David Drummond

by Lauren Gelman, posted on May 1, 2003 - 12:05pm

Thursday, May 1, 2003
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Room 80 (Moot Courtroom)
Free and Open to all!
Lunch Served
About the Speaker

David Drummond became Google's vice president, Strategy and Business Development in 2002. In this role, Drummond works with the management team to evaluate and drive new strategic business opportunities, including strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions. He also serves as Google' s general counsel.

Drummond was first introduced to Google in 1998 as a partner in the corporate transactions group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, one of the nation's leading law firms representing technology businesses. Drummond served as Google's first outside counsel, and worked with Larry Page and Sergey Brin to incorporate the company and secure its initial rounds of financing. During his tenure at Wilson, Sonsini, he worked with a wide variety of technology companies, advising them on all aspects of their business and financial activities and helping them manage complex transactions such as mergers, acquisitions and initial public offerings.

Immediately prior to joining Google, Drummond served as executive vice president Finance and chief financial officer for SmartForce, where he helped transform the publicly-traded company into the world's largest e-learning company. Drummond earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Santa Clara University and his J.D. from Stanford Law School.

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Magan is an expert in the area of employee benefits issues which
Comment by Magan Ray (not verified), posted December 23, 2003 - 12:23am

Magan is an expert in the area of employee benefits issues which have become very valuable in negotiatiating as an employee with employees, and as a company in mergers and acquisitions transactions inheriting employee 401k and benefit plans via the transaction

Ms. Ray holds a J.D. (with distinction) from Stanford Law School
Comment by Will Ray (not verified), posted December 23, 2003 - 12:43am

Ms. Ray holds a J.D. (with distinction) from Stanford Law School, a B.A. and a M.A. in Japanese History from the University of California, Berkeley. Will is consulting with WebIMC, Inc. and a few Stanford alums in Decision Theory analyzing Private Equity Transactions. Primarily he is designing measurement tools for venture capital investments in order to improve the risk-return ration, valuation accuracyand integrity of the fledgling asset class.

Question: What kind of privacy issues do you usually encounter
Comment by Ranti (not verified), posted May 1, 2003 - 9:33pm

Question:
What kind of privacy issues do you usually encounter with Google--do you have to deal with any privacy issues at all?

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