Whitney Hicks

Experience

1. Senior Privacy Counsel

   Ericsson Telecommunications Inc

   Jul 2021 — Present

   Advises Executive Leadership Team: Appointed to executive leadership team of U.S-based affiliate to advise on privacy risks and global sales expansion strategy- Launched and Nurtures Privacy Program: Developed strategy and governance model for U.S. based affiliate’s privacy program. Conducts privacy impact assessments for all products and core processing activities. Created Article 30 Record of Processing Activity, Data Maps and Asset Inventories. Hired privacy director. Trained key stakeholders- Enables Sales: Negotiates Customer data protection agreements and developing knowledge base for privacy-related inquiries- Enables Product: Works daily with engineers to build privacy into our services (private networks, innovation projects etc) as they are developed- Conducts Privacy Pre-Acquisition Assessments and Manages Post-Acquisition Integration: Created pre-acquisition due diligence process and post-acquisition integration guidance for each business unit- Launched and Manages Third-Party Privacy Management Program: Develop vendor data protection agreement templates and privacy questionnaire and negotiate data protection agreements on third party paper. Supervises junior lawyer in review of vendor contracts- Advises Ericsson on U.S. law and U.S. Affiliate Privacy Risk: Guides marketing and sales on CCPA/CPRA and other U.S. state law compliance requirements and operational requirements- Developed criteria for evaluating privacy-related risks as part of broader enterprise risk management strategy.

Skills

• Cmbs
• Municipal Bonds
• Loan Participations
• Distressed Debt
• Mezzanine Finance
• Commercial Mortgages
• Legal Research
• Child Advocacy
• Commercial Leasing
• Legal Writing
• Syndications
• Real Estate Transactions
• Due Diligence