Martin Ahlijanian

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Martin Ahlijanian's Bio:

Martin Ahlijanian's Experience:

• Counsel at VCE LLC

  September 2010 - March 2011

  Startup focusing on cloud computing systems, software, and related services. Closed first major turnkey cloud environment contract. Developed vendor management program. Provided training to software sales team.

• Contract Manager/Counsel at Mercer HR Services

  February 2008 - September 2010

  Solicitation/RFP and proposal reviews, and contract negotiation and execution. Close coordination with Compliance team on variety of projects, particularly the Massachusetts Data Privacy regulation; provided training and daily support on the organization-wide implementation plan for this initiative. Daily support of Vendor Management team, including lead position on several strategic negotiations.

• Sr. Legal Counsel at Nokia Inc.

  June 2005 - November 2007

• VP of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel-IP at GTECH Corporation

  2001 - 2005

• Sr. Counsel - U.S. at S.W.I.F.T. sc

  1999 - 2001

  Served as senior U.S. counsel, responsible for all legal and compliance functions, reporting directly to the worldwide General Counsel in Brussels. Negotiated global outsourcing agreement with Fortune 500 telecommunications company. Lead information security and privacy initiative impacting major U.S. systems. Developed and implemented new software licensing terms for customer systems. Resolved several employment law challenges in VA and NY.

• Contract Manager and Assistant General Counsel at PricewaterhouseCoopers

  1995 - 1999

  Supported the Washington Consulting Practice's Information Systems, Intelligence Community, and International, State & Local Teams. Provided legal and contractual support, from solicitation overviews and teaming agreements through software licensing negotiations and prime contract/subcontract agreements. Enabled firm to obtain its first government-wide IT Services Schedule, resulting in $25m in new revenue (first year). Supported international partners on a range of public and private sector programs and an acquisition. Briefed all new employees on changes to data rights clauses, and ethics & compliance issues. Negotiated related legal instruments including employment agreements, and FOIA actions, and publicly acknowledged on numerous contract awards.

• Contract Manager at EDS

  1990 - 1995

  Provided legal counsel on several strategic proposal efforts and contributed to growth of multi-million dollar software development contracts. Managed outside counsel on bid protest litigation matters. Negotiated proposals in Kuwait for sensitive government and commercial transactions. Partnered with Historically Black College/University for strategic relationship and specific proposal support.

• Contracts Director at EnterpriseDB Corporation

  August 2014

  Leading all customer contracts, channel, and vendor/sourcing negotiations and management for this successful open source database company. Also leading all compliance activities. Supporting offices worldwide, including Japan, the UK, the Netherlands, and all of North America.

• Contracts Director - Legal Dept. at Basho Technologies, Inc

  July 2012

  Timely formation and management of customer contracts and sourcing projects in support of our Enterprise and Cloud distributed database products. Serving all Sales, Marketing, and Engineering teams worldwide, including London, San Francisco, and Tokyo. Also supporting HR and Real Estate projects worldwide.

Martin Ahlijanian's Education:

• The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

  1984 – 1987
  J.D.

• Providence College

  Bachelor of Arts
  Concentration: Political Science

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