On the Road to Compliance: GDPR Effects and Impacts Across Borders and Business Units

Linda Frazier is VP, Associate General Counsel for TripAdvisor. In this role, she is responsible for securities, compliance, corporate governance and M&A for the world's largest travel site. She ensures compliance with all SEC reporting requirements and NASDAQ rules as well as key policies and procedures. She is responsible for the corporate governance and entity management for our public parent company and 80 domestic and international subsidiaries. She collaborates with senior leaders across all business units to evaluate, structure and implement new strategic initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions.

SONIA GALINDO IS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL, SECRETARY, AND CHIEF ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE OFFICER OF FLIR SYSTEMS, INC. BEGINNING IN JULY 2019, MS. GALINDO ASSUMED A KEY ROLE ON THE EXECUTIVE TEAM REPORTING TO PRESIDENT AND CEO JIM CANNON, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF ALL LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE MATTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS OBJECTIVES.

MS. GALINDO LEADS FLIR’S GLOBAL LEGAL, GLOBAL TRADE COMPLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAMS AND SERVES AS THE PRIMARY LEGAL ADVISOR TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SHE HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL LEGAL ISSUES WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, EXPORT-IMPORT, DATA PRIVACY, CYBERSECURITY, LIGATION, EMPLOYEE LAW AND OTHER MATTERS THAT ARISE IN COURSE OF BUSINESS AT FLIR. IN ADDITION, SHE MANAGES LEGAL CORPORATE MATTERS INCLUDING SEC FILINGS AND REPORTS, COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS, AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF ITAR AND GOVERNMENT TRADE COMPLIANCE.

“SONIA BRINGS A WEALTH OF LEGAL EXPERTISE TO FLIR, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM,” SAID JIM CANNON, PRESIDENT AND CEO AT FLIR. “AT FLIR, OUR TASK IS TO EXCEED OUR COMMITMENTS WITH INTEGRITY, AND SONIA WILL PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP NECESSARY TO OPERATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GLOBAL LAWS UNDER WHICH THE COMPANY OPERATES.”

MS. GALINDO IS BASED OUT OF FLIR’S WASHINGTON D.C.-AREA HEADQUARTERS IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.

MS. GALINDO JOINED FLIR FROM ROSETTA STONE INC. (NYSE: RST), AN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE COMPANY, WHERE SHE SERVED AS GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY SINCE 2015. DURING HER LEGAL CAREER, WHICH STARTED AT THE U.S. SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND INCLUDED PRIVATE PRACTICE AT A LARGE NATIONAL LAW FIRM, SHE HAS SPENT THE LAST 14 YEARS PROVIDING LEGAL COUNSEL AT MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES WITH INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES AND CAPACITY. FROM 2012-14 SHE WORKED AT KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN, INC. AS VICE PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL-CORPORATE, AND SECRETARY AND FROM 2005-08 AT MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC. AS ASSOCIATE COUNSEL & ASSISTANT SECRETARY. IN ADDITION, MS. GALINDO SERVED AS ETHICS & EMPLOYMENT COUNSEL AT THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION FROM 2008-11. MS. GALINDO EARNED A JURIS DOCTORATE FROM THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL AND BOTH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ECONOMICS AND BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN FINANCE AT HOOD COLLEGE FOR WOMEN.

MS. GALINDO, IS FIRST-GENERATION BORN ALONG WITH HER ONE OLDER BROTHER, IS A NATIVE OF WASHINGTON, DC AND AN AVID FAN OF THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS AND WASHINGTON NATIONALS.

Noga Rosenthal brings extensive experience in online advertising, legal issues and emerging technologies to Epsilon. In her role as Chief Privacy Officer, Noga oversees all privacy-related activities for Epsilon and its Conversant business, including global development, implementation, maintenance of and adherence to the organization’s policies and procedures covering the privacy of, and access to, online and offline consumer data. Her responsibilities include ensuring compliance with various self-regulatory regimes as well as domestic state and federal laws and regulations and those of foreign jurisdictions.

Noga guides and advocates on behalf of Epsilon’s internal teams, partners and clients to support industry self-regulation, responsible privacy practices, as well as consumer awareness, transparency and choice. Additionally, she monitors and helps guide the company’s global public policy efforts. 

Prior to Epsilon, Noga served as General Counsel and Vice President for Compliance and Policy for the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), leading their compliance program and ensuring that member companies delivered on the promise of self-regulation for interest-based advertising. Previously, she held the role of Senior Vice President and General Counsel of WPP plc companies Xaxis and Media Innovation Group, LLC.

Noga sits on the Board of Directors of the NAI, the Advisory Board of the Digital Advertising Alliance, the Data Standards Committee of the Data and Marketing Association, and the Legal Affairs Council and the Public Policy Council of the Interactive Advertising Bureau. She serves as Co-Chair of the Privacy Committee of the Mobile Marketing Association and is a member of Women Leading Privacy Advisory Board of the International Association of Privacy Professional (IAPP). She has also served in the past on the IAPP’s Education Advisory Board. She is also an active member of the UK Data Protection Network, which is providing guidance on the General Data Protection Regulation.

Noga holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science from the Rutgers College and a J.D. from Fordham Law School.