Connexity CEO and leadership

As Chief Legal Officer at Connexity, Blythe directs all the company’s legal affairs both domestically and abroad. Blythe joined Connexity in 2005 as Assistant General Counsel and was quickly promoted to General Counsel in 2006. In March 2010, Blythe was instrumental in lobbying for a new Internet tax ordinance creating a clear tax definition for Internet companies across the Los Angeles County and helping to secure the continued presence of internet businesses in Los Angeles, Connexity included. In addition to providing counsel on company policy day to day, Blythe continues to be the key protectorate of the company’s intellectual property and the advisor on all legal, policy, compliance, and new product initiatives. In 2010, Blythe won the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Corporate Counsel of the Year award. In 2011, she was honored by the Daily Journal as one of the 25 Leading General Counsel in California. Prior to Connexity, Blythe built over five years of experience in technology, and internet law. In 2002, Blythe served as a VP & Associate Counsel for Panavision, Inc. Prior to that, Blythe joined an idealab! start-up “The .tv Corporation,” informally known as “dotTV.” Blythe began her career at one of Los Angeles’ most renowned law firms Latham & Watkins, specializing in intellectual property and information technology. Blythe graduated cum laude from the Harvard Law School in 1997, and summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 1994. Blythe was also a Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society Fellow. An outdoors woman at heart, Blythe enjoys skiing and cycling. Blythe lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband and her son.