Michael Mowery
Your General Counsel, Creating Win-Win Solutions to Advance Your Business Dreams
California
CA
"Mike was a pleasure to work with."
About
During my 30+ year career, I
• negotiated complex technology, commercial leasing, purchase/sale, and other transactions;
• built partnership and operating arrangements;
• set up business structures;
• navigated through regulatory compliance;
• protected intellectual property rights;
• raised nonprofit funding; managed Series C round;
• developed strategic & business plans;
• expanded… read more nonprofits; and
• built boards.
In my G.C. and other senior legal roles, I’ve worked for firms such as Vodafone, Cisco, Portal Software, Logitech, and Telephia. And, as Exec. Director of 3 nonprofits, I've developed corporate structures, built boards, led fundraising, created partnerships, negotiated leases, and provided general management.
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Client Reviews
"Very satisfied & plan on hiring him for future work when needed."
"Another great job! Thanks Michael"
"Mike is a great legal mind. He helped guide and direct me on the complicated contract I was needing. Thanks Mike!"
"We had Michael Mowery create a due diligence checklist prior to filing for dissolution of a corporation. The first thing I noticed about Michael was his response to the request for quote I published on upcounsel. His was the only one of 10 attorneys to send me back a real (not canned) response. On our first call I could tell he was listening and asking question to try to understand the very involved details of our situation. In the end I think we received exactly what I was looking for, a very comprehensive picture of how to move our project forward. I’m not fully in charge of this project but I really hope I can persuade our group to engage Michael to help with more of this project. John"
"I met Mike through my role at Thrive Central Oregon. He has been a tremendous resource while working through the process of researching and setting up a retirement plan for Thrive. Mike's questions back drove good conversation with the stakeholders at Thrive. He brought up points I didn't consider. After working through the pros and cons of each plan, we came up with an option that will work for our team and organization. I would highly recommend Mike!"
"As the Executive Director of a quickly growing Nonprofit I have found Mike's support in navigating our legal requirements, board governance duties and all together functioning to be incredibly helpful. He is quite personable to work with, while bringing his extensive experience and knowledge to the process. Much appreciated!"
Work History
Positive Coaching Alliance
Regional Executive Director
Aug 2018 - Aug 2020
Led Northern California Region of organization building character development and life-long positive traits through youth sports. I built board of directors, led fundraising, led events, managed financials, and managed staff.
Encore.org
National Director
Mar 2015 - Nov 2017
National Director of Encore Fellowships Network, which matches seasoned professionals with social sector organizations in high-impact, paid, fellowships, helping the host organizations build their capacity and increase impact. Under my leadership, the EFN matched over 1000 fellowships while adding $100M of value to U.S. social sector.
Super Stars Literacy
Executive Director
Sep 2007 - Apr 2014
First Executive Director for leading early literacy intervention program for low-performing students in low-income communities. Incorporated project as 501(c)(3) and scaled it from $300K volunteer project serving 60 students to $1.6M organization serving over 500 students in 4 school districts.
Portal Software
Assistant General Counsel
Jul 2004 - Oct 2006
Assistant General Counsel responsible for world-wide licensing and transactional legal services for global billing and revenue-management company for telecom, internet, and media industries.
Senior Counsel Services
Owner
Jun 2002 - Jun 2004
Outside transactional counsel for Cisco Systems, Logitech & Vodafone.
Telephia, Inc.
General Counsel
Sep 2000 - Jun 2002
General Counsel for wireless market research and analysis company.
Vodafone / AirTouch
Senior Counsel
Jul 1985 - Jul 2000
Senior Counsel for largest global wireless communications company; managed legal services for domestic headquarters operations.