Anirma Gupta
SVP, Chief Legal Officer at Unity
Anirma Gupta
SVP, Chief Legal Officer at Unity
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
SVP, Chief Legal Officer
2022 - Current
Executive management team member of a leading platform SaaS company, enabling creators across industries to create and operate interactive, real-time 3-D content. Lead global legal, compliance, corporate governance, privacy, government affairs & public policy, and equity functions to enable Unity’s dynamic international business.
Limited Partner
2019
Limited Partner @ Operator Collective, which is committed to bringing together talented and diverse operators, investors, and founders to accelerate the next generation of b2b technology.
Limited Partner
2021
The Neythri Futures Fund I starts with the mission to increase diversity in the venture capital ecosystem with a focus on South Asian women. The fund offers a distinct and differentiated advantage to the startups it invests in - access to the diverse, talent network of its LP base that is composed of senior executives, operators, investors, and board members who are committed to the success of these companies.
Advisory Board Member
2020
Advisor to an early stage company in the AI/data analytics field.
Chief Legal Officer
2020 - 2022
Leadership: As an executive management team member of an innovative company operating at the intersection of software, hardware and materials science, strategically advised on company business and growth strategy and global legal and compliance initiatives. Growth: Built the legal and compliance functions to support a growing US and global business, including enabling new products, new countries, new business models and strategic partnerships. Governance: Corporate Secretary with responsibility for board interactions, governance, and subsidiary management. Compliance: Chief Compliance officer with responsibility for end to end corporate and regulatory compliance.
General Counsel
2016 - 2020
Leadership: As an executive management team member of a cyber security technology company, and as the company’s first general counsel, strategically advised on company business strategy and global legal and compliance initiatives, and developed an in-depth understanding of key cybersecurity issues facing customers. Growth: Built the legal and compliance functions from scratch, enabling rapid growth of company from just over 300 employees to nearly 1500 employees, completed multiple rounds of funding, going from a $3B valuation to a $6.5B valuation, and negotiated strategic partnerships. Governance: Corporate Secretary with responsibility for board interactions, governance and subsidiary management. Compliance: Chief Compliance officer with responsibility for end to end compliance including privacy, government contracting compliance, and regulatory matters.
Co-Founder, Board Member, Board Member Emeritus
2005 - 2019
One of seven founders of an organization with the mission of connecting women in technology, law, and regulatory policy and helping them reach their potential. Helped grow this organization to over 3,500 members and multiple regional and global chapters.
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
2004 - 2016
Successively increasing responsibilities, including: • Managed nearly half of the legal department, including responsibility for a multi-million dollar budget. • Created and executed program to protect company’s key innovations through a comprehensive intellectual property strategy; led company’s positioning on intellectual property and associated technology legislative issues. • Led multiple legal functions, including Intellectual Property, Litigation, Transactions, Marketing, Product Offerings/Regulatory Compliance, and Operations; Division General Counsel for CTO organization and Small Business Payroll Division. • Member of CTO staff, addressing issues around technology, business, and innovation strategy, including leading key technology relationship negotiations critical to the company’s technology infrastructure. • Led Intuit Women’s Network, developing and executing diversity and inclusion initiatives for global chapters.
Director, Assistant General Counsel
1999 - 2004
Promoted from Senior Counsel to Assistant General Counsel, to Director/Associate General Counsel, with a focus on patents. • Managed a team of 12 patent attorneys to provide strategic intellectual property counseling, including advising on sales, licensing, standards organizations, joint development efforts, patent infringement, and potential patent acquisitions. • Partnered with all business technology groups, including operating systems, on-demand computing, identity solutions, web services, developer tools, mobile technology solutions, and early stage research.
Associate
1993 - 1999
One of two attorneys responsible for opening and growth of the firm’s first California office. Client work included: US and foreign patent preparation and prosecution, opinion analysis and preparation, patent litigation, and patent licensing.