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Stephen Streiker

Stephen Streiker

Attorney - Senior Counsel - General Counsel - Consultant
ODESSA,Florida

Summary

Collaborative, strategic and solutions-oriented technology attorney and consultant.

I am an executive-level attorney with in-house counsel experience advising multinational companies in the technology, software, FinTech, Cloud/SaaS, manufacturing, and equipment manufacturing industries. I have General Counsel and senior attorney experience, working with startups to billion-dollar global companies. Always an results-driven and business-focused legal approach emphasizing risk mitigation. A demonstrated history of exceptional judgment in legal management, corporate governance, complex agreements, regulatory compliance, data privacy, contract law, intellectual property rights, and innovative legal solutions.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Director

Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd.
03.2021 - Current
  • ACHIEVEMENTS HIGHLIGHTS
  • Client Enterprise Consulting on IT, Cybersecurity and Data Privacy implementation and Governance issues.
  • Senior role in global Banking, Financial Services, Insurance (BFSI Group) Risk and Cyber Strategy practice at Tata Consultancy Services. Involved in complex compliance, risk, and cyber-resilience consulting projects supporting C-Suite and Board level decision makers at TCS consulted Fortune 500 companies.
  • Experience in BOD advisory practice and large-enterprise cybersecurity and privacy transformational projects, including major SAAS and Cloud Computing migrations activities. Major consulting projects involving governance and compliance of international data center to cloud migrations; Segregation of Duties; Telecommunication infrastructure; SaaS and Cloud contracting.
  • Contract Review and Negotiation. Lead executive responsible for negotiation of outside contract vendor resource agreements integrated into cybersecurity practice service delivery.
  • Extensive C-level client interface. Senior role in global Risk and Cyber Strategy practice at Tata Consultancy Services. Involved in complex compliance, risk, and cyber-resilience consulting projects supporting C-Suite and Board level leaders at TCS consulted Fortune 500 companies.
  • Currently engaged in BOD advisory practice and large-enterprise cybersecurity and privacy transformational and governance projects, including major SAAS and Cloud Computing migrations activities.
  • Provide leadership and expertise on all aspects of product regulatory compliance to ensure that products are successfully introduced and maintained domestically and globally pursuant to U.S., Canada, EU and ASEAN and other regulations. Ensure compliance of GDPR EU competition mandates.
  • Continued Education on all aspects of product regulatory related to cybersecurity and data privacy. E0 and E1 certification AWS, Google Cloud and Azure cloud environments.

Senior Counsel

Harman International, A Unit Of Samsung Corp.
Richardson, TX
03.2019 - 01.2021
  • As global lead counsel for Professional Equipment division of Harman (JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG), an international audio/lighting equipment manufacturer, I advised leadership and their Sales, Finance, Engineering, Procurement, HR, and Compliance functions on commercial agreements, compliance, corporate governance, data privacy, litigation, labor matters amongst other legal areas.
  • Key accomplishments: Leading litigation response that let to a $18 Million claim settled for $2.2 Million prior to trial; Leading top-to-bottom overhaul of all US and EU vendor, dealer, distributor contracts and data privacy agreements.

Attorney - Contract General Counsel

Portable Client Matters
Kansas City, MO And Dallas, TX
01.2016 - 03.2019
  • Composed and reviewed documents and employee communications to target issues and provide legal counsel.
  • Applied legal knowledge and expertise while working in busy law firms.
  • Translated complex legal issues into understandable terms.
  • Completed projects with high level of accuracy by working independently and with diverse business partners.
  • Led merger and acquisition due diligence investigations and handled integration legal aspects.
  • Advised businesses on compliance needs regarding compensation and benefits laws and regulations.
  • Coordinated and collaborated with Associate General Counsel by working together on important legal issues.
  • Achieved successful outcomes in legal matters by employing strong business acumen and exceptional level of common sense.
  • Monitored new legislation and regulatory changes that impacted Data Privacy and Technology Contracting to advise management accordingly.
  • Led complex and pivotal legal work in fast-paced environment.
  • Performed wide range of legal work for medium and large enterprises US and globally.

