Andy Lutes

Andy Lutes is the current Chief Legal Officer at Effectual. Andy has been in this role for 1 year and 7 months. Prior to this, they were the Associate General Counsel at Cognizant, where they were the lead attorney for the Communications, Media and Technology industry vertical. Andy provided end-to-end legal counsel for large technology outsourcing deals and managed, supervised and trained junior attorneys. Andy was with Cognizant for 4 years. Before that, they were Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where they provided legal support for top accounts across a broad spectrum of industries, advising on information technology outsourcing, business process outsourcing, disputes, procurement issues, and a variety of other transactional matters. Andy was with HPE for 2 years. Prior to that, they were an associate at Vinson and Elkins, where they advised on private equity, capital markets, fund formation, and other corporate transactions, focusing on clients in the energy, financial, and consumer products industries. Andy was with V&E for 2 years. Before that, they were an associate at Covington & Burling for 2 years and 1 month.

Andy Lutes earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2011 and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2008. While at NYU, they were the Articles Editor for the Annual Survey of American Law.

The colleagues of Andy Lutes include the Chief Innovation Officer, the VP of Professional Services, the CFO, the Chief Growth Officer, the VP of Public Sector, the Chief Information Officer, the COO, the Chief Enterprise Architect, the Chief Marketing Officer, the Chief Human Resources Officer, the VP of Public Sector Technology, the General Manager of Effectual Government Solutions, the Chief Sales Officer, and the Chief Security Officer.