Hi, I'm Randall Ortman - Assistant General Counsel at Genentech
I am driven by the challenge of bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and the legal frameworks that allow it to scale. I thrive in high-stakes environments where complexity meets innovation and impact.
At a glance
Curated signals on strengths, focus areas, and how they can help.
Served as privacy counsel at Google while navigating complex global regulatory frameworks.
Currently acts as Assistant General Counsel at Genentech, focusing on scaling innovation through robust governance.
Provides expertise in product counseling, AI risk allocation, and designing scalable legal architectures for emerging tech.
🚀 Career trajectory
Foundational Legal Advocacy
Built clinical and regulatory expertise in health tech at McDermott.
✦ Healthcare Law
✦ Strategic Litigation
Tech Regulatory Scaling
Advanced privacy frameworks and AI governance within global tech giants.
✦ Privacy Counsel
✦ AI Ethics
Innovation Leadership
Enabling mission-critical research and commercialization at Genentech.
✦ AGC
✦ Governance Strategy
💪🏻 Superpowers
Frontier Tech Governance
Designing legal frameworks for emerging AI and bio-tech
✦ Architecting governance models for non-deterministic AI systems.
✦ Translating nascent regulatory standards into operational product playbooks.
✦ Scaling legal infrastructure for complex computational biology platforms.
Strategic Deal Engineering
Structuring high-stakes transactions that ensure long-term scalability
✦ Crafting creative risk-allocation structures for cross-functional partnerships.
✦ Negotiating complex data usage rights and privacy protections.
✦ Leading high-stakes deal-making to secure durable business foundations.
Pragmatic Risk Intelligence
Navigating ambiguity to unlock business velocity
✦ Bridging gaps between legacy models and cutting-edge tech requirements.
✦ Developing risk-calibrated guidance that enables faster roadmaps.
✦ Translating abstract regulatory requirements into actionable business guidance.
I'm excited about
✦ Seeking peer networks at the intersection of law, AI, and biotechnology.
✦ Aiming to contribute to professional communities shaping global regulatory standards.
✦ Exploring strategic collaborations that push the boundaries of legal innovation.
I can help with
✦ Advising on the integration of AI governance within product development cycles.
✦ Mentoring legal professionals navigating career transitions into the tech sector.
✦ Sharing operational frameworks for scaling legal departments in highly regulated industries.
I would love your help on
✦ Connecting with experts building novel frameworks for synthetic data usage.
✦ Gaining insights into the evolving landscape of global cross-border data privacy.
✦ Identifying new peer groups focused on long-term ethical implications of frontier technologies.