Jon Hoak

Jon Hoak is a co-founder of UpLevel Ops whose career features decades of international experience as a public company General Counsel and legal operations and ethics and compliance executive with firms such as Flex, HP, NCR, and AT&T.

Prior to joining UpLevel Ops, Jon most recently served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Flex. Jon had global responsibility for providing legal support and directing legal operations, led the corporate security function as well as ethics and compliance, and directed the company’s US government affairs activities during his tenure.

Jon held the position of Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Hewlett-Packard (HP), where he oversaw the strategy and implementation of HP’s ethics and compliance program, including adherence to HP’s standards of business conduct. Prior to joining HP, Jon served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for NCR Corporation, where he was responsible for furnishing legal counsel and directing legal operations for all global divisions of the company. As General Counsel for AT&T’s Federal Systems Division, he led a group of attorneys to support AT&T’s provision of products and services to the United States government. Prior to joining AT&T, Jon was a partner of the law firm of Sidley & Austin and worked for Heritage Communications.