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The Underwood Group Part of the GETMAR Corporation Family of CompaniesManaging Partner and Founder
Sep. 2023Grand Rapids, Michigan, United StatesManaging Partner • Led the legal team in structuring and drafting complex deals such as acquisitions, distribution agreements, and recording contracts.
• Collaborated with finance and accounting teams to support deal modeling, valuation, and financial analysis.
• Mentored and coached junior team members, fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Provided strategic consultation on legal and business issues related to AI and technology law, resulting in enhanced compliance and risk mitigation.
• Developed a Custom GPT Legal AI Agent, improving legal guidance accessibility for over 500 users.
Getmar CorporationConsulting Partner for Law and Technology, Board of Directors
Sep. 2023Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States• Advised on AI-related legal issues, including creating AI solutions contracts, enhancing regulatory compliance, and reducing potential liabilities.
• Provided comprehensive IP protection services to clients such as the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA, focusing on product launches and software development.
• Led a team of over 50 professionals, advising on strategic product positioning and enforcing compliance standards for product management.
Lawvocate LLCFounder
Sep. 2023Grand Rapids Metropolitan AreaFounder & Managing Partner
LawvocateAI
September 2023 – Present
• Established a pioneering legal tech company leveraging AI for enhanced legal advocacy and client solutions.
• Drove product innovation, market positioning, and strategic partnerships to make legal services more efficient and accessible.
• Provided visionary leadership to a diverse team, achieving significant growth and recognition in legal tech.
Michigan State Federal Credit UnionSDLC Manager
Feb. 2022 - Sep. 2023East Lansing, Michigan, United States• Advanced software lifecycles in collaboration with stakeholders, product owners, and IT teams, supporting compliance goals to meet and exceed targeted organizational $10B management goals.
• Managed the entire lifecycle of each project, enhancing project success rate by 20%.
• Applied advanced knowledge of vendor due diligence, risk management, and legal procedures to ensure vendor compliance and capture insightful SLA performance data.
• Created and tracked project tasks, changes, and milestones using Microsoft Project to visualize project progress and assignments to cross-functional teams of developers, analysts, solution architects, and business clients.
• Maintained regular communication with internal teams and leadership by presenting project updates, recommendations, and summaries in regular team meetings.
• Served as the liaison between business clients and vendors to ensure all stakeholders understand the process, requirements, and expectations and maintained compliance with policy standards.
• Demonstrated team leadership expertise by aligning multiple departments' goals and daily activities to oversee efficient and compliant operations.
• Supported the entire lifecycle of projects by engaging in research and discovery, scoping processes, budget reviews, project execution, and after-action reviews.
• Utilized advanced knowledge of vendor due diligence, risk management, and legal procedures to ensure vendor compliance and capture insightful SLA performance metrics.
• Organized and compiled project documentation, including meeting minutes, issues, tasks, project plans, schedules, and status updates using Jira, VersionOne, SharePoint, and Microsoft Project to ensure all team members have quick and easy access to critical information.
Getmar CorporationFounder CreatiShield
Jan. 2022Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area• Spearheaded the creation and growth of a groundbreaking startup focused on innovative solutions in creative protection and IP management.
• Secured initial funding and built partnerships with industry leaders to drive product development and MVP.
• Leading a multidisciplinary team to achieve key milestones and customer traction for the Pre-Seed investment round.
CDWConsulting Manager, PDLC
Oct. 2013 - Feb. 2022Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area• Applied project management and resource management expertise using Agile-Scrum methodologies to oversee the buildout and implementation of technical solutions for large enterprises in financial, manufacturing, government, and higher education sectors.
• Coordinated technology-focused project lifecycles, workflows, and logistics for data and network design planning and implementation, including large-scale Windows and Cisco life cycle integrations.
• Facilitated the development of all project schedules, budgets, and estimates while demonstrating expertise in vendor management and change management to ensure all projects were delivered according to stakeholder and business expectations.
• Developed detailed creative solution recommendations based on standard evaluation frameworks and presented them to leadership, providing a rationale for choosing a path over other alternatives.
• Project leadership resulted in the successful completion of over 25 projects involving the implementation of professional services infrastructures, hybrid services, and technical resource management.
AmwayConsulting Manager, Marketing IT Deliverables
Nov. 2011 - Apr. 2013Ada, MI• Supervised the North American health segment, managing four project managers and ten staff members, generating over $100M in annual sales.
• Orchestrated product development plans, schedules, workflows, budgets, and logistics, successfully launching 12 products within a year.
Amway Corporation Ada, MIIT/IS Management Consultant
Jan. 1999 - Dec. 2000Ada, MI
Spartan Stores, IncModel Store Enterprise Systems Program Consultant
Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1999Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan AreaProvided technical and Program development for Model store infrastructure and network architecture, systems integration and web services for grocery on the web.
Synergy Softwares Ltd.Practice Manager
Jan. 1995 - Nov. 1996Greater Chicago AreaDeveloped strategic and tactical solutions for Synergy clients nationally in design and deployment of internet back office and UI design for Microsoft environments.
Grand Valley State UniversityInstructor
Jan. 1992 - Jan. 2002Instructor in Computer Science and Hospitality and Tourism, CIS, Finance, and Law and several Special interest seminars.
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