Josh King

Current

Vice President, Business Development & General Counsel at Avvo, Inc.

Past

Director, Business Development at Clearwire
Vice President, Corporate Development at AT&T Wireless
General Counsel at Cellular One of San Francisco

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Education

University of California, Hastings College of the Law
University of Oregon

Connections

204 connections

Industry

Internet

Josh King’s Experience

Vice President, Business Development & General Counsel

Avvo, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

As a senior leader of this venture-funded consumer legal directory and advice site, I have responsibility for all of the company's legal, business development and administrative affairs.
Director, Business Development

Clearwire

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CLWR; Telecommunications industry)

April 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 7 months)

Joined Clearwire in early stages to rapidly acquire and aggregate the spectrum rights upon which the company was built. Also handled related M&A and affiliate activities.
Vice President, Corporate Development

AT&T Wireless

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AWE; Telecommunications industry)

November 2000 — March 2005 (4 years 5 months)

Managed mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and acquisition integration. Part of core team responsible for evaluating and executing the sale of the company, culminating in the 2004 sale of AT&T Wireless to Cingular for $46 billion - the largest cash deal in history. Led or was key contributor on dozens of other deals totaling over $10 billion in value.

Received Chairman's Award (highest level company award) for my work on the sale of the company.

Selected to company Executive Development Program as one of the 50 highest-potential leaders (out of 30,000+ employees) in the company.
General Counsel

Cellular One of San Francisco

(Wireless industry)

March 1996 — November 2000 (4 years 9 months)

Responsible for all legal and regulatory activities of the company, which had 1100 employees and over $750 million in annual revenue. Served as a member of senior management team and led several business initiatives, including the establishment of alternate payment methods for customer transactions.