Armando J Tirado

Experience

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  LEGALCOUNSEL.TECH

  Fractional General Counsel and External In-House Counsel

  Jan 2010 - Present

  Boutique legal services firm providing fractional and external in‑house counsel to technology companies (start‑ups through multinationals), delivering commercial, corporate, regulatory and operational legal support to scale sales, product and international operations without full‑time GC overhead.

  • Acted as embedded General Counsel for multiple technology clients (start‑ups, scale‑ups and multinationals), delivering senior legal leadership across commercial, corporate, regulatory and operational matters.
  • Led negotiation and execution of high‑value commercial agreements including SaaS, cloud, software licensing, professional services, outsourcing, SLAs and strategic partnership agreements to enable and close revenue‑generating deals.
  • Designed and implemented legal infrastructure: reusable templates, contract playbooks, approval workflows, delegation of authority, signature processes (including digital signature) and contract management to remove legal bottlenecks and accelerate sales cycles.
  • Built and rolled out a global contracts governance program with sales playbooks, contract guardrails, training for commercial teams, and escalation procedures for unusual terms.
  • Owned privacy and data protection strategy and compliance (GDPR, CCPA): negotiated DPAs, drafted privacy/security documents, tracked global regulatory changes and coordinated remediation efforts.
  • Advised product, data science and innovation teams on permissible data uses and privacy/security implications, and trained non‑legal stakeholders on regulatory requirements.
  • Negotiated complex strategic partner, carrier and systems integrator agreements and partnered closely with info‑sec, procurement, HR, product and risk to align commercial and security requirements.
  • Managed and coordinated external counsel and in‑house resources to deliver scalable legal support across multiple jurisdictions and time zones.
  • Provided counsel on disputes, regulatory exposure, employment/contracting structures and cross‑border operational issues; coordinated litigation and enforcement responses when needed.
  • Led initiatives to influence and prepare for emerging regulation and enforcement trends, advising leadership on regulatory strategy and engagement with authorities.