Joanne Flack
- Role
- Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer - Global at Rackspace Technology
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joanne Flack
Joanne is a strategic public company business executive, board-level advisor, and an…
Experience
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer - Global
Jun 2012 — Present
Built and leads the legal practice area responsible for managing the global (US, Canada, Latin America, Europe Middle East & Africa, and Asia Pacific Japan) legal affairs of various functions including supply chain, partnerships and alliances, technology, product, solutions and services, data center and cloud operations, intellectual property, marketing and communications, privacy and cybersecurity, incident management, service delivery and customer success management (including related dispute management). Leads the network abuse, enterprise risk management and insurance functions for the corporate group. • Previous leadership roles within the International (Europe Middle East & Africa, and Asia Pacific) and Americas (US, Canada and LATAM) commercial transactions legal function, including sales contracting. Led diligence and legal integration planning for acquisitions, international country entry and expansions (including compliance), and part of the team supporting the privatization of the company prior to the subsequent IPO. Leadership, management and successful resolution of significant multi-million dollar company litigation. • Leads and manages a team of twelve legal professionals, recruited and developed international and domestic talent. Develops and manages a multi-million dollar team budget, forecasts and headcount. Instituted highly successful engagement initiatives including departmental committees, mentoring program, and learning and development program. Developed and deployed tools, systems, and processes to ensure efficiency and scale of legal operations. • Member of the Rackspace Technology company and legal senior leadership teams, Technology Council and AI Committee. Highly collaborative servant leader, working closely with the company’s executive team and audit team to enable strategic business objectives, ensure compliance and manage risk.
Education
The University of Law
Doctor of Law - JD, UK equivalent - Post-Graduate Diploma Legal Practice Course (LPC) & Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
OnBoarding Women
Corporate Board Director Development Program
The University of Sheffield
BSc (Hons), Biomedical Science
Imperial Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of Oxford
Post-Graduate Diploma, Intellectual Property Law & Practice
Skills
- Management
- Litigation
- Licensing
- IT Law
- Data Privacy
- Legal Advice
- Legal Assistance
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Confidentiality
- Contract Negotiation
- Patents
- Privacy Law
- Corporate Governance
- Software Licensing
- Commercial Litigation
- Copyright Law
- Technology Law
- Document Drafting
- Cloud Computing
- Dispute Resolution
- Joint Ventures
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