John Nicholson
John Nicholson – Legal Advisor – Virtual World Privacy & Data Protection.
John is concerned about environmental issues and is an attorney in Pillsbury’s Global Sourcing group. Mr. Nicholson helps clients structure, negotiate and document complex sourcing transactions and he is also a lead member of the firm’s Privacy and Data Protection practice.
Mr. Nicholson’s practice includes negotiating and preparing software licensing, development, and implementation agreements; data center, information technology (IT), and business process (BPO) outsourcing relationships, including help desk and back office outsourcings; offshore outsourcing arrangements; IT consulting agreements; software, hardware, and outsourcing requests for proposals (RFPs); hardware and software procurement transactions; enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation and licensing agreements (e.g., SAP and Oracle); and Internet technology matters, including web site hosting, content, and Terms of Use agreements. As part of his privacy and data protection practice, Mr. Nicholson advises clients with regard to global data protection laws and handling data breaches for the Virtual World Industry.
Mr. Nicholson is a frequent speaker and writer on topics related to sourcing transactions and privacy and data security. Before joining Pillsbury, Mr. Nicholson was the internal project manager for an Oracle implementation at a mid-size company and was the acting director of information technology. Before obtaining his law degree and MBA, Mr. Nicholson was a physicist with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Superconducting Super Collider program.
Mr. Nicholson’s practice includes negotiating and preparing software licensing, development, and implementation agreements; data center, information technology (IT), and business process (BPO) outsourcing relationships, including help desk and back office outsourcings; offshore outsourcing arrangements; IT consulting agreements; software, hardware, and outsourcing requests for proposals (RFPs); hardware and software procurement transactions; enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation and licensing agreements (e.g., SAP and Oracle); and Internet technology matters, including web site hosting, content, and Terms of Use agreements. As part of his privacy and data protection practice, Mr. Nicholson advises clients with regard to global data protection laws and handling data breaches for the Virtual World Industry.
Mr. Nicholson is a frequent speaker and writer on topics related to sourcing transactions and privacy and data security. Before joining Pillsbury, Mr. Nicholson was the internal project manager for an Oracle implementation at a mid-size company and was the acting director of information technology. Before obtaining his law degree and MBA, Mr. Nicholson was a physicist with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Superconducting Super Collider program.