Wendy Janca

About Wendy Janca

20+ years of global business and legal experience, with a mastery in project management, a strong technical acumen, an incessant focus on \'working smarter, sharing information, and streamlining processes,\' and a passion for building life-long, trustworthy relationships.• Positive & forward thinking, highly motivated, energetic, & accomplished legal professional with an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for helping others succeed and building relationships, a love of learning and continual growth (both personally & professionally) as well as an unfaltering focus on organization, execution, effective communication & exceeding customer satisfaction. • Front-line legal stakeholder with a deep understanding of global business matters, specifically pertaining to the product development and launch of software, hardware, & services, including lifecycles, engineering requirements, sales motion & scorecards, commerce and operations matters (including budgets, SLAs, mobile operator matters/contracts, virtual currency review/approvals across entire company), business strategies & key marketing communication.• Proactively creates process improvements using various new tools, and continually viewed as the \'go-to\' team member for projects requiring strong analytical, research, & PM skills, including end to end development of playbooks, SharePoint sites, & other special projects across legal & business organizations. • Excels under pressure & thrives in fast-paced environments, with extensive experience managing highly confidential, business critical matters, meeting deadlines/deliverables, while driving further efficiencies. • Strong contract management experience, including independently drafting/negotiating/through execution of complex commercial, supplier, non-disclosure, commerce, licensing, & hardware/software (incl. GDPR amends. & more) agreements. Well versed in IP licensing & rights, dispute resolution, limitation of liability, & other critical contract provisions. Continually empowering clients with guidance on contract organization, template creation, policies & processes.• Excels navigating ambiguity & getting work done in matrixed environments to drive Surface to a $1B business, Office to over 1 billion users worldwide, highly strategic and business critical transition from Lync to Skype for Business, mission critical launch of Windows updates & the Windows Store, & key player in ‘keeping the trains on track & running’ for our Commerce and Ecosystem businesses, while remaining legally compliant.

Experience

1. Senior Legal Professional Paralegal

   Microsoft

   Feb 2012 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

Education

• Washington State University - Carson College of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2019 — 2022

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

Skills

• Strategic Partnerships
• Product Management
• Patents
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Software Licensing
• Management
• Licensing
• Legal Writing
• Marketing
• Corporate Governance
• Legal Research
• Privacy Law
• Trademarks
• Corporate Law
• Copyright Law
• Intellectual Property
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Project Management
• Contract Negotiation