High performance without ego - that’s the playbook at Verkada. General Counsel Bill Berry and Senior Counsel, Privacy & Policy Ariana Goodell join Cecilia Ziniti to share how they build a legal org people love to work with—one that ships products, earns trust, and stays close to the business. They get tactical on product launches, privacy-by-design, and how to “be in the boat” with engineering and marketing. They also break down AI’s real impact on in-house work: faster first drafts, sha...
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High performance without ego - that’s the playbook at Verkada. General Counsel Bill Berry and Senior Counsel, Privacy & Policy Ariana Goodell join Cecilia Ziniti to share how they build a legal org people love to work with—one that ships products, earns trust, and stays close to the business. They get tactical on product launches, privacy-by-design, and how to “be in the boat” with engineering and marketing. They also break down AI’s real impact on in-house work: faster first drafts, sha...
Navigating Innovation & IP at Scale: Tina Patel on Building Legal at Amazon
CZ and Friends
36 minutes
3 months ago
Navigating Innovation & IP at Scale: Tina Patel on Building Legal at Amazon
How do you guide legal strategy for groundbreaking products like Alexa while managing risk and leading at scale? Today’s guest, Tina Patel, is a retired VP & Associate General Counsel at Amazon Lab126, where she oversaw legal strategy for products like Alexa and Kindle. She unpacks her journey from Big Law to in-house leadership at one of the world’s most innovative companies and shares lessons on smart risk-taking, building ecosystems around transformative products, and applying Am...
CZ and Friends
High performance without ego - that’s the playbook at Verkada. General Counsel Bill Berry and Senior Counsel, Privacy & Policy Ariana Goodell join Cecilia Ziniti to share how they build a legal org people love to work with—one that ships products, earns trust, and stays close to the business. They get tactical on product launches, privacy-by-design, and how to “be in the boat” with engineering and marketing. They also break down AI’s real impact on in-house work: faster first drafts, sha...
