Nikki Ann Olson
About Nikki Ann Olson
Nikki Ann Olson serves as the Senior Director, Corporate Counsel for Channel & Public Sector at RingCentral, where she has worked since 2022. With extensive experience in legal counsel roles at various organizations, she has a strong background in public sector legal strategy and contract management.
Work at RingCentral
Nikki Ann Olson has been serving as the Senior Director, Corporate Counsel, Channel & Public Sector at RingCentral since 2022. In this role, she manages the North America public sector legal team and provides legal counsel to the VP Sales, Public Sector and Education. Prior to her current position, she worked as Director, Corporate Counsel at RingCentral from 2021 to 2022. During her tenure, she contributed significantly to the legal strategy and implementation of business programs, addressing complex issues such as local telco regulations and data privacy.
Previous Experience
Before joining RingCentral, Olson worked at Amazon Web Services as Corporate Counsel from 2017 to 2021. Her earlier experience includes five years as an Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where she also served as a Summer Associate in 2011. Additionally, she worked as a Field Organizer for Organizing for America in 2012, and held various roles at May I Have This Dance and Accenture Labs from 2005 to 2010.
Education and Expertise
Nikki Ann Olson earned her Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she studied from 2010 to 2012. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University, completed between 2002 and 2006. Olson briefly studied Microeconomics at the University of Chicago in 2007. Her educational background supports her expertise in corporate law and public sector legal matters.
Achievements in Legal Strategy
Olson has played a key role in developing a new go/no-go process for public sector RFPs at RingCentral, optimizing resource allocation and preventing engagement in low win probability RFPs. She led the legal support for RingCentral's efforts to achieve FedRAMP Authorization, facilitating the company's entry into the federal market segment. Additionally, she spearheaded the consolidation of multiple variations of the Brokerage Agreement into a single global contract.