Of Counsel to Bierce & Kenerson, P.C.
212 840 0080 Tel
212 840 6210 Fax
hjones@biercekenerson.com
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Henry (Hank) Jones has over 25 years experience in connection with outsourcing, software, e-commerce, networks and other information technology transactions and related advisory services. He has served both in major law firms and in-house on the senior management teams of three publicly traded technology service providers. He has been chief in-house legal counsel in two public companies.
Hank speaks and writes nationally on outsourcing, open source software, IT risk management, software development, alliances and other IT topics. As a former litigator early in career, he urges problem prevention in defining, designing and documenting business deals, contract documents, and technology project plans. Hank regularly conducts in-house corporate contracting upgrading and re-engineering, risk audit, technology audit, corporate training, and other information technology process and asset improvement projects.
Presentations
• “Open Innovation.” Paper presented at Licensing Executives Society, Houston Chapter, Texas, November 18, 2009.
• “Negotiating Software Licensing Disputes: Common versus Best Assumptions, Tools, and Practices” and “War 2.0?: Why A Software CEO’s Jail Time, Slaughtered Animals, and 30+ New, Unpublicized Software Vendor-Customer Lawsuits Are More Important To Your Budget, Employer, and Career Than Open Source, Y2K, SIAA/BSA Piracy Initiatives, and Other ‘Old News’ Challenges.” Papers presented atAnnual International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 1-2, 2009.
• “10 Semi-Secret Texas Tech Trainwrecks: What I.T. Lawyers and Clients Can and Should Learn From Ugly, Unpublicized Litigations With Texas Parties and/or Venues.” Paper presented at Austin Bar Association, Texas, September 29, 2009.
• “Legal Gotcha’s and Got-To-Do’s For Photographers and Writers.” Paper presented at Professional Outdoor media Association Annual Business Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, July 31, 2009.
• “Risk-Managing The New Geology Of Business: Deploy Deeper Drilling (More Attention) To Yield Better Contracting For Software, Network Services, and Other Information Technology.” Paper presented at IQPC’s 6th Annual Global Contract Risk Management for the Oil & Gas Industry, Houston, Texas, June 17, 2009.
• “Can You See Clearly the Birth, Growth, and Ongoing Health of Your Internet Video Without the Painful Surgeries of Disputes or Litigation?: Why Mastering Contracting, Intellectual Property, and Other Legal Stuff is a Necessary Skill for Internet Video Marketing Professionals – and How to Do it Smartly and Smoothly.” Paper presented at Video Marketing Expo ‘09, Austin, Texas, May 13, 2009.
• “Contracts and Copyrights: Impacts of New Litigation, Legislative, and Other Legal Developments on Professional, Semi-Pro, and Amateur Photographers, including Web Commerce and E-Deliver Challenges.” Paper presented atHouston Center for Photography, Texas, March 3, 2009.
• “Lessons From Games and Other Tech. Litigation.” Slides presented at SMU Guildhall and Dedham School of Law, Dallas, Texas. 2009.
• “Open Source: 5 New Risks and 5 New Best Practices That You Probably Didn’t Know and Your Colleagues/Client(s) Probably Will Doubt and Resist, and Why They Matter.” Paper presented at Licensing Executives Society, Austin Chapter, Texas, 2008.
• “Outsourcing”: Easy to Say or Shop, But Hard to Define & Execute Well? Or, Challenges in Contracting for I.T. or BPO Services (and Then Defining and Delivering Against the Contract). ” 2008.
• “Info. Tech and Business Process Outsourcing: Old and New Challenges, Risks, Changes and Best Practices for Manager.s” Paper presented at McCombs Graduate School of Management, University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
• “Outsourcing Contracting: What’s Easier and Harder Than Assumed, In Substance and Process?”-“Managing Business Process Outsourcing” Course, McCombs Graduate School of Management, University of Texas at Austin, 2007.
• “Open Source, Futbol and Crystal Balls: Diversity and Dangers?” Paper presented at Center for IP Studies, Chalmers University of Technology and Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden, 2007.
• “Oh-Oh: Impacts on Customer Strategy of Outsourcing and Open Source.” Paper presented at McCombs Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, 2006.
Publications
• “Envisioning Visual Contracting: Why Non-textual Tools Will Improve Your Contracting.” (2009).
• “The Service Game: Learn The New Rules Before You Compete.” (2001).
• “Doing Deals With Flowcharts.” (2001).