Greg is a Corporate Development leader who brings a decade of experience as a high-tech transactional lawyer and diverse management expertise. Skilled at supporting all aspects of the technology product life cycle, Greg has partnered with engineering and business development organizations in leading numerous high visibility licensing, development, strategic alliances, services and M&A transactions in support of enterprise software, cloud and hardware products. Greg possesses deep understanding of technology product development and has been instrumental in shaping corporate licensing strategy and open source policies, as well as IP diligence and integration efforts surrounding high-profile acquisitions.
Senior Corporate Counsel, Development and Engineering @ • Led legal support of all product development requirements for I/P/SaaS, on-premises software, and hardware products, including the Oracle Marketing Cloud, Public Cloud and Social Cloud products, telecommunications and healthcare industry offerings, as well as operating systems, virtualization and storage systems. Serve as a trusted advisor to senior management on inbound and outbound licensing strategy.
• Drafted and negotiated licensing, development, data use and strategic alliance agreements relating to development and distribution of hardware, software, SaaS and mobile application products. Author standard agreement forms. Develop and implement negotiation practices and processes.
• Supported Corporate Development in M&A activities and divestitures. Develop strategy for, and manage, post-acquisition integration of targets’ intellectual property, licensing obligations and third-party relationships. Train acquired teams on Oracle policies and processes following close of an acquisition.
• Counseled Global Finance group and lead legal support on royalty matters, including audits and related disputes.
• Advised on all aspects of open source use in development, distribution and community participation. Develop and implement open source use, tracking and compliance policies. Train engineering and management teams.
• Managed and mentor attorneys and staff in the Development and Engineering Legal organization. Led the annual Oracle legal internship program. Chaired the global Oracle Legal Department training team.
• Provided subject matter expertise in managing obligations under supply chain agreements, negotiation of which was an area of responsibility at Sun Microsystems. From February 2010 to April 2015 (5 years 3 months) San Francisco Bay AreaLecturer in Law @ • Taught a law school practicum course on technology licensing, surveying inbound, commercial, professional services, supply chain, and technology alliances relationships. From May 2014 to July 2014 (3 months) San Francisco Bay AreaCounsel, Products and Technology Law @ • Provided legal support to the hardware systems product groups, including networking, server and storage systems, and microelectronics, at all stages of product development and distribution; drafted and negotiated inbound licenses, development, design and manufacturing agreements requiring in-depth understanding of hardware and software architecture.
• Managed key relationships, including Linux and BIOS. Served on the Intel relationship management team.
• Authored the standard agreement specific to Sun’s pre-release systems and developed the process by which the Agreement is negotiated and escalated by Sun’s contracts division.
• Co-developed the Open Source participation guidelines for employees. Represented international aspects of employment agreements with regard to IP ownership abroad, ensuring global applicability of the policy. Collaborated with foreign counsel and trained senior clients on policy deployment.
• Managed issues surrounding the global employee integration efforts following the MySQL acquisition, implicating IP ownership and employment laws in Denmark, Russia, UK, France and Australia. From May 2008 to February 2010 (1 year 10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAssociate General Counsel @ • Drafted and negotiated professional services agreements and statements of work, inbound and outbound software licenses, as well as various alliance / channel agreements with Fortune 100 clients and partners.
• Lead the firm’s IP portfolio protection strategy, defining and implementing trade secret protection standards. Collaborated with the IT group on improving data security, redundancy and disaster recovery plans. Delivered best practices training and deployed the company’s first open source compliance standards.
• Managed outside counsel and engineering through patent prosecution process.
• Introduced new legal document procurement flows to ensure consistency of obligations and appropriate level of review and approval for legal documents, enabling streamlined business development efforts.
• Provided legal support to the executive team in day-to-day operations; evaluated and advised on new industry developments and trends, including outsourcing and open source use in development. From October 2006 to April 2008 (1 year 7 months) San Francisco Bay AreaGeneral Counsel @ • Negotiated outbound software licenses and professional services agreements for healthcare consulting services.
• Negotiated debt restructuring and managed an investment bank in a private equity financing transaction.
• Developed comprehensive Intellectual Property policies and educated employees policy compliance.
• Prosecuted trademark and copyright applications. From April 2006 to October 2006 (7 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAntitrust Division @ •Gained familiarity with case materials of DOJ investigations including proffers, memoranda, and interviews
•Exercised independent judgment in the review and analysis of document production in light of the Sherman Act and litigation worthiness in order to identify patterns of illegal cartel activities, bid rigging, and collusion among competitors
•Observed arraignment and sentencing hearings From January 2006 to April 2006 (4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaSummer Legal Associate @ •Researched and drafted memoranda in areas including contract, property, and finance law
•Examined joint venture documents to inform Ford counsel of Ford’s preferred shareholder rights in the venture’s post-bankruptcy litigation
•Participated in negotiating and drafting a pan-European advertising agreement between all European subsidiaries and Wunderman UK
•Formulated guidelines for a standard-form insurance agreement to be used by all European subsidiaries in order to reduce legal costs, streamline procedures, and promote uniformity of commitments in Ford Credit’s insurance operations
•Reviewed licensing contract with Universal Studios and outlined promotional branding guidelines of the FAB 1, a concept vehicle created by Ford for Universal’s production of the Thunderbirds motion picture From 2003 to 2003 (less than a year) London, United KingdomPublic Relations Intern - Lincoln Mercury @ •Produced post-launch Lincoln LS scrapbook, a selling tool distributed to top nationwide dealerships
•Authored press releases and pitched various stories to selected media
•Point of contact for automotive media’s product information requests
•Assisted in the layout and product placement for the 2000 Chicago International Auto Show From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) Orange County, California Area
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and Strategic Management @ University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School From 2013 to 2015 Juris Doctor (JD) @ Santa Clara University School of Law From 2002 to 2005 BS, International Business @ University of San Francisco From 2000 to 2002 Greg Vaisberg is skilled in: Software Licensing, Open Source Licensing, Licensing, Patents, Mergers, Contract Negotiation, Intellectual Property, Leadership, Strategic Partnerships, Mergers & Acquisitions, Employment Law, Corporate Law, Venture Capital, Enterprise Software, IP transactions