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JAMES DOWNING

Longmont,CO

Summary

Talented Manager/Director with expert team leadership, planning and organizational skills built during successful career. Smoothly equip employees to independently handle daily functions and meet customer needs. Diligent trainer and mentor with exceptional management abilities and results-driven approach.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Contracts and Permitting Manager/Compliance Officer

EarthScope Consortium, Inc (formerly UNAVCO)
09.2014 - Current
  • Researches, analyzes, and conducts regulatory affairs for federal statutory revisions and compliance.
  • Advises senior management and CEO on all legal matters and strategy.
  • Advised on statutory merger between nonprofit entites.
  • Manages, negotiates, renews, extends, amends, and perfects over 1100 geophysical station permits for a National Science Foundation observatory.
  • Retain, build, and sustain strong relationships with large number and variety of station landowners, as well as address any issues or concerns that arise.
  • Negotiates all third-party commercial engagements.
  • Drafts, edits, and reviews all corporate agreements, MOU’s, and Requests for Proposal.
  • Support and assist all departments through legal analysis, interpretation, and risk mitigation.
  • Manages and motivates employees to be productive and engaged in work.
  • Accomplishes multiple tasks within established timeframes.


Contract Attorney/Consultant

juwi Wind, LLC
11.2013 - 08.2014
  • Drafting commercial leases, memorandums of lease, real estate schedules, estoppels, statements of authority, subordination and non-disturbance agreements, and post-closing obligations spreadsheets
  • Assisting in the successful closing of commercial wind farm sales and acquisitions
  • Participating in line-by-line review and editing of purchase agreements
  • Successfully completing conditions subsequent to a commercial wind farm closing to achieve milestone payments
  • Reviewing and interpreting title commitments for potential negative issues needed to be resolved
  • Analyzing ALTA surveys for properly labeled landowners and easements.

Education

Juris Doctor -

Vermont Law School
05.2011

B.B.A., Organizational Management -

University of Minnesota Duluth
05.2006

Skills

  • Team Leadership
  • Time Management
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Complex Problem-Solving
  • Project Management
  • Staff Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Policy Implementation
  • Negotiation
  • Business Development
  • Decision-Making

Hobbies and Interests

Habitat for Humanity, Hiking, Camping, Skiing, Home Remodeling, Hosting/Cooking Dinner Events, Writing, Reading, Fishing/Hunting, Traveling, Taking a full Summer 2013 academic load to expand my technical skills.

Timeline

Senior Contracts and Permitting Manager/Compliance Officer

EarthScope Consortium, Inc (formerly UNAVCO)
09.2014 - Current

Contract Attorney/Consultant

juwi Wind, LLC
11.2013 - 08.2014

Juris Doctor -

Vermont Law School

B.B.A., Organizational Management -

University of Minnesota Duluth

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