Pilan Chenhansa

Pilan Chenhansa serves as the Director, Legal; Commercial and Marketing Counsel at Ancestry since October 2013, overseeing legal matters related to compliance, privacy policies, and marketing agreements for the online content-distribution business. Previously, Pilan held roles including Product and Commercial Counsel at Ancestry, Attorney at AppliedMicro, and Member, Counsel at R1 Collective LLC, where responsibilities encompassed litigation management, contract negotiation, and corporate governance. Additional experience spans positions at WDFA Marketing and Bingham McCutchen, focusing on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation. Pilan obtained a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.