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Greater , WA Michael E. Callier Ph.

SUMMARY STATEMENT

Interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary responsibilities for a $3 billion food and beverage company. Accomplished and award‐winning corporate lawyer and legal operations director with over 15 years of experience in law firms and corporate legal departments leading cross‐functional teams and counseling executive leaders in fast‐paced environments.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Provided primary legal advice and counsel to support Darigold’s acquisition and integration of its $1.5 billion global product distribution business. Counseled Darigold’s senior leadership team on over $200 million of business transactions in 2018, including sales, procurement and IT agreements. Led a cross‐functional team to develop and implement commercial contracting and risk management processes and procedures for Darigold’s $1.5 billion ingredients business. Earned international recognition from the Financial Times, Association of Corporate Counsel and the International Legal Technology Association for developing and implementing ’s innovative commercial contracting program while at Davis Wright Tremaine. Directed an improvement team to eliminate a $3 million invoicing backlog and optimize a high‐ volume lease agreement intake process for Verizon Wireless while at Davis Wright Tremaine. Guided infinitas SA and its team of senior engineers through cultural and language challenges on a 2‐year, $100 million construction, equipment and aluminum fabrication deployment in China. Implemented NIKE, Inc.’s employment relations restructure, including employment compliance mapping and personnel re‐assignment, for its $1 billion retail business. Represented NIKE, Inc. in its $305 million cash and debt acquisition of Converse, Inc. while at Tonkon Torp. PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Darigold, Inc. Seattle, WA Senior Corporate Counsel & Corporate Secretary 2018 to present Darigold is the 19th largest dairy processor in the U.S. I am responsible for all contracting including sales, marketing and branding, international transactions, vendor management, and support functions. I lead the legal department and manage all domestic and international commercial contracting. I also lead all litigation, risk management, regulatory, legal operations and manage outside counsel.

Guided the deal team to successfully draft and negotiate a major strategic supply agreement with Nestle, S.A., the world’s No. 1 food and beverage company, securing over $100 million in sales revenue annually. Led the deal team to structure, draft and negotiate Darigold’s relationship with Danone, the world’s No. 13 food and beverage company, securing over $100 million in sales revenue annually. Responsible for developing and monitoring Darigold’s records and information management framework including records retention and deploying a centralized, cloud‐based DMS. Responsible for developing and deploying contract lifecycle management protocols across the entire enterprise including standard templates, playbooks, matter intake and contract execution. Orchestrated the successful effort to build an industry coalition to avoid regulatory sanctions and prevent Darigolds’ exclusion from a major commodities exchange. Lead facilitator on enterprise‐wide commercial improvement effort designed to optimize sales and invoicing workflows for the ingredients division and eliminate a $30 million invoicing backlog.

Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) Seattle, WA Attorney & Legal Process Strategist 2014 to 2018

DWT is an Am Law 200, full‐service law firm with offices in eight locations around the US and (formerly) China. I was the first innovation attorney at DWT, maintaining a corporate practice and leading innovative efforts to reduce the cost of legal services to clients.

Advised clients on various technology transactions including helping to secure a long‐ term, enterprise cloud service agreement with a Fortune 200 multinational customer. Represented China on a transition from an on‐premises software hosting solution to a software as a service or SaaS model with dedicated support team. Represented clients on various corporate transactions and related governance including a $15 million stock acquisition of a ‐based lumber company and formation of a multi‐ member limited liability company delivering investment funds for overseas Chinese investors. Led DWT’s cross‐functional innovation team to reduce contracting cycle‐times for Microsoft’s global procurement activity by 25 percent and, simultaneously, eliminated its 200 percent outside counsel spend variability. Formed and led a 15‐person remote team of legal professionals to deploy a due diligence program to support Amazon’s global vendor strategic realignment. The team successfully reviewed 7,000 documents in five days with reduced costs to Amazon of at least 80 percent. Directed a team to successfully execute a two‐month, 135 jurisdiction due diligence program for a telecommunication company client’s national mobile network deployment strategy. Flat fees and low‐cost resources yielded at least 70 percent cost savings to the client.

infinitas SA, General Counsel and Director of China Beijing and Nanning, China Operations 2012 to 2014

infinitas SA is a global business consultancy that provides expert advice to manufacturing, pharmaceutical and aerospace clients. I was responsible for managing all legal matters globally, directing business operations in China and leading a global remote teams efforts in China.

Led negotiation and management for infinitas’s key strategic partnership agreement with its primary Chinese domestic partner generating $2.7 million in year‐one revenue. Advised a Chinese government client on US‐facing sales activity and drafted terms and conditions of sale for its $100 million aluminum extrusion enterprise. Instrumental in directing personnel and managing stakeholder relationships for successful delivery and acceptance of innovative industrial heat treatment equipment to a Chinese client. Drafted and negotiated multiple statements of work for aluminum extrusion, die design, training, and heat treatment expertise contributing to over $1 million in consulting services. Successfully placed a key European engineer with infinitas’s strategic partner in Beijing and structured his corresponding long‐term professional service contract.

NIKE, Inc., Corporate Counsel (first 6 mos.) & Beaverton, OR ER Manager (last 3 yrs.) 2008 to 2011

NIKE is the world’s No.1 sports footwear and apparel brand with annual revenue of over $34 billion. I drafted and negotiated commercial contracts and advised NIKE’s $1 billion retail business on labor and employment issues.

Guided business partners through many complex procurement, facility, co‐branding and licensing agreement negotiations. 2

Led over 100 fact‐findings and advised and trained over 300 business partners to resolve adverse employment activity and reduce NIKE’s risk exposure. Successfully mitigated organizational risk by achieving a 100 percent success rate defending Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Labor claims filed against NIKE.

