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Susan Thomakos
Susan Collier Thomakos Legal at Asana

Susan Thomakos is a highly accomplished legal professional currently holding a pivotal role at Asana in San Francisco, California, where they specialize in software development. Thomakos boasts an impressive LinkedIn network with 3,192 connections, underscoring their status as a well-connected and respected figure in the legal and tech industries. With a dynamic in-house attorney background, Thomakos has built an extensive expertise in commercial transactions, strategic partnerships, product integrations, and licensing and service agreements. Notably, their profound knowledge extends to technology transactions, privacy, data security, and product counseling, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the legal landscapes essential for tech-driven businesses.

Before joining Asana in April 2019, Thomakos played a vital role at Salesforce as a Senior Corporate Counsel, leading technology partnership transactions across various Salesforce products, and offering legal guidance for Salesforce Cloud, Service Cloud, and more. Their prior experience also includes significant legal contributions at Pandora, where Thomakos led strategic technology partnerships and managed various legal aspects for the live events ticketing subsidiary, Ticketfly. The breadth of their expertise is further evidenced by their time at MobiTV, where Thomakos was instrumental in negotiating and finalizing deals, managing the trademark portfolio, and steering privacy and data practice policies.

Thomakos's academic credentials are equally remarkable, with a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies focusing on European Integration from the University of California, Berkeley. Adept in Intellectual Property and Corporate Law, Thomakos has successfully amalgamated their legal acumen with a passion for technology and innovation, proving to be a significant asset to any organization they serve.

More about this expert

Full name
Susan Collier Thomakos
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Title
Legal
Company
Asana
Industry
Software Development
LinkedIn Connections
3192
Summary
About me: Dynamic in-house attorney with extensive experience in commercial transactions, strategic partnerships, product integrations, inbound and outbound licensing and services agreements, technology transactions, privacy and data security, and product counseling.
Skills
Intellectual Property Corporate Law

Education

Columbia Law School
JD
Attended in Aug 2002 - May 2005
Field of study: Law
University of California, Berkeley
BA
Attended in Aug 1995 - May 1999
Field of study: Interdisciplinary Studies - European Integration

Positions

Asana
Legal
Apr 2019 - Present

I work with product, marketing, engineering, people operations/HR, sales, IT, data science, finance, and operations teams to reimagine and improve the way we work, collaborate, and communicate. Asana's mission is to help humanity thrive by enabling all teams to work together effortlessly. We're hiring! Check out https://asana.com/jobs/all
Salesforce
San Francisco Bay Area
Senior Corporate Counsel
Jun 2017 - Apr 2019

Senior Counsel on the Product Legal team: I led technology partnership transactions across Salesforce products and provided product counseling for Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, the AppExchange, and Trailhead.
Pandora
Oakland, CA
Senior Corporate Counsel
Mar 2013 - May 2017

Senior counsel leading strategic technology partnerships, enterprise SaaS sales transactions for Ticketfly (a Pandora subsidiary providing ticketing services for live events), advertising technology and data agreements, procurement, and professional services contracts for all departments.

Senior Corporate Counsel 2015-2017
Corporate Counsel 2013-2015

MobiTV
Emeryville, CA, U.S.A.
Corporate Counsel
May 2009 - Feb 2013

- Work closely with sales, engineering, operations, human resources, and finance departments teams to negotiate, draft, and close deals with vendors, content providers, wireless carriers, OEMs and other partners.
- Draft and negotiate in- and out-licensing and other commercial contracts.
- Manage trademark portfolio with outside counsel; including trademark monitoring and strategy and internal trademark education.
- Drive company-wide initiative and policy regarding privacy and data practices.
- Interpret and manage compliance for key FCC provisions.
- Effectively work in a fast-paced multi-faceted environment while expanding the accessibility of the legal department.

Senior Corporate Counsel 2011-2013
Corporate Counsel 2009-2011
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Associate
Oct 2005 - Mar 2009