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    Nicholas Petrella

    Nicholas Petrella (He/Him)

    General Counsel, IP Expert, Legal Generalist, Contract Drafting and Negotiation, Former Software Engineer

    Attorney South Bend Georgetown University
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    Armory.io
    Armory.io
    Head of Legal 2021 - Present (over 5 years)
    Advise the Board of Directors, CEO, and executive team on corporate governance issues and matters

    Draft and negotiate sales contracts and manage the sales contract... more process including standardizing and automating contract paperwork and deal flow

    Manage the procurement process including standardizing and automating procurement requests, tracking vendor renewals, and negotiating vendor terms

    Draft and maintain company privacy agreements including managing compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other state level data privacy laws

    Develop internal IP guidelines, evaluate inventions for IP protection, and manage the company IP portfolio

    Prosecute company patent applications and other intellectual property
    Managed both the creation and dissolution of foreign company subsidiaries

    Handle internal employee matters and updated, drafted, and negotiated employee agreements and contractor/consultant agreements

    Advise on general corporate governance including managing the company’s cap table through online platforms, maintaining insurance coverages and policies, and advising on compliance

    Present company-wide trainings on legal topics including open-source software, contracts, equity, attorney-client privilege, and intellectual property protections

    Oversee outside counsel and contractors assisting with legal and compliance work
    Finnegan
    Finnegan
    Associate 2013 - 2021 (about 8 years)
    Counseled clients regarding open source software issues including M&A due diligence, licensing and contract negotiations, and open source usage practices

    Prosecuted... more domestic and international patent applications related to software, machine learning and artificial intelligence, medical devices, semiconductors, and other computer and technical fields

    Managed worldwide patent portfolios

    Represented clients in State, Federal, District, and Appellate Court litigation, including complex patent litigation, trade secret litigation, copyright litigation, defense of class action and arbitration claims, and ADA website accessibility claims

    Conducted due-diligence investigations including freedom-to-operate, patentability, invalidity, and infringement analysis
    ShareThis
    ShareThis
    Sr. Web Developer 2013 - 2014 (9 months)
    Designed, developed, and maintained the Socialize API and related infrastructure

    Updated and optimized the Socialize infrastructure
    Socialize
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    Socialize
    r. Web Developer and AppMakr Technical Project Lead 2010 - 2013 (almost 3 years)
    Designed, developed, and maintained the Socialize API

    Led strategic planning and managed the technical architecture for the AppMakr web service
    Sony Pictures Imageworks
    Sony Pictures Imageworks
    Development Specialist 2005 - 2010 (about 5 years)
    Member of the production services leadership team, including identifying and applying best practices, participating in hiring, and coordinating cross functional teams and... more resources

    Developed applications and software used across visual effects productions for major motion pictures

    Evaluated and integrating open source software into the department infrastructure

    Promoted to Development Specialist after holding positions as Productions Services Technician, Production Services Technician - Night Manager, and Resource Specialist
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    Socialize, Sony Pictures Imageworks, ShareThis, Finnegan, Armory.io
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    Most lawyers don’t like code. But as a tech lawyer truly understanding a company's underlying technology is critical to protecting it.

    As the Head of Legal and advisor to tech startups, I specialize in providing comprehensive legal guidance to the CEO, executive team, and the board of directors on the broad spectrum of legal issues that face high growth companies and businesses. My role requires a strong understanding of the balance between the potential legal risk posed by various business activities and the needs of a growing enterprise to operate effectively and efficiently. My legal expertise focuses on commercial contracts, intellectual property, litigation, open-source software, privacy and security, and corporate governance.

    But my legal career truly began as a software engineer and technologist. As a software engineer in a variety of tech industries I learned to develop software and manage the product life cycle. I also learned the intricacies of many different technical con

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    Skills
    Python Django Web Development Problem Solver Patent Agent Programming Computer Science MySQL Perl Bash LAMP Internet Law Patent Law Copyright
    Locations
    Chicago South Bend San Francisco Bay Area
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