Tonkon Torp Attorneys, LLP, Summer Associate (2002‐04) & Portland, OR Associate Attorney (2004‐08) 2002 to 2008

Tonkon Torp is a regional, full‐service law firm ranked among the nation’s best in corporate law. I was an associate in the corporate practice group with a focus on general corporate transactions, corporate governance and mergers and acquisition.

Represented one of the largest beverage distributors in the US for its $250 million acquisition of two competitor distributors. Represented the world's leading provider of digital television entertainment services in its $14 million acquisition of substantially all of a competitor’s tangible and intangible assets (equipment, inventory, work‐in‐process, intellectual property, etc.). Delivered corporate governance services for various companies including drafting resolutions and providing minute book maintenance.

LEGAL INNOVATION AND OPERATIONS TRAINING

Training Year Training Year

CIPP/US 2019 (pending) Project Management 2015‐16 Adaptive Leadership 2018‐19 Change Management 2015

Risk Management 2016 Process Improvement 2012‐16

EDUCATION

M.S. Information Management, GPA: 3.65 2016 University of Washington Information School

Chinese Language Certification 2012 Suzhou University (Suzhou, China)

Juris Doctorate 2004 University of Oregon School of Law

B.A., Political Science and Psychology 2001 University of Oregon (Pac‐12 Scholar Athlete Award Recipient and Varsity Football Captain)

STATE BAR ADMISSIONS

Washington 2018

Oregon 2004

3 Las Vegas, Nevada Michael E. Callier

Statement of Interest

I write this letter to express my great interest in serving on the University of Oregon (“UO”) Board of Trustees. Attending the UO helped me to overcome the inherent obstacles associated with growing up as an “at-risk youth” from a broken home in Portland, Oregon, with household income below the poverty line and drugs and violence at our doorstep. While at the UO, I earned an undergraduate degree in psychology and political science while contributing to the football team as a starting linebacker and co-captain. After that, I earned a law degree that led me to work with and for some of the best companies in the world, including NIKE, and to gain Chinese language and cross-cultural fluency in China. The UO was a launchpad that helped me to acquire some of the tools necessary to live life with purpose, passion and a global perspective. For that, I remain forever grateful. I want to help ensure that those opportunities continue to exist for others both from my community in Oregon and around the world.

My wife, Dr. Harly Callier, a sociologist from the University of Hong Kong, shares my passion and commitment to empowering others to acquire top-level educations and embrace diversity of thought. We have kept abreast of the UO’s efforts to improve student success and raise the UO’s profile as a premier national research university through initiatives like the Knight Campus, renovated laboratories and new cutting-edge science and technology course offerings. We are committed to supporting this effort by investing our time and energy into helping the UO meet its objectives of enhanced academic and research excellence. We also look forward to contributing a multicultural and global perspective to Board governance that promotes inclusive, optimized learning environments for all students willing to take the higher education journey.

With ties to and experience working across cultures in China, continuing efforts and involvement in legal technology/process innovation, personal commitment to life- long learning and deep roots in the State of Oregon, I would be delighted to offer my unique perspective to the Board. It would be an honor to serve on the UO’s Board of Trustees.

Best regards,

Michael Callier MICHAEL CALLIER

Michael is an accomplished corporate lawyer and legal operations director with over 15 years of experience leading cross‐functional teams and counseling executive leaders in law firms and fast‐paced corporate legal departments. Over the years, with the help of great coaches, mentors and colleagues at NIKE, during his time with a consulting business in China and at an award‐ winning legal innovation group within a top‐tier, US law firm (Davis Wright Tremaine), Michael has developed a unique approach to problem‐solving. His consultative and collaborative methods have led teams to successfully design and implement legal solutions for clients like Microsoft, Amazon and Verizon. Those solutions have received national and international recognition for legal innovation, efficiency and effectiveness.

Michael currently serves as Senior Corporate Counsel for Darigold, Inc., a $3B US food company where, among other things, he provides legal substantive and operational leadership for commercial contracting and negotiation, contract life‐cycle management, litigation support, mergers & acquisition, and compliance. Michael has intimate knowledge about how legal departments work, what they need to excel, how to empathize and communicate with department leadership, and how to effectively integrate substantive law with legal operations to increase the value of legal services. In 2018, Above the Law Magazine published this article about Michael’s efforts to change the legal industry for the better.

Outside of the office, Michael continues to contribute to the legal innovation community. He worked as a member of the International Legal Technology Association planning committee from 2015 to 2018 and was on the Organizing Committee for the first Global Legal Hackathon in 2018 (held in 40 cities across 22 countries and six continents simultaneously). As a recognized thought leader in legal innovation, Michael has published and presented on the topic many times over the years – including a scholarly journal article on the legal and social implications of artificial intelligence with his wife and co‐author, Dr. Harly Callier. Michael earned his law degree from the University of Oregon, a Master’s of Science in Information Management from the University of Washington, his Mandarin Chinese language certification and proficiency at Suzhou University in Jiangsu Province, China, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Psychology from the University of Oregon where he was a starting linebacker and co‐captain for Oregon’s conference championship football team. Michael also invests time in civic activities. He recently completed a campaign to support sustainable food practices with his leadership cohort in Seattle, Washington and is as an active member of his church. As a recent graduate of a two‐ year Adaptive Leadership program, Michael is passionate about contributing to and maintaining inclusive environments that promote joint learning and decision making and empower teams to reach their maximum potential.