G-CON Manufacturing, developer of off-site prefabricated cleanroom solutions, has appointed Jody Lynn DeStefanis to serve as General Counsel. DeStefanis joins G-CON with more than 20 years’ experience in intellectual property, ethics and compliance, and operations.
“We are very excited to have Jody join our team at this dynamic time in our company,” said Maik Jornitz, CEO of G-CON. “Jody brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in several areas critical to our continued growth including, Compliance, Governance, Intellectual Property, ESG, M&A and general corporate matters that will surely have a positive impact on our mission of Building for Life.”
DeStefanis will oversee G-CON’s IP estate, contractual negotiations, and ethics and compliance while also advising management on legal issues arising in day-to-day operations.
Prior to joining G-CON, DeStefanis served as General and IP Counsel at Schlumberger from 2002 to 2021, with responsibilities ranging from overseeing the ethics & compliance framework, including the internal investigations program, the Ethics & Compliance training program, anti-corruption and fraud audit program to developing and implementing IP and technology development strategies and managing IP portfolios including, drafting and prosecuting more than 400 US patent applications and their non-US counterparts.
DeStefanis has a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Connecticut. She received her MBA with distinction from Quinnipiac University as well as her J.D. from Quinnipiac University.