Make the judgment clear.
Listen closely. Give leaders a recommendation they can understand and stand behind, with honest advice about the choices ahead.
I help businesses navigate pressure, rebuild trust, and pursue growth. I build the legal and compliance capabilities that give people the confidence to act.
A commercial mind. A builder’s instinct.
Legal and compliance leadership through change.

Perspective shaped across
I bring design thinking to legal and compliance: understand how people work, make the decision clear, and build something they can use. Across industries and jurisdictions, my focus is the same: stronger trust, lasting capability, and the confidence to move forward.
Listen closely. Give leaders a recommendation they can understand and stand behind, with honest advice about the choices ahead.
Connect agreements, decision authority, reporting channels, and training. Make good governance part of how the business operates.
Give teams practical tools, clear ownership, and a route to advice. Use technology and AI to remove friction while preserving accountability and human judgment.
I have often joined organizations at an inflection point. Investigations. Acquisition integration. A pandemic. The upheaval surrounding military withdrawal. A business turnaround.
At Promontory, Uber / Careem, MOBY, and TriMark, the circumstances differed. The work shared a purpose: help people make sound decisions under pressure, strengthen accountability, and build the capability to move forward.
For me, a compliance comeback means making standards work in practice and creating room for the business to grow. Compliance succeeds or fails in operations.
Practical systems.
Lasting business capability.
The Control Tower: contracting playbooks, decision authority, and clearer business ownership.
The business needComplex commercial work creates recurring questions about risk allocation, approval requirements, and who owns a decision.
What I builtEnterprise contracting frameworks, standard agreements, playbooks, and training across technology, procurement, supply, construction, and services. Decision authority and escalation paths connect the legal terms to business ownership.
The operating principleGive people a common way to make decisions, with clear escalation when the facts demand judgment.
Explore the published framework ↗Codes, reporting, supplier responsibility, and environmental readiness.
The business needFollowing a DOJ investigation and settlement, TriMark needed an enterprise compliance program with clear responsibilities and a credible connection to leadership decisions.
What I builtAn enterprise compliance framework connecting the Code of Conduct, reporting channels, investigations, remediation, and training. I advised executive leadership and the Audit & Risk Committee on findings, risk, and the work needed to strengthen accountability. My work also connected supplier standards and onboarding with supply chain transparency, climate preparedness, and extended producer responsibility (EPR). Read the published Code ↗
The operating principleBuild institutional capability. Connect policy to everyday decisions, make it safe to raise concerns, and create practices that endure beyond any one leader.
Explore the Code, supplier standards, and environmental work ↗Government and project sales channels, with supplier onboarding built into the model.
The business needA company in turnaround needed a clearer path to government and project sales, with the structure and controls to pursue that business confidently.
What I builtDesigned and built new organizations and channels for government and project sales, connecting commercial strategy with contracting, licensing, decision authority, supplier onboarding, and compliance. Developed digital concepts and a technology roadmap to make the path from opportunity to delivery easier to use.
The operating principleBuild legal and compliance into the commercial model from the start. Give sales and procurement teams clear ownership, practical tools, and a workable route from opportunity and supplier onboarding to delivery.
See the channel and onboarding concepts ↓The contextAcquisition integration at IBM / Promontory and Uber / Careem. Multinational media operations at MOBY during the pandemic and growing uncertainty in Afghanistan.
My experienceLed legal and compliance at MOBY Group across complex markets, including licensing, distribution, restructuring, and sale diligence. At Uber / Careem and IBM / Promontory, worked across acquisition integration, investigations, and practical compliance controls.
The operating principleUnderstand the local realities, establish clear standards, and maintain continuity as the organization changes.
Channels, tools, and controls that bring the operating model to life.
A digital front door for government customers, connecting a clear buying journey with TriMark’s wider equipment, supply, and project capabilities.
A guided onboarding pilot that turns supplier expectations into structured questions, supporting information, and a practical review checklist.
A workspace prototype for annual disclosures, changed circumstances, and requests for advice. Designed around the decisions employees need to make.
A reporting experience that helps people identify a concern and work through communication preferences and the information needed for review.
Published frameworks, named contributions, and the public record behind my perspective.
TriMark’s published legal terms across sales, purchasing, and project delivery.
COMPLIANCE BY DESIGNCodes, reporting, supplier responsibility, and environmental readiness.
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGENamed in the House Modernization Committee’s 2022 final report.
TECHNOLOGY & OVERSIGHTTen GAO publications, including the 2022 blockchain assessment.
Trust is the currency.
Confidence is the product.
Make the complex understandable.
Make the next step possible.
Distribution backed by private equity.
International media. Consumer technology.
Financial services. Federal oversight.
Chief Compliance Officer & Counsel
Compliance rebuilding, commercial systems, and new government and project sales channels at a $2B+ distributor in turnaround.Senior Program Analyst
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Legal and compliance leadership, restructuring, and business continuity across complex markets. Dubai and Kabul.Senior Compliance Manager
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Data protection, investigations, and compliance controls during IBM integration.Senior Program Analyst
Oversight of multibillion dollar federal acquisition programs.“Mr. Deliberate” was my childhood nickname. I liked to work things through in order, often drawing ideas in the air as I thought. I also had a verbal stutter. Taking the time to find the sequence, picture the idea, and get the words out was part of how I made sense of the world.
That instinct still shapes my work. I draw things out, look for the order of operations, and design around the people who will use what we build.
Home is Minneapolis, with my wife Katie, our son Gus, and Chico, our Australian Shepherd.
Away from work, I’m drawn to distance running, gravel cycling, and photography. A past life in sound design still shapes how I think about rhythm, detail, and the experience of the person on the other side.
Different pursuits. A shared instinct: pay attention, stay curious, and be deliberate about what you make.