Steve Lee
Pembroke Pines,FL
Summary
Persistent leader eager to lead and grow organizations. Skilled in strategic planning, problem-solving, and communication with good understanding of business principles, project management and team leadership. Collaborative with relentless work ethic.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SVP of Compliance
Flexport, Inc.
04.2019 - Current
- Established and shaped Flexport’s global compliance strategy by identifying and assessing compliance risks in partnership with the Executive Team and other senior leaders.
- Regulatory audits consistently yielded "no required actions". Several regulatory bodies lauded Flexport's programs as Gold Standard, Best in Class and wanted to collaborate on regulatory strategic initiatives.
- Provided insight and direction to executive team members and leaders of Flexport regarding the overall development and implementation of the global compliance program in their respective areas of responsibilities to mitigate compliance risks.
- Created a strong culture of ethics and compliance, including personal accountability at all levels in the organization.
- Actively participated on appropriate leadership and operating committees to ensure that compliance programs are effectively integrated within the business.
- Provided leadership, escalation and reporting on compliance matters and initiatives to the Chief Executive Officer, members of the Executive Team, as appropriate.
- Conducted compliance risk assessments to identify any significant risks within the enterprise and implement actions required for necessary mitigation. Reported risk assessment findings to the appropriate levels of management to develop appropriate action plans.
- Educated and advised the organization to ensure understanding of employee responsibilities and ethics and compliance issues related policies and procedures. Created and/or approved compliance training content and ensured all global compliance training requirements were communicated to and implemented by all employees.
- Identified, proposed and implemented appropriate technology and compliance assurance systems to facilitate and monitored compliance with current and future applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Oversaw reporting of and follow-up on matters reported through the company’s global whistle-blowing hotline and oversee an effective program for routine monitoring and auditing of adherence to ethics and compliance policies and procedures; identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk, and opportunities for enhanced training, and develop and implement corrective action plans as necessary.
- Lead investigative capabilities of the organization in close collaboration with Legal, HR and other functions as appropriate. Investigate allegations of violations of policy or misconduct; conduct/coordinate investigations; communicate findings to the appropriate senior leadership and Board Committee, as necessary. Establish in collaboration with HR appropriate, fair, and equitable consequence management for confirmed violations.
- Developed and lead an international team of 18 compliance members to best in class programs. Fostered a high-performance culture by leading through example and providing mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities to enhance the team’s capabilities and effectiveness.
Cluster Head of Contract Risk - North America
DHL Global
07.2018 - 03.2019
- Prepared board reports for the DHL group for status updates throughout North America region: 96000 employees and revenues of $15Billion.
- Reviewed all major business ventures and engagements to identify risks.
- Establish risk appetite with the business units and align with stakeholders at the group level.
- Conduct desk level and market research, and determine corporate capabilities, then quantify risks in terms of dollars or impact vs. likliehood scale. Documented and wrote risk reports for all major business ventures.
- Acted as the liason between the business units, the group's board and the captive to articulate the exposures vs. benefit analysis. Communicate and advocate either upward or downward, the pros and cons of key business proposals.
- Developed and trained international team to become risk experts and to be trusted advisors by both executive management and business stakeholders.
Chief Legal Officer
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
06.2006 - 06.2018
- Provided strategic guidance to the Board, executives, senior leaders and stakeholders on key initiatives.
- Partnered intimately with company leaders and departments heads such as public policy, communications, accounting, HR, operations, or sales.
- Collaborated closely with local and international business units and stakeholders to deliver fast results against aggressive timeframes, setting appropriate priorities and managing legal risk.
- Supported the business in understanding and complying with legal and regulatory requirements when starting or creating new products, features, and initiatives globally.
- Lead, manage, and continuously built out a growing team of legal professionals.
- Developed internal policies and processes to increase the company's legal efficacy and compliance.
General Counsel
Panalpina
02.2002 - 11.2004
- Completed projects with high level of accuracy by working independently and with diverse business partners.
- Monitored new legislation and regulatory changes that impacted the transportation industry across various countries in a heavily regulated landscape and advisedmanagement accordingly.
- Translated complex legal issues into understandable terms.
- Negotiated and drafted vendor, real estate, customer, IP, licensing, and joint venture contracts.
- Handled complex legal issues using sound judgment, integrity, business acumen and decisiveness.
- Met tight deadlines and effectively managed multiple priorities using strong organizational skills.
- Handled corporate legal matters through deep knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to supply chain and logistics.
Senior Corporate Counsel
UPS Supply Chain Solutions
03.2000 - 01.2002
Education
J.D. -
McGeorge School of Law
Sacramento, CA05.1998
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA05.1994
Skills
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Product Management
- Public Speaking
- Business Development
- Strategic Partnership
- Organizational Leadership
- People and Culture
- Corporate Strategy and Development
Accomplishments
- Developed and trained 18 international team members to become compliance professionals.
- Managing an insurance portfolio of 20 policies with annual premiums of $5MM.
- Achieved best in class and gold standard results from several government agencies.
- Successfully negotiated hostage releases.
- Single best result as a defendant in a 9 figure class action lawsuit: Precision Associates vs. Panalpina et. al.
- Averted criminal fines and penalties for customers and the business for export control violations.
- Developed and launched insurance selling product generating $5MM to the bottom line.
- With a lean team, resolving nearly 2000 help desk tickets with high compliance complexity.
Certification
Member State Bar of California in good standing
Certified Fraud Examiner
Certified in Dangerous Goods
Former Arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau Auto-Line of CA
Former licensed mortgage broker,
Certified OSHA instructor
Timeline
SVP of Compliance
Flexport, Inc.
04.2019 - Current
Cluster Head of Contract Risk - North America
DHL Global
07.2018 - 03.2019
Chief Legal Officer
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
06.2006 - 06.2018
General Counsel
Panalpina
02.2002 - 11.2004
Senior Corporate Counsel
UPS Supply Chain Solutions
03.2000 - 01.2002
J.D. -
McGeorge School of Law
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of California - Los Angeles
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