Timothy R. Dodson

For more than 25 years, Tim Dodson has structured and negotiated arrangements for the provision (or procurement) and implementation of software, systems or IT-enabled services across the enterprise, guiding clients through a wide variety of transactions including:

• Outsourcing transactions of all varieties (ITO, BPO, ADM, HRO, F&A, etc.);
• Cloud services arrangements (Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, etc.);
• Payment card, mobile wallet and other payment arrangements from all sides (issuer, acquirer, merchant, processor) and other FinTech transactions; and
• Enterprise software implementation projects (ERP, CRM, banking/insurance/wealth management platforms, etc.).

Tim has handled these transactions around the globe across a broad swath of industries, notably banking, insurance, wealth management and other financial services, hospitality, retail, consumer products, airline, software and data analytics. Tim’s deep experience encompasses working both sides of the table, on behalf of or opposite technology providers.

Tim began practicing technology law and working with emerging companies in Boston in 1994. Upon returning to Atlanta, Tim served as Technology Counsel for The Coca-Cola Company and then General Counsel of WebTone Technologies, a banking software provider acquired by Fidelity Information Services. Tim has written extensively about the venture capital and capital-raising process.

With his depth and breadth of experience and his insight into both the customers’ and the service providers’ objectives and constraints, Tim is uniquely qualified to guide clients – however situated - through their strategic sourcing arrangements.

A native of Quincy, Florida, Tim has resided in Atlanta for the better part of his adult life. In his younger years, Tim played intercollegiate golf at Princeton, where he served as Captain, won the Ivy League Championship, was 3-times All-Ivy League and participated in the NCAA Championships.