Chief of Staff & In-House Counsel
LeaseLock
Max Garrison joined LeaseLock in the year following his passing the California State Bar. LeaseLock was a young start-up, insurance/dotcom company with fewer than 15-employees. The company now has over 80 employees. LeaseLock’s flagship lease-insurance product leverages artificial intelligence to eliminate security deposits from enterprise operating infrastructure – powering a faster, simpler, more affordable rental transaction.
On February of this year, LeaseLock closed a $52 million series B financing round – with Garrison overseeing the legal and contractual elements. The round was led by London-based Westerly Winds and Wildcat Venture Partners; major investors include SoftBank Ventures Asia, Vertex Ventures US, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, American Family Ventures, Moderne Ventures, Strata Equity Group, Veteran Capital and Mucker Capital.
General Counsel
Time by Ping, Inc.
Chris Ramos moved from Big Law (Paul Hastings, Greenberg Traurig, Vedder Price) into the GC role at a (then) Series A company. He has worn every hat at the company and has navigated challenge after challenge with grace, grit, and passion. Not only does he valiantly handle all of Time by Ping’s legal work, but as chief of staff, he has also run point on: fundraising, goal setting, running the executive meeting, Company All Hands, and up-leveling cross-functional communication.
Among other successes, Ramos guided the management team in the formation of the company’s “pro bono” program, enabling staff to each give back time to the community in a manner of their choosing. In a more structured sense, he is also a cofounder of Time Foundation, a non-profit emerging from Time by Ping.
