The Data Protection Breakfast Club with Andy & Pedro The L Suite

Would you move for your dream job?  Aaron Mendelsohn did, but not a simple move.  He and his family relocated to Denmark when he got an opportunity to join the LEGO Group and help support its privacy journey.  We rarely see a US lawyer going to Europe and its a fascinating story.  

Aaron loves the LEGO Group brand deeply (and so do we).  Supporting a company and brand which you personally use and love often goes a long way in doing your best work!

Simon McDougall doesn’t take the easy road, never has.  He likes hard problems and isn’t afraid to dig in and try to solve them. Simon has a deep sense of pragmatism and business balance which makes him an effective leader. 

He is currently the Chief Compliance Officer of ZoomInfo and was previously Deputy Commissioner for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent authority for upholding information rights. While @ the ICO he established new technology policy and innovation functions working on artificial intelligence, adtech, and competition.  Simon also has worked for years in consulting at Promontory (an IBM company) and Deloitte.

We last talked with Jules on March 17, 2021 over 3 years ago!  A LOT has happened since.  That episode was a career retro covering Jules’ time @ AOL, DoubleClick and in government.  
This time we dig in with Jules on the current global and US privacy laws, Artificial Intelligence, Clean Rooms, Public Policy and the role of “think tanks” in both society and in the privacy community.

In this episode, we catch up with Trevor Hughes, who has grown IAPP Membership from 300 to 80,000. We last spoke with him 3 years ago, right after January 6th. Now, amidst a rapidly changing global privacy landscape and a booming tech sector driven by AI, we revisit for fresh insights about the present and future.

Christina Montgomery is IBM’s Chief Privacy & Trust  Officer and has spent over 29 years at the company! In that time Christina has just about done it all from a legal perspective.  Prior to her current role, she was Secretary to IBM’s Board of Directors, was Managing Attorney, overseeing the IBM law department’s strategic and transformational initiatives, hiring and recruiting, professional development, budget management, and other projects on a worldwide basis.Now Christina is leading the charge on IBM’s AI Ethics Board speaking publicly about the challenges and benefits of emerging AI technologies.

In this episode the guys chat 1x1 without guest about the key relationship between legal and sales. The discussion covers highs, lows, contracting, privacy negotiation and some hilarious anecdotes!