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| Bookspan, Garden City, NY |
2000 – 2007 |
Partnership between Bertelsmann AG and Time Warner, Inc.
Senior Vice President of Legal, Government, & Postal Affairs
Directed all general counsel activities involving law, taxation, lobbying, and cost center work. Member of senior management team providing practical business solutions in tax, finance, manufacturing, operations, and human resources. Elected by Board to Chief Privacy Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary of the Board. Actively worked with CEO, CFO, and outside audit firms on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and privacy policy, along with website design relating to privacy policy.
Selected Accomplishments
- Created billion-dollar partnership model between two direct competitors (Time and Bertelsmann) utilizing innovative legal strategy to avoid antitrust exposure.
- Devised multimillion-dollar exemption resulting in 30% to 40% advantage over competition.
- Expanded savings through lobbying efforts to more than $100 million annually in USPS costs. Developed and executed first baseline letter agreement in direct marketing history. Additionally worked through antitrust issues in selling audio business and buying competitor’s book business.
- Created and implemented strategy to restructure Bookspan for tax and flexibility purposes into three distinct companies: YES Solutions (distribution/service); Doubleday Entertainment (direct marketing/audio rights); and Madison Park Press (Publishing) under holding company of Bookspan.
- Key player in redesign of emergency response plan, mitigating potential risk from internal / external factors.
- Protected $1 billion operation through successfully managing, executing, and maintaining all legal programs.
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| DDirect, Inc., Garden City, NY |
1992 – 2000 |
Vice President of Legal, Government, &Postal Affairs (General Counsel)
Created unique, integrated legal solutions in intellectual property rights, enhanced database security, acquisitions and divestitures, telecommunications law, computer hardware/software agreements, credit, advertising, and real estate law, database marketing (including privacy in all media), and other areas of corporate law.
Selected Accomplishments
- Successfully steered two important deals through Monopolies Commission resulting in enhanced profitability and flexibility of U.K. business.
- Initiated aggressive tax policy and consistently cut operational costs, enhanced sales, and ensured firewall defense against audits.
- Created intellectual property strategy and negotiated rights protection that transitioned the business from primarily print to multi-channel marketing, protecting all copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.
- Provided demographic data and input to market more effectively to new and existing segments, resulting in the creation of second largest profit center.
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| Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc., Garden City, NY |
1987 – 1992 |
VP Legal Affairs (General Counsel)
Led all general counsel activity for firm and all lobbying at state, federal, and local levels.
Selected Accomplishments
- Saved $2 million in first year, which grew to $20 million annually, through initiatives in negotiating and implementing USPS regulation changes.
- Recognized by CEO of Bertelsmann AG Worldwide for special commendation of turnaround efforts, received stock award for unique contributions to company.
- Instrumental in enacting flextime policy leading to cost savings and employee retention.
Previous Experience
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| Associate Counsel, Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY |
1975 – 1987 |
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Materially impacted bottom-line performance through creation of profit preservation center to augment adverse state and federal bills. Leveraged relationships with outside firms with overall contribution to common interests.
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