Associated as Of Counsel with Lathrop and Gage, LLP 2017 and Of Counsel The Patterson Law Firm 2012-2017 and 2018-2020

Attorney-Contract Negotiation/Contracting Manager

Sprint
Overland Park, KS
03.2013 - 01.2016
  • Responsible for negotiation and contract administration of all Sprint roaming agreements, including all carrier contracts and discount agreements.
  • • Negotiated and drafted complex telecommunications facilities and bilateral/multilateral traffic arrangements, including key deals with Telefónica, Altice, Hutchison, and other prominent international carrier groups.
  • • Managed initiative to blend Sprint/SoftBank traffic to achieve annual international GSM cost savings of over $20 million.
  • • Experience with all mobile technology implementations; LTE/4G/M2M/IoT/Financial Clearinghouse issues, domestically and internationally.
  • • High comfort level with Asian and EU-centric transactions. Well versed in emerging EU data privacy schemes and changing regulatory environment, including GDPR, Article 29, and Directive 95
  • • Worked collaboratively with in-house legal and operational teams on complex organizational, transaction, and technical implementation, privacy, cyber-security, and compliance issues.
  • • Negotiated and completed key traffic clearinghouse agreements for voice/data/messaging, including resolution of business-critical and unusual international telecom traffic settlement issues
  • • Coordinated and collaborated with SoftBank’s international roaming contracting team on intercompany synergy, cross-entity contracting, and cost savings.

General Counsel

NS Systems, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
07.2009 - 04.2012

NS is a medium-sized manufacturer of transit vehicle and automobile wash systems. Responsible for all aspects of corporate formation, corporate finance, and shareholder relations, Managed customer-facing and vendor-facing transaction and litigation issues, including management of multiple outside counsel.

Retained and managed outside counsel and other resources to resolve two protracted breach-of-contract actions that posed a significant threat to the company. Stayed trial to resolve more than $8 million in claims with only

  • Achieved successful outcomes in legal matters by employing strong business acumen and exceptional level of common sense.
  • Applied legal knowledge and expertise while working in busy law firm.
  • Composed and reviewed documents and employee communications to target issues and provide legal counsel.
  • Advised clients on bidding laws and compliance investigations on fiscal practices.
  • Performed wide range of legal work as part of in-house legal group for companies.
  • Negotiated and drafted contracts.

Director

BT Global Services And AT&T BT Joint Venture
New York, London And Los Angeles
08.1999 - 01.2011

Director of Carrier Relations/Network Vendor Contracting – BT Global Services Commercial/Legal/Regulatory Group

  • Supervised business unit responsible for acquisition and negotiation of all access for US based customers of BT in US.
  • Negotiated key access and technology contracts resulting in over $12 million annual savings.
  • Established departmental performance goals and provided feedback for underperforming areas.
  • Leveraged professional networks and industry knowledge to strengthen vendor relationships.
  • Negotiated key settlement with large access vendor avoiding threatened litigation.

Education

J.D. - Law

University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
Kansas City, MO
08.1993 - 05.1996

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts

University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
01.1990 - 05.1993

Skills

Negotiation

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Certification

Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP issued by IAPP.org

Bar Admission

California; Missouri; Kansas. All in active status.

Third Party Certification. Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP www.iapp.org) 

Timeline

Director

Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd.
03.2021 - Current

Senior Counsel

Harman International, A Unit Of Samsung Corp.
03.2019 - 01.2021

Attorney - Contract General Counsel

Portable Client Matters
01.2016 - 03.2019

Attorney-Contract Negotiation/Contracting Manager

Sprint
03.2013 - 01.2016

General Counsel

NS Systems, Inc.
07.2009 - 04.2012

Director

BT Global Services And AT&T BT Joint Venture
08.1999 - 01.2011

J.D. - Law

University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
08.1993 - 05.1996

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts

University of Missouri - Kansas City
01.1990 - 05.1993
Stephen StreikerAttorney - Senior Counsel - General Counsel - Consultant