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MATTHEW SCHULTZ

San Francisco,CA

Summary

Dynamic, strategic, and thoughtful attorney with a strong background counseling on all aspects of the sales, marketing and product development of software and hardware products and services and a track record of transformational leadership and high-impact commercial negotiations.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director, Senior Corporate Counsel

Salesforce, Inc.
10.2019 - Current

• Lead attorney supporting all aspects of AppExchange ISV Partner Program. Led team of six attorneys and two contract managers.

• Drafted, updated and revised Partner Program Policies, Distribution Agreements, License Agreements, and Strategic Partnership Agreements.

• Provided first-line legal support on strategic partnership negotiations for the largest ISV partners in ecosystem.

• Advised Executive Leadership Team on strategic partnerships, initiatives, and partner go-to-market initiatives.

• Provided product counseling on updates and terms of service for Salesforce AppExchange, Heroku Elements Marketplace, Tableau Exchange, and Commerce Cloud Link Partner Marketplace.

Associate General Counsel

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
03.2014 - 09.2019

Privacy / Product: Served as privacy and product counsel advising on GDPR, HIPAA, COPPA and CCPA for software and hardware products, including autonomous driving system (Samsung DRVLine Platform), IoT Platform (Samsung ARTIK Cloud Platform), and digital health (Samsung CardioBand). Advised on software issues relating to memory, IoT, and digital health products, including open source software incorporation; development kit distribution; third party licenses; firmware updates; end user license agreements; and joint development agreements with customers and partners.

Sales & Marketing: Lead attorney for the sale and marketing of Samsung memory products in North America. Negotiated and advised on sales, distribution, warehousing, co-development, and co-marketing agreements. Provided antitrust guidance, compliance oversight, and training. Negotiated and advised on a wide range of inbound & outbound commercial contracts, including NDAs, MOUs, MPAs, JDAs, professional services, leases, and infrastructure.

Corporate: Lead commercial attorney advising on all aspects of spin-offs from Innovation Center, advising on company formations, financing, stock plans, executive compensation, product development, commercial contracts, employment, sales and marketing.

Partner

Greenfield Sullivan LLP
08.2010 - 08.2014

Represented clients in complex commercial litigation in state and federal court.

Partner

Gonzalez & Leigh LLP
01.2008 - 08.2010

Represented plaintiffs in civil rights litigation in state and federal court. Three jury trials.

Partner

Zelle LLP
11.2005 - 12.2008

Represented plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust, consumer protection, securities, intellectual property, and product liability litigation in state and federal court.

Associate

Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC
10.2001 - 08.2005

Represented Bay Area companies in intellectual property matters and complex commercial litigation in state and federal court.

Law Clerk

U.S. District Ct. N.D. Cal., Hon. Maxine Chesney
08.2000 - 08.2001

Assisted on all aspects of civil and criminal matters before Federal District Court for one-year clerkship.

Education

J.D. - Law

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
05.2000

Bachelor of Arts - United States Government And Politics / Philosophy

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD
05.1997

Skills

  • Commercial Law - contracting, counseling, compliance
  • Commercial Litigation - all aspects, including trials
  • Privacy & Data Protection Laws - US & EU certified
  • Intellectual Property Law - licensing, development, distribution
  • Product Counseling - Software, Hardware, SaaS
  • Customer & Partner Agreements - SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
  • Experienced Manager, Team Leader, Public Speaker

Certification

  • Certified Information Privacy Professional, CIPP/US & CIPP/EU

Timeline

Director, Senior Corporate Counsel

Salesforce, Inc.
10.2019 - Current

Associate General Counsel

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
03.2014 - 09.2019

Partner

Greenfield Sullivan LLP
08.2010 - 08.2014

Partner

Gonzalez & Leigh LLP
01.2008 - 08.2010

Partner

Zelle LLP
11.2005 - 12.2008

Associate

Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin PC
10.2001 - 08.2005

Law Clerk

U.S. District Ct. N.D. Cal., Hon. Maxine Chesney
08.2000 - 08.2001

J.D. - Law

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor of Arts - United States Government And Politics / Philosophy

University of Maryland - College Park
MATTHEW SCHULTZ