associate, will work with clients on government relations and public affairs issues, with an emphasis on procurement and sourcing. He will focus on helping higher education institutions and state, county and municipal governments create and implement sourcing strategies. He will also work with the firm’s local government services team to provide political action committee (PAC) management strategies and legislative consulting.

Previously, Johnson served as director of government relations for the Georgia Department of Administrative Services, where he led outreach efforts to local higher education systems, local governments, enterprise agencies and the Georgia General Assembly. He was most recently vice president of government relations at McGuireWoods Consulting.

Johnson earned his B.S. in political science and government from Georgia College and State University.

Langley & Banack, Inc. announced that George H. Spencer, Jr. and James (Jim) Hoffman have joined the firm as of counsel.

Spencer is a board certified civil trial lawyer while Hoffman devotes much to his practice to bankruptcy litigation.

In a release, the firm said Spencer has experience with civil cases in both state and federal courts, with first-chair jury trials to verdict in lawsuits ranging from RICO to wrongful death, from breach of fiduciary duty to rock quarry nuisance, and from legal malpractice to scope of insurance coverage. He is also active in representing attorneys in State Bar grievance matters and, on occasion, has assisted in prosecuting such complaints. Spencer received his J.D. with distinction from St. Mary’s University School of Law and an A.B. from Princeton University.

The firm said Hoffman’s bankruptcy practice has included numerous Chapter 7, 11 and 13 Trustee representations, bankruptcy legal malpractice defenses, national creditor representations (including many Fortune 100 and 500 Companies) and general litigation and appeals in all aspects of bankruptcy law. He has acted as a court appointed bankruptcy disbursing agent and mediator.

A frequent speaker on bankruptcy issues, he was named 2017 San Antonio Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America. He is a member of the San Antonio Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, American Bankruptcy Institute, member and past president of the San Antonio Bankruptcy Bar Association and is Co-Chairman of the Western District Federal Courts Committee. As an Eagle Scout, he has volunteered extensively with the Boy Scouts of America and numerous community organizations. Hoffman received his J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law and a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

Amy Sherry Fischer

At its 2019 annual meeting, held in July at The Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) elected new IADC board of directors members for 2019-20, including new board leaders.

The IADC board oversees activities that benefit the organization’s members and their clients, as well as the civil justice system, the legal profession, and society in general. In addition to its core purpose involving professional development for members, the IADC takes a leadership role in many areas of legal reform. In a release, the association said IADC members are among the world’s leading corporate and insurance lawyers at large and small law firms and senior counsel in corporate law departments, as well as corporate and insurance executives. Members represent the largest corporations around the world, including the majority of companies listed in the FORTUNE 500.

The new IADC board leaders and members, along with their law firm or company affiliations, are:

President
Amy Sherry Fischer
Foliart, Huff, Ottaway & Bottom
Oklahoma City, Okla.

President-Elect
Andrew S. Chamberlin
Ellis & Winters LLP
Greensboro, N.C.

Immediate Past President
Craig A. Thompson
Venable LLP
Baltimore

Vice President of Corporate
Aldos Vance
Altec, Inc.
Birmingham, Ala.

Treasurer-Elect
Donna Lamontagne
Lamontagne, Spaulding & Hayes, LLP
Cranston, R.I.

Board Member
Bonnie Mayfield
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Board Member
Michele Smith
MehaffyWeber, P.C.
Beaumont, Texas

Board Member
Thomas W. “Trea” Southerland, III
Federal Express Corporation
Memphis, Tenn.

The IADC is the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests. Founded in 1920, the IADC’s 2,500 members hail from six continents, more than 50 countries and territories, and all 50 U.S. states. The core purposes of the IADC are to enhance the development of skills, promote professionalism, and facilitate camaraderie among its members, their clients, as well as the broader civil justice community.

Opportune LLP, a global provider of business advisory services to the energy industry, announced that Randy Osterberg has joined the firm as managing director.

In a release, the firm said Osterberg has more than 35 years of energy experience. His principal focus will be to drive client prospect generation, retention efforts and expand the firm’s overall market brand.

His roles prior to joining Opportune include serving as a senior managing director with MUFG Union Bank’s energy group where he led deal teams that acted as lead arranger and administrative agent on credit facilities for both large public independents and private equity-backed companies.

Osterberg began his career with First City National Bank of Houston, First Interstate Bank and NationsBank. Randy holds a B.B.A. in Finance from Texas A&M University.

Sidley Austin LLP announced that former U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Illinois) has joined the firm’s Government Strategies group as a partner. Roskam was in public office for 25 years, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives.

In a release, the firm said Roskam held some of the most significant positions in the U.S. House of Representatives during his tenure. In addition to serving as the Chief Deputy Whip, he chaired three major subcommittees of the House Ways and Means Committee. As chairman of the Subcommittee on Tax Policy, he was a chief architect of the historic 2017 overhaul of the nation’s tax code. As chairman of Subcommittee on Health, he began the Medicare Red Tape Relief Project, led a series of hearings addressing the opioid crisis and authored several bills to make opioid addiction treatment more accessible. In addition, as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, he spearheaded efforts to increase supervision of the Internal Revenue Service, the firm said.

Keith Laska has been named chief executive officer of Hanzo, effective immediately. He succeeds Kevin Gibson, who remains as executive chairman.

Previously CEO of the SDL Language Technologies Division of SDL plc and CEO and co-founder of EUXmedia, Laska has been a member of the Hanzo board since 2016, the company said in a release.

Joydeep Dasmunshi has joined Perkins Coie’s Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice as a partner in the Chicago office.

The firm said Dasmunshi advises private equity firms, along with public and private corporate clients, on complex business transactions. His practice focuses on middle-market M&A as well as matters related to structuring and negotiating strategic and leveraged acquisitions and divestitures, executive compensation and incentive equity matters, recapitalizations and general compliance counseling.

Dasmunshi’s transactional achievements include a $4.25 billion airline acquisition; a $1.75 billion sale of a global valuation, corporate finance and governance-related advisor company to a private equity firm in 2017; and sale, investment and acquisition matters with various middle-market portfolio companies across a variety of sectors, including technology, media, financial services and healthcare.

The firm said the addition of Dasmunshi to the Chicago office follows the arrival of Construction Partner Kevin Kolton this month and Insurance Recovery Partner Jim Davis to the office in May. To accommodate Perkins Coie’s continued growth in the Chicago area, the firm will move to a larger, more collaborative office space at 110 N. Wacker Drive in 2021.

Dasmunshi joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, where he was a corporate partner. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School and his B.B.A., with High Distinction, from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

Dykema announced the addition of Robert D. Leavitt to its Financial Industry Group and Business Services Department as a senior counsel in the firm’s Chicago office. He has experience practicing in-house, including time with Citibank, as well as with private firms, most recently Johnson and Colmar in Bannockburn, Ill.

In a release, the firm said Leavitt has represented clients ranging from national financial institutions and multi-national, publicly traded companies to small start-ups, spanning many industries, including banking and financial services, medical waste disposal, transportation, food, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, manufacturing, and high-tech services. His background encompasses banking services, operations, technology and compliance such as treasury management services, funds transfers and payment systems, deposit, lock-box and account services, anti-money laundering and foreign asset control compliance, escheatment, FinTech, and online and internet banking.

The firm said Leavitt also works on complex commercial, corporate and financial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and private placements, secured and cash-flow lending and loan documentation, work-outs, forbearance agreements and restructurings, sale and purchase of goods and services, joint venturing, licensing, distribution, commercial contracts, outsourcing and other general commercial matters, equipment leasing, corporate formation, governance, planning and general corporate matters, and non-profit and charitable organizations.

Leavitt received a J.D. from the De Paul University College of Law, an LL.M., with honors, in International Business, Finance and Trade Law from the University of Cambridge, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Colgate University.

Associate Christine Baptiste-Perez has joined Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. Northeast office.

Before attending law school, Christine Baptiste-Perez taught high school Spanish in Louisiana and worked in human resources recruitment. She joins SDV with a background in product liability litigation, foreclosure litigation, personal injury litigation, international business compliance and securities regulatory matters. While in law school, she was the recipient of the Milton W. Memorial Prize for excellence in Torts, the CALI Excellence for the Future Award ® in Torts, and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Islamic Finance and Investment Law.

Labor, employment and ADA attorney John Bosco has joined Bailey Brauer PLLC.

The firm said Bosco represents international, national, and regional clients in labor, employment, and accessibility matters across the United States and in select foreign jurisdictions. He handles all areas of employment law, including trade secrets, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour claims, and regulatory agency investigations.

“I have known Clayton and Alex for a long time and have a tremendous amount of respect for their work,” said Bosco. “Several of my clients said they held Bailey Brauer in high esteem as a great litigation firm. They have been very encouraging about this move.”

The co-author of the Thomson West compliance and litigation manual Public Accommodations Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, Bosco’s practice includes a focus on federal and state ADA issues involving physical and technological accessibility. He also represents clients in labor union-related matters including collective bargaining and litigation before the National Labor Relations Board.

“We are excited to add such a respected employment-focused attorney to the firm,” said co-founder Alex Brauer. He notes that the recent move into new office space in Dallas’ Campbell Centre I provides the firm the physical space needed for staff expansion. “This is just the first page in an exciting next chapter in the growth of our firm.”

Bosco joins Bailey Brauer from the Dallas office of Miami-based Leon Cosgrove. He is also a former vice president and assistant general counsel for JPMorgan Chase Bank. He earned his law degree in 2004 from Wake Forest University School of Law and graduated from the University of Florida in 2001.

Miller & Chevalier Chartered announced that the firm’s members elected Kathryn Cameron Atkinson, member and immediate past chair of the International Department, as chair of the firm effective July 1, 2019. Atkinson succeeds Marc J. Gerson, who will continue to lead the firm’s federal tax policy practice.

The firm said Atkinson, who has spent her entire 27-year legal career at Miller & Chevalier, focuses her practice on international corporate compliance and investigations with an emphasis on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), economic sanctions and export controls, and anti-money laundering laws. She has twice been selected as an Independent Compliance Monitor by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Atkinson is recognized for her work by various lawyer ranking publications, including Chambers USA and Chambers Global for her FCPA work, Global Investigations Review, which named her one of the top Women in Investigations (2015), and Latinvex, where she is ranked as one of Latin America’s Top 100 Female Lawyers for FCPA and Fraud (2017 – 2019).

She has served on the firm’s Executive Committee as chair of the International Department since 2012 after several years as vice chair of that department. She has also held positions on the firm’s Compensation, Hiring, Lawyer Development, and Pro Bono Committees.

In addition to Atkinson, the firm’s Executive Committee includes vice chair Adam P. Feinberg, Tax Department chair Kevin L. Kenworthy, Litigation Department chair Andrew T. Wise, International Department chair James G. Tillen, and at-large members Maria O’Toole Jones and Preston L. Pugh.

Peter J. Willsey and Vincent J. Badolato have joined Brown Rudnick LLP. Willsey joins as chair of the global Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practice Group and as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Badolato joins as counsel in the Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Practice Group. Both Willsey and Badolato, formerly with Cooley LLP, will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Inn a release, the firm said Willsey focuses his practice on litigation, counseling, and prosecution in the fields of trademark and copyright law. He advises companies ranging from startups to global corporations on the entire life cycle of a trademark, beginning with the inception of a product or brand name and advising on branding strategies, to registering the trademark and enforcing intellectual property rights. His clients span all industries, including technology, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and consumer products.

Willsey has handled matters in federal courts throughout the country and before the US Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He also counsels on domestic and foreign trademark prosecution efforts.

The firm said Badolato focuses his practice on the selection, clearance, adoption and use of trademarks, domestic and international trademark prosecution and enforcement, trademark portfolio management and the development of comprehensive branding strategies. Extensively experienced in counseling, prosecution, licensing and litigation in the field of trademark and copyright law, Badolato has also handled trademark and advertising litigation matters in federal court.

Willsey earned his J.D. from University of Richmond School of Law and his B.A. from University of Virginia. He is an adjunct professor teaching trademark law and unfair competition at Georgetown University Law School, and previously taught a trademark course at the University of Virginia Law School.

Krista Schwartz and Patrick Michael have joined Hogan Lovells‘ San Francisco office as partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice. They both joined the firm from Jones Day.

In a release, the firm said Krista Schwartz is a first-chair trial partner focused on IP litigation. She handles patent, copyright, trade secret, and complex technology cases for the world’s largest technology companies. Her cases involve technologies ranging from search engines, semiconductors, cellular devices, and medical devices to EDA and operating systems software. Prior to law school, she worked for AT&T Bell Labs, where she was an inventor on more than 20 patents relating to desktop video conferencing. Schwartz graduated with J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law with high honors; Order of the Coif. She received her M.S. from Northwestern University and her B.S. from the University of Illinois.

Patrick Michael is an IP/technology litigator who has tried multiple cases to verdict. His practice focuses on patent, copyright, and trade secret litigation, along with technology-related disputes. His clients include integrated circuit makers, electronic design automation, software companies, semiconductor fabrication process and tool designers, computer networking, and medical devices. Michael graduated from Pepperdine University with his J.D., cum laude, and received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

They are joining the firm after the addition of Christopher Cox in April. A five-partner strong M&A and technology transactions team including Richard Climan, Keith Flaum, Jane Ross, John Brockland, and Chris Moore, as well as the addition of Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits partner Mike Frank, who joined the firm in 2017.

John (“Jack”) H. Chassaing has joined Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.’s Belleville office as an associate in the Litigation practice group.

The firm said Chassaing’s corporate litigation experience includes toxic tort, asbestos and insurance-related disputes. He has managed hundreds of matters for toxic tort and general litigation clients and has conducted and defended depositions, negotiated in mediations, and drafted responsive pleadings and dispositive motions in asbestos-related litigation.

Prior to joining Greensfelder, Chassaing was an associate at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney. He also formerly practiced at Reed, Armstrong, Mudge & Morrissey P.C.

During law school, Chassaing interned for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cape Girardeau, Mo.; the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office; and the Union County State’s Attorney’s Office in Jonesboro, Ill.

Chassaing received his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law and his Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Missouri.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced that Roy (Ruoweng) Liu has joined the firm as partner in its Sanctions, Export Controls & Anti-Money Laundering practice within the larger International Trade group. He will serve as chair of the Greater China practice.

Liu focuses his practice on long-arm U.S. regulations on international trade and investment regulations, with a special focus on assisting clients navigate the complex regulatory environment. He advises clients on U.S. export controls and economic sanctions, reviews and investigations by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and anti-money laundering (AML), the firm said in a release.

Liu is experienced in U.S. investment and trade regulatory issues related to China. He has represented both U.S. and Chinese companies before U.S. government authorities and, in cooperation with Chinese lawyers, before Chinese government authorities. He has experience dealing with challenging issues such as those related to the Entity List and other restricted parties lists (also known as “U.S. blacklists” in China), obtaining CFIUS clearance for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions involving Chinese investments, and mitigating FCPA and AML risks unique to China.

Liu is a key author of the U.S. section of the highly acclaimed International Trade and Commercial Transactions Global Guide published by Thomson Reuters Practical Law.

Liu has appeared in numerous articles on trade law in both English-language and Chinese publications, including Politico, WorldECR, China Trade News, China Business Law Journal, Asia Times, Intelligeast, and the Tulane International Law and Comparative Law Journal. He also is a frequent speaker on international trade law issues at major conferences held by the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), Thomson Reuters, WorldECR, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Global Enterprise Development Forum.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College and a Juris Doctorate from Stanford University Law School. While at Stanford, Liu was on the Stanford Law Review and selected as an articles editor.

The firm said Liu is the latest addition to Hughes Hubbard’s well-regarded and internationally recognized Sanctions, Export Control and Anti-Money Laundering practice, following most recently lateral partner and practice chair Ryan Fayhee, a former U.S. Department of Justice senior official with the National Security Division, and Olivier Dorgans, who advises on EU sanctions and export controls from the firm’s Paris office.

Trial lawyer Gale Pearson, a nationally certified clinical laboratory scientist who has served on several multidistrict litigation science committees, has joined Dallas-based Fears Nachawati Law Firm.

In a release, the firm said Pearson has helped lead Minnesota’s first lawsuits alleging water contamination by 3M-manufactured chemicals. Recently, she was named to the federal Plaintiffs Executive Committee leadership group for multidistrict lawsuits involving water contamination caused by products containing PFOA and PFOS.

“Gale is a tenacious trial lawyer with a profound understanding of both the science and legal issues involved in technical environmental and medical cases. She also has the organizational expertise to manage complex MDL cases,” said Fears Nachawati co-founder Bryan Fears. “Her expertise will further bolster our firm’s representation of those harmed by environmental polluters and the bad acts of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.”

The firm said Pearson has experience in complex litigation legal issues, including preemption, statute of limitations and personal jurisdiction challenges, including qui tam representation in cases holding nursing home owners responsible for the inadequate care of their residents. She served as lead counsel in a Minnesota class action seeking to hold Philip Morris and its parent company accountable for the fraudulent marketing of light cigarettes. She also served as plaintiffs’ liaison counsel in the Minnesota state Guidant and Medtronic cases.

“The attorneys of Fears Nachawati and I share the same view of the law and the same commitment to fight for justice for those who would otherwise be without a voice,” said Ms. Pearson, who will practice in Texas as well as Minnesota. “The firm is an ideal fit for me.”

She is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum of top trial lawyers. In 2003, Pearson received “Outstanding Pro Bono Service” recognition for her work with the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund on behalf of victims of the terror attack. She earned a bachelor’s degree in laboratory medicine, physics & chemistry from California State University Northridge and worked as a clinical laboratory scientist before attending Loyola Law School.

John Storz has joined Stroock’s national Financial Restructuring Group as a partner in the New York office.

In a release, the firm said Storz, who has corporate and bankruptcy experience, advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and investment fund transactions. He also has guided creditor committees and distressed companies through a variety of restructuring scenarios. Additionally, he advises institutional investors and has worked across industries as varied as biotechnology and manufacturing.