Tamiko Lewis

About Tamiko Lewis

Senior Paralegal/Legal Contracts Specialist with solid work experience in the corporate legal environment. Experienced with drafting and negotiating agreements, contract administration, project management, maintaining corporate records, database creation, and file maintenance. Exceptional training presenter and communicator with a focus on nurturing client relationships. Strong administrative and organizational skills.

Experience

1. Manager, Legal Contracts Specialist

   Gilead Sciences

   Sep 2012 — Present · CA

   Responsible for drafting and negotiating standard and non-standard agreements (i.e, confidentiality, master services, software-as-a-service, lab services, work orders, material transfer, consulting, funded research, purchase order terms and conditions, amendments, and termination notices). • Communicate directly with internal clients and external parties to collect information and discuss legal and business terms. Seek guidance from Legal team and Gilead resources to work through difficult negotiations and finalize agreements. • Participate in developing department processes and procedures, and provide input for creating and improving contracts, forms, and templates. • Develop, arrange, and conduct legal trainings for internal clients (i.e, contracts process, new hires, business groups, and one-on-one). Manage department’s email in-box and respond to general contracting questions and concerns submitted by internal clients. • Work to build and strengthen client relationships between the Contracts Group and internal clients. • Recipient of multiple Values-at-Work and G.Thanks Awards.

Education

• Control Data Institute

  Certificate of Graduation, Office Technology

  1988 — 1988

• University of Arizona Global Campus

  Bachelor of Arts Degree, Communication Studies; minor in Humanities, Cumulative GPA 3.83 (Magna Cum Laude); Dean’s List 2018-2021

  2017 — 2021

• University of San Francisco

  Certificate in Paralegal Studies, Paralegal Studies

  1990 — 1991

• University of Arizona Global Campus

  Master of Science Degree in Instructional Design and Technology, Cumulative GPA 4.0

  2022 — 2023

• Lean Six Sigma

  White Belt Training Certified

  2018 — 2018