Daniel Jon Smith, J.D.

Experience

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  Wagner, Falconer & Judd, Ltd.

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2009

  Managing Attorney

  Managed day-to-day operations of the General Practice Group with an annual budget of over $5 million dollars. • Led and managed the performance of over thirty attorneys and support staff with offices in Minnesota and Wisconsin. • Functioned as the firm’s vendor manager. Negotiated and redlined various vendor agreements including purchase service agreements, IT agreements, NDAs, and professional services agreements. • Reduced overhead costs by over 15% through consolidation of multiple practice groups. Show less

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  FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2017

  Analyzed vendor contracts to ensure compliance with business goals and marketing initiatives. • Negotiated, drafted, and redlined various vendor agreements including design and development software agreements, other IT agreements, video, photo, and sound agreements, and amendments as needed. • Recruited, hired, and trained contractors, freelancers, and other employees from the U.S., U.K., and Canada. Sourced, recruited, hired, and managed a team of over fifteen copy editors in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India. Show less

  • Team Lead, Contract and Vendor Management

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2017

  • Team Lead, Content

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2012
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  Dahl Administration

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Class Counsel

  Assisted in the interpretation and implementation of numerous class action lawsuits.• Represented the interst of the Class throughout the settlement process ensuring that those benefits available were received.•Coordinated with both State and Federal Courts and Plaintiffs and Defense Counsel in the drafting of orders, schedules, notices to the Class and other legal documents.

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  Allina Health

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2021

  Contract Manager

  Oversaw the sourcing and contracting for purchase services, laboratory, and pharmaceutical supplies. • Negotiated, drafted, redlined, and assisted in the execution of vendor agreements including MSA, SOW, SaaS agreements and lease agreements as well as amendments, addendums, and other legal documents. • Led RFP initiatives from the formation of the request, assessment of the proposals, negotiating and draft of new agreements.• Supported process improvement by using Lean Six Sigma principles and statistical tools. Show less

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  Harbor

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2024

  Senior Contracts Counsel

  Assist Am Law 100 firms in procuring goods and services, reducing costs, optimizing business process, and improving stakeholder value. • Negotiate, draft, redline and edit vendor agreements including MSAs, SOWs, DPAs, SaaS, EULAs and other contracts and legal documents. • Work closely with the General Counsel’s Office of two Am Law 100 law firms in order to incorporate client-defined standards/terms into vendor agreements while effectuating the needs of the firms’ stakeholders.• Effectively manage pipeline of work and administration of contracts including tracking status of reviews and engaging in timely follow-up, as necessary. Show less

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  U.S. Bank

  Jan 2024 - now

  Assistant Vice President / Procurement Contract Consult