'Google should hire me'

Identifies as: African-American male

On diversity in the workplace: "The South Side of Chicago is not a great place to be born and raised as a black man, but I did it and I made it. And because of that, I bring a unique perspective. There are fewer and fewer people who look like me in corporate America and I've always had to contend with that."

On one of his biggest professional achievements: "I was the lead attorney in the IT department at a Fortune 500 healthcare company. Highly regulated industries tend to be slow to use social media, while everyone else is using it, because there's a fear of compliance risks. I worked with the HR, Legal and Compliance departments to come up with a social media company policy. I also improved employee morale by coming up with a way to allow personal use of social media on the job that complies with all labor laws and NLRB [National Labor Relations Board] requirements -- which was very tricky."

Education: M.B.A. candidate at GLOBIS University in Tokyo, Japan

LL.M specializing in Intellectual Property Law from London School of Economics and Political Science

J.D. from University of Southern California Law School, graduated in the top 15% of his class

B.A. in Sociology from Emory University

Career highlights: Became a lawyer under the State Bar of California by age 24, founded his own entertainment law practice which represents music industry professionals, former Associate General Counsel at a Fortune 500 healthcare company

Google teams he wants to work for: Legal & Government Relations, Partnerships, Business Strategy

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