Thomas Edward McKeever

Solving business problems from a legal perspective for technology companies.

I have served as a trusted advisor to boards and C-suites in private and public companies for more than 15 years including more than 9 years at Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ:BIRT) as its SVP, GC, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Development until the sale of Actuate to OpenText, Inc in 2015.

I have particular expertise with M&A, governance, managing litigation and operational process and policy improvement. A consistent strong performer, I was a securities litigator at Wilson Sonsini and Heller Ehrman and a law clerk at the Federal District Court for the Central District of California. My law degree is from Stanford.

I have earned substantial corporate development experience including a $4.1 billion acquisition, managing the sale of Actuate to OpenText, the sourcing and purchase of public and private companies in the United States, Canada and EU, asset sales, self-tenders, joint ventures and other strategic transactions.

US & International Governance & Operations; Securities Law & SEC Regulation; Customer, Vendor & Strategic Partner Negotiation and Template Development; OEM; HIPAA & HITRUST; Privacy; Public Cloud; SaaS; Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Policy & Process Development; Risk Management & Mitigation; Corporate Development & M&A; Venture Finance; Cross-Functional Operations; Intellectual Property

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  Hourly Rate: $925

California

State Bar of California

ID Number: 174253

Since 1994

Texas

State Bar of Texas

ID Number: 24118125

Since 2020

Silicon Valley Technology Law Advisors, PC

2020 - Current

Outside general counsel for start-up, emerging growth and medium-sized entities; general corporate and governance, venture capital finance, SaaS, AI and other inbound and sales licensing, professional services, product development counseling, litigation management and dispute resolution.

FLEX BY FENWICK/AMAZON.COM (ALEXA), APPLE, INC., DOLBY, INC., NOOGATA TECH., INC.

2020 - Current

Commercial and product development (1P products & 3P partnerships -- Samsung, Xiaomi, Videophone, Verizon, ATT, Microsoft, Google; Facebook and others); process development and negotiation, HIPAA, privacy & GDPR advisory for social and health care; machine learning & AI licensing.

Chief Legal Officer/Outside Lawyer

CLEARDATA NETWORKS, INC.

2019 - Current

Chief Legal Officer of high-profile, fast-growing company ensuring security and compliance on the public cloud for enterprise health care companies. Built appropriate process and compliance frameworks for later-stage, venture-backed company getting ready for an IPO. Led cross-functional team to operationalize core changes to pricing and packaging of public cloud products. Solved difficult, longstanding limitation of liability issue.

Acting General Counsel

ACCELA, INC.

2017 - 2019

Responsible for legal function of enterprise Software Company focused on local and state government customers. Divested line of business through asset sale; managed investigation of potential data breach and partner indicted for fraud. Implemented worldwide trade control, anti-corruption, & government relations compliance program. Revamped privacy policy & ensured GDPR compliance.

University of California - Berkeley

Undergraduate Degree

Stanford Law School

Law Degree

California State Bar  # 174253

Member

1994 - Current

Panelist, Practicing Law Institute’s

Preparation of Annual Disclosure Documents & Reed Smith & BDOs

Certificate in Private Company Governance

Private Directors Association