DAVID LISTER

• Negotiate commercial, vendor and other transactions
• Design and implement improvements to legal operations, including contracts lifecycle management (CLM) systems
• Advise other legal team members on contract negotiation tactics and standards
• Coordinate feedback from stakeholders for improvements to legal templates

• Negotiated commercial, vendor, and other contracts
• Managed team projects, including RFP and implementation of CLM vendor
• Represented legal on team that developed new vendor management program
• Coordinated engagement of stakeholders to establish standard contracts guidelines
• Advised legal and other teams on negotiation strategies and risk mitigation
• Designed policies for non-standard product offerings
• Revised existing and designed new contract templates

• Co-designed and conducted contracts training for US, Kenya, and India staff in Dec 2014.
• Negotiated commercialization, collaboration, and other contracts with foreign governments and non-government entities
• Advised clients on intellectual property, commercialization, risk management, and other legal issues with oversight from program attorneys
• Trained Grants and Contracts team on negotiation skills
• Created and revised document templates
• Performed due diligence and other research related to PATH business relationships

• Reviewed grant proposals for legal compliance and risk assessment
• Collaborated with business partners to improve grant-making process and strategies
• Performed financial and other due diligence of potential grantees
• Drafted and edited grant agreements and amendments

• Ensured company’s legal compliance to publishers, licensors, and contractors
• Negotiated publishing, licensing, work-for-hire, and services agreements
• Re-designed and drafted new contracts templates
• Maintained and improved contracts filing systems

• Coordinated execution of multi-million dollar commercial transactions
• Proofread and revised corporate legal documents
• Drafted vendor contracts for Microsoft’s Master Licensing Program
• Drafted UCC financing statements and search reports
• Trained staff in maintaining efficient filing systems
• Managed registered agent services for hundreds of clients

• Drafted UCC financing statements and pleadings
• Maintained filing systems for efficiency and accuracy

• Designed research writing courses, including syllabi and curriculums
• Created writing exercises, assignments, and grading structure
• Evaluated work of up to thirty students per quarter
• Contributed to improvement of English Department guidelines and goals.

• Taught literacy skills to at-risk and ESL students
• Co-designed and managed reading program and literacy workshops
• Recruited, trained, and supervised volunteers
• Collaborated with parents, teachers, and administrators to improve student literacy
• Assisted in planning of school-wide literacy events.

• Taught composition and problem-solving courses
• Developed syllabi, curriculum plans, and assignments
• Advised students on academic goals
• Collaborated with administrators to revise English 101 program procedures
• Managed grading system for evaluation of over 70 students per year