Previous Experience

Before joining Gartner, Ms. Adams was an Oracle Delivery Lead at a consulting firm specializing in Oracle compliance and advisory services. She led client engagements focusing on strategy and compliance with specialization in Oracle contract negotiations and technical support. She also led the contract advisory team providing analysis of contract terms and conditions, created custom contract analysis automation technologies and tools, and developed reporting and metrics for contract analysis activities. Ms. Adams held several senior positions at Oracle Corporation. She specialized in innovative deal structures for nonstandard and high value deals in contract management and global deal desk roles. She had global responsibility for creating and managing Oracle's technical support business practices, policies, and processes including authoring global contractual terms and policies, creating business exception approvals, and launching online technical support business processes.

Professional Background

• Oracle Corporation, Senior Director Global Business Practices, 18 years
• Palisade Compliance, Senior Director Advisory & Contracts, 5 years

Education

• B.S., Business Administration/Marketing, The College of New Jersey
• M.B.A., Business Administration, Rider University