Pramata, a contract management solution provider, announced that Foster Sayers has joined the company as general counsel and chief evangelist.
Sayers was previously corporate counsel for Vertafore, where he led the transformation of the company’s contract lifecycle approach through the use of Pramata.
Sayers was also co-founder, CEO and general counsel for 121Nexus, a company with QR code technology solutions that he co-invented for the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries.
“Foster knows the pressures facing today’s chief legal officers and how they’re tasked with being more strategic, delivering value beyond legal affairs and growing the bottom-line,” said Praful Saklani, Pramata’s co-founder and CEO.
“Becoming GC and Chief Evangelist at Pramata is finding product market fit for myself career wise,” Sayers wrote on LinkedIn. “I’ve done the work, I’ve got the experience, and I will spread my success in contracts management to every lawyer and legal professional I possibly can.”
Hut 8 Mining
The Toronto-based digital asset mining company announced it has named Aniss Amdiss the company's chief legal officer effective July 11.
Prior to joining Hut 8, Amdiss served as vice president of legal, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Greenbrook TMS, a TSX and Nasdaq listed healthcare services company. Amdiss has experience in securities laws matters, leading acquisitions and other corporate transactions, and advising on best practices with respect to corporate governance matters.
"Aniss' vast experience and leadership acumen will ensure that Hut 8 continues to operate with integrity and transparency while consistently elevating our governance and compliance processes, which will truly differentiate us in a nascent, rapidly evolving industry,” said Jaime Leverton, Hut 8’s CEO.
Gale Healthcare Solutions
The technology-enabled healthcare services and payments platform announced it has appointed Robyn Rusignuolo as chief legal officer.
Rusignuolo has held legal and leadership roles in the HR technology and healthcare industries during her career.
She spent 9 years with Modern Business Associates, a national HR outsourcing and payroll provider, where she served as chief legal officer and chief operating officer. Most recently, Rusignuolo co-founded and built SoleVenture, a technology platform that delivers automated HR and compliance support to freelancers.
"Robyn’s legal expertise and leadership experience, coupled with her background in technology, will be instrumental as we continue pioneering new and better ways to provide staffing and payment solutions to the healthcare industry,” said Tony Braswell, Gale’s president and founder.
Arcellx
The biotechnology company announced the appointment of Maryam Abdul-Kareem as general counsel.
Abdul-Kareem joins Arcellx from Kinnate Biopharma, where she served as deputy general counsel and was responsible for legal and corporate compliance matters.
Previously, she worked at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals over a seven-year period in positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as assistant general counsel, corporate.
"Maryam is an exceptional leader and thought partner who brings a broad skill set managing complex legal matters including business development and commercial compliance responsibilities which are valuable as we scale our company through clinical development and towards commercial release," said Rami Elghandour, Arcellx's chairman and CEO. "In addition to her experience, Maryam is a champion of gender equity and diversity which made her an outstanding fit for the culture we're building at Arcellx.”
University of Northern Colorado
The public university announced it has named Jacquie Rich Fredericks its next vice president, general counsel and secretary to the Board of Trustees effective August 15.
Fredericks has worked for the Colorado Department of Law (DOL) for the past 11 years, most recently as first assistant attorney general of the DOL’s higher education unit. For more than five years, she served as general counsel to Western Colorado University as well as the Division of Private Occupational Schools.
“Jacquie’s experience with the Colorado Department of Law’s Higher Education Unit makes this a seamless transition for her to step into this critical role at UNC,” University of Northern Colorado President Andy Feinstein said in a statement. “She is very familiar with the higher education landscape in the state and the types of issues that arise within any institution.”
