Charla Montgomery

Charla Montgomery is an experienced legal professional currently serving as Senior Counsel at Confluent since July 2021. Prior to this role, Charla held the position of Senior Corporate Counsel at Trend Micro from April 2016 to June 2021 and served as Senior Attorney at CompuCom from April 2014 to April 2016. Charla's extensive background includes working as Contracts and Negotiation Manager at IBM from October 2010 to April 2014, and as Manager of Contracts at Sterling Commerce from March 2008 to October 2010. Earlier in the career, Charla was Sr. Manager of Software Licensing at Affiliated Computer Services from January 2004 to February 2008 and worked as Contracts Manager at MetaSolv Software from 2002 to 2003. Charla holds a JD in Law from the University of Oklahoma College of Law (1992-1995) and a BA in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma (1987-1991).