Building a Privacy Roadmap: GC’s Role in Strategy Implementation

Daniel Farris counsels clients on a wide array of technology, privacy, and compliance issues, including data center operations, fiber optic networking, cloud computing, information governance, emerging technologies and privacy and data security. He is a trusted advisor to companies operating in highly regulated industries, such as technology and telecommunications, healthcare, banking and financial services, investment management, insurance, retail and consumer businesses, transportation, manufacturing and professional services providers.

Daniel regularly helps clients craft compliance strategies and harmonize international, federal, and state laws respecting individual privacy rights and data security, including GDPR, HIPAA/HITECH, GLBA, FFEIC and SEC regulations, FCRA, COPPA, CCPA/CPRA, and many others. He also counsels start-up, embryonic and emerging growth companies. As a former software engineer and network administrator, Daniel understands how technology enables a company's operations and creates competitive advantage, and he appreciates the central role that data plays in driving strategic decision-making. His practice is founded upon understanding how technology can strengthen and expand upon the core missions of his clients' businesses.

Daniel also regularly advises and represents clients on traditional intellectual property matters, including patent prosecution and enforcement, inbound/outbound licensing, trademark prosecution, brand extension, digital rights management and large transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions.

Cara Dearman is a privacy leader and attorney who has led privacy change and implementation at a range of companies including Sears/Kmart, RSM US, and, currently, CDW Corp. She has experience in a wide-array of privacy, security, and technology laws and has designed and built privacy programs for retailers, technology companies, and services providers.

Cara also teaches privacy and data breach at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in the MSL program as an adjunct professor. Prior to moving in-house Cara was in private practice at the law firms Sullivan & Cromwell and Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell. She graduated from Trinity University and the University of Texas School of Law and holds a CIPP-US. Cara spends her weekends hiking with her family and rescue dog.

Jon has been a “serial General Counsel” to several growth-stage (VC backed) private technology companies. As a strategic member of their leadership teams he handles sales transactions and process, risk management, regulatory and privacy, M&A, supply chain, international issues, as well as IP, litigation and HR matters.

Jon recently joined Entegra Solutions after serving as VP and General Counsel at HZO, Inc. and as VP, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at DialogTech, Inc. He enjoys the challenge of learning new industries and managing legal, contractual and Board issues to help move companies to the next stage.

Jon spent many years in leadership roles of Legal and Contracts teams at Motorola, Inc. following private practice at several law firms.

Jon is a graduate of Williams College and Georgetown University Law.

Feras is Privacy Manager at a leading location data services com-pany called X Mode. He is responsible for building and managing X Mode’s privacy program by bridging the gap between legal requirements and technical implementation. Feras was born and raised in Southwest Florida and currently resides in Miami. Prior to X Mode, Feras was a Product Manager at South Florida based technology company, Magic Leap.

Feras is a corporate lawyer by training and certified privacy professional with experience in healthcare, facial recognition, and privacy and security manage-ment. Feras received his law degree from the University of Miami where he was a HOPE Public Interest Scholar. During law school Feras worked in juvenile criminal defense, immigration advocacy, and federal appellate law.