Patrick Rykhus

• Lead legal and compliance functions for a post-acquisition carve-out entity, supporting transformation to a standalone business through policy development, governance infrastructure, and risk management alignment with Value Creation Plan.
• Manage legal and compliance functions for another carve-out acquisition mid-2024.
• Established a fully functioning global compliance department, providing guidance on ABAC, import/export, and regulatory matters while minimizing exposures and implementing corrective actions.
• Reviewed, upgraded, and implemented contractual frameworks and playbooks for customers, dealers, and suppliers, including supply chain agreements to mitigate risks in manufacturing and distribution. Managed major IT stand-up contracting activity covering 199 total projects/applications in 5 months.
• Direct litigation processes, reporting structures, and dispute resolution, including M&A due diligence and post-carve-out integration across multi-site operations.
• Manage all US employment law matters, HR compliance, and third-party interactions with agencies such as EEOC, DOL, and OSHA.
• Advise executive leadership on strategic issues including business development, procurement, real estate, and enterprise risk management in a lean, entrepreneurial environment.
• Draft, negotiate, and execute domestic and international agreements; developed training programs on compliance and risk abatement.

Global Procurement, Strategic Sourcing/Chemical Buying (April 2013 – March 2014)

· Negotiate North American supply contracts for chemicals, services, and equipment with vendors

· Review purchase requirements with internal customers to develop business need and core terms

· Draft Requests for Proposal/Quote and review supplier responses to determine most competitive solution based upon a total cost of ownership

· Drive the supplier approval and management process by identifying and maintaining direct contact with suppliers, performing internal and external supply visits and audits, assisting with resolution of supplier issues, and manage suppliers by maintaining performance data and evaluating same against key performance indicators

· Build detailed project plans, including time and resource requirements, budgets, and deliverables, while building strong partnerships and leading cross-functional teams

· Draft, review, and edit supply agreements and related contractual paperwork to ensure compliance with domestic and international regulations, as well as company policies

· HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) training.

Attorney – Procurement/IT/Contract Management , (August 2010 – April 2013)

· Negotiate, draft, edit, review, and manage purchase and sales contracts for ADM's Global Procurement department, with particular emphasis in contractor services and insurance, engineering services, chemicals, capital projects, and MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations)

· Negotiate, draft, edit, review, and manage purchase and sales contracts for ADM's IT Department and any other ADM departments requiring similar services. Areas of expertise: software and hardware licensing, SaaS, cloud computing, EULA, international data privacy, consulting services agreements, Illinois tax issues (software, hardware, and maintenance).

· Identify stakeholders for development of cross-functional teams for more complex engagements

· Provide ADM departments, business units, and affiliated entities with risk assessment, analysis, legal advice, and best practices

· Assist with drafting and reviewing of company-wide anti-corruption (anti-bribery, FCPA, etc.) policy and training materials

· Advise business units and compliance department leadership on data privacy, FCPA, sanctioned nations, and other risk areas pertaining to international business

· Lead, or provide support and direction for, dispute resolution negotiations for a variety of IT or business-related